This is an “it depends.” Depending on your downpayment, the car you buy, and loan terms, you may never be meaningfully underwater and GAP is a waste. Plus, being underwater is not necessarily a big deal if you always have sufficient liquidity to make up for it should it be necessary. If you do need it, GAP is usually…

That the opinions of enthusiasts do not matter even a little.

as someone who has a 1+ hour commute EACH way every day, the first friggin thing I’d do once money was no object would be to have a driver.   not just for the convenience, but also the liability: I can’t imagine being rich (therefore a huge lawsuit target) AND being responsible for an accident - yer gonna get taken to…

Yes, which is why technicians can justify the pay they get.  You aren’t paying a tech just for the hours worked, you are paying them for the knowledge and experience to do it right and in a timely manner.

For me it was/is the finance guy/lady. One bad experience basically makes me see red when I get in that office.

Those are cool - but have you heard of Stompers?

Ironic that this is actually the proper receptacle for an LS swap

Your time has more value than you realize, and it’s not always worth it spending days or multiple weekends attempting to fix/repair/replace something that a shop could do in an afternoon. I consider myself pretty handy, but I’ve come to realize when I’m in over my head or when a task requires more than I’m willing to…

if it is mechanically sound it is a sub 5K car. I dont see how this isnt NP.

It’s not technically on sale yet, but if you ignore the headlights and the lack of a grill, you’d have a hard time telling what decade the Rivian R3X is from:

The split grill is fine. It helps a little I think.

1st Gear: The mistake was going full EV as the mandate and skipping over the “hybrid” step required to get both scale and adoption. In 2024, the costs are still too high and the low-cost versions are a few years away from domestic OEMs.

Here we have Mush Brain, Donald The Felon, who is a pathological liar, a sociopath, and undoubtedly the ultimate—a psychopath—with his Shkreli-like smirk on his flabby face as he constantly rants and raves about the vengeance he’ll impose if (ugh) re-elected. No policies—just promised vengeance. Seriously, WTF?

This list of things orange strongeman-wannabe transactional narcassist has promised to do and not done is way longer than the list of things he has managed to accomplish. Maybe vote for the old guy who actually seems to care about reasonable public policy?

Trump really wants that rural vote from the guy with the one ton truck, side x side, fishing boat, snowmobile, ice house, dirt bike, and avt, that complains about the cost of gas.

First Gear: Donald Trump really only cares about two things, money and having people give money to him. As such, you’d think he’d be trying to win over someone like Elmo, who just got $56ish billion richer, and who directly benefits from increased EV sales.

It tracks that the taste challenged orange Jesus would find the Cyber Truck attractive. He also probably doesn’t realize its Electric. “what if its raining and I touch the electric truck?”

That’s easily the best-looking Cybertruck on the road and it’s not even close. :D

I find the willful blindness of uber-rich to be beyond baffling about their wealth. The Dow is higher than ever. Inflation, something largely out of Biden’s control to begin with, is now mostly controlled. The legislation he passed is spurring growth and jobs—reaping the benefits of investment in America. Point being…

I’m convinced the pickup and the mid-sized, sporty SUV replaced the personal luxury coupe as the “Dad going to work” vehicle. Time marches on and tastes change, but I do miss the Mark VIII’s, Eldos, Rivieras, and Toronados of the mid-eighties.  Yeah, I’ve gotten old...