The R35 GTR wasn’t a worse car than its predecessors. Sure it’s got its issues, but I guarantee the reason people don’t like it as much that no one will admit is simply because it’s accessible. The GTR line has always been good, maybe even one of the better Japanese cars ever made, but that doesn’t mean it’s the best…

From what I can think of there’s two ways he could maaaaybe reduce auto insurance cost, one he would never do and the other would probably take a long time to show any results.

I just saw it in person this past weekend at another car show, local shop that stores a few of his cars had a bunch on display. It’s amazing in person and the dude is a serious car collector. It’s especially cool to me to see some crazy cars like this, Singers, Koenigseggs, etc. come to an owner in a small MN town and…

I just don’t get these. I’m sure they were comparably fun to drive for the price back in the day, but there’s just so much out there now that is also just as fun to drive but not a 1980s Toyota economy car base. I mean, is it really worth it to give up buying a much nicer car than this just because this one was in a…

Of course he wants out. But he used up his “wants” when he committed to massively overspending on the car and rolling in negative equity from cars he probably rolled negative equity on as well. Now his need is to suck it up and pay off the car.

My pick is the 2016-ish Mercedes S600. Incredible room, with state of the art tech that’s not intrusive, just makes the ride better like the road-scanning adjustable suspension. It’s got the correct number of cylinders (12), and is an effortless high speed cruiser. Yeah there are other cars that are more luxurious,…

I have an idea for this type of super-douche. Round them all up and start a televised motorcycle racing series, force them to participate. Some of them while they have truly awful judgement are very skilled and have no fear, so it would be entertaining to watch. The kicker though is they have to ride the bike they…

I wonder if there’s a way you could make it work with a steering wheel. Like straight ahead and gas is power to both tracks, and any steering input is less toward that side up to eventually stopping that track and going into reverse. So you could still do tank turns and have a car that looks completely normal inside…

The Prius is like the awkward-looking kid from band class that grew into their features after high school and you see them at a reunion. Yeah they’re good looking, but the drastic change from ugly to above average makes them seem a lot better looking than they are.

I remember reading about hypermilers in manual Insights back in the day that got crazy MPG figures. They did more mixed driving city/highway but the tricks they used were often illegal or at the very least very unsafe. Things like rolling through stop signs, shutting the car off completely going down hills, and…

My 2 year old daughter has watched a couple like this, but I’ve fallen into the rabbit hole of ridiculousness before just because of how hilariously awful they are. I call them sweatshop animation, they’re so bad it can’t even be AI, just a huge building in some third world country where they’re forcing people to push…

I’m excited to eventually do a cross-country trip in my Giulia. It doesn’t even have 10k miles on it yet but we’ve done four 4+ hour each way trips in it and it’s been amazing. It’s a tight squeeze with 2 kids and 2 dogs but we make it work because the drive is just so easy. Even with 19s it rides better than my 335…

The difference between this and a hole in one contest though is that this is seemingly much more winnable. Last year they had two winners and this year in the first few weeks of the season they already had one, too many wins and it would either be uninsurable or the cost wouldn’t make sense if they did have insurance…

That doesn’t count either, it’s a liftback.

For a dealer with an owner that donated $15 million to a school, I doubt they got insurance for this. It’s not ownership of a free high-end car, it’s a two year lease of what I would assume is a pretty entry-level car (given it’s for a college kid). The value of the prize was probably $10-15k, not nothing but an…

I don’t care that it’s automatic, this is about as perfect of an overall sports sedan as I’ve ever driven. W212 E63 AMG post-refresh, 2014-2016.

As an insurance agent, this is a weird list. Premium, help and advice, and policy review? Most of these companies with the exception of Geico are written through an agent, and many of them are written through independent agents i.e. we work with multiple carriers. They more often than not require everything be done…

Different companies prioritize different rating factors, and yeah they’re regulated by the state but that just means they have to submit their rating factors for approval, unless you’re in NC premiums will be different (though they could be very similar depending on your profile).

How does it say that? We know the power figures, you don’t need a road test to see the Kia is more powerful. To me it shows that the BMW I4 is likely underrated give the fact that it’s .1 second behind with less stated power in a much heavier car.

You’re right, I tried looking for it now and the only place I could find tire information was Tire Rack, the OEM option for the GT is an ultra-high performance all-season Pirelli PZero. The OEM BMW 19" tire is a Bridgestone Turanza grand touring all-season, so there’s still an advantage there.