Sadly, if you’re in a state that charges sales tax, there’s no way for you to profit on the flip. Tax is going to be what? $6000 or so? Plus you have Title and Registration costs, as well as insurance. You never get those costs back. And they’re going to tax you again when you sell it (income tax).

When it comes to an enthusiast car like the Bronco, it’s not so much the reliablity that you’re worried about; it’s the features. The first year of any sports car or off-road truck often has the smallest engine and lacks other important features. 3 or 4 years down the line is usually when the car actually becomes…

One thing that should be talked about is how if you’re planning to do a cheap truck lift, it’s better to just not do one at all. Good or correct lifts are very expensive.

Great anecdote, but that’s exactly the kind of sideways thinking we’re talking about here. It’s not about the vehicle being okay; it’s about the person being okay. In a serious collision, you would die in that thing, but the Civic owner would live to see another day. Yes, your car would look better than his, but you…

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You’re good on this one. I don’t think the article came off as “judgy” at all. You were just pointing out an extremely perplexing trend that any car enthusiast would be aghast at today. Normal consumers still tend to like the idea of a heavier vehicle, but anyone who every paid attention in high school physics would…

I was just about to point out people like you, but you went ahead and introduced yourself. Thanks!

#3 is not entirely accurate. As long as you buy an old car that’s known to be reliable and cheap to fix, you’ll always come out ahead.

I don’t entirely agree with this. I think AT tires and 4wd is enough for any typical snow conditions. That’s all I’ve ever had on my 4X4 Ford Ranger, and I’ve never felt like I needed more. They’re not even “snow rated”, they’re just normal SUV tires. They’ve gotten me through plenty of northern winters and I’ve had…

I don’t have any statistics to cite or anything, but I don’t think there’s any significant correlation between vehicle size and driver safety. I’ve never heard any stories where a sedan driver gets into a truck, or tows a boat, and all of a sudden loses all spatial awareness and starts crashing into things.

Wow, that was a really hostile response to someone’s reminiscing about their old man.

It’s no fault of Uber either. No reason for them to absorb the cost. That would set a precendent for Uber being financially responsible any time one of their driver’s is stuck in traffic. The business would no longer be sustainable. In downstate NY, you can hit 30 minutes of unexpected traffic anywhere at any time.…

Yes it is, but it still depends on the limits of his coverage. If his insurance company is paying for the bus, then he may have already exhausted his limits and there may not be enough money left to pay for the clean up costs.

More likely than not, the insurance company did nothing wrong. I work in insurance and we get countless idiots who fail to do something, or somehow breach their policy contract, and then wonder why their policy gets cancelled.

Yes, a letter to the state’s insurance commission would force the insurance company into action. We have no way of knowing who’s right though. For all we know, the vehicle owner clicked the wrong button online when he was adding his new vehicle, and that’s on him. Or if he did it over the phone, the insurance company…

Yes, Liabilty coverage would cover clean up costs, but it depends on the limits of his policy. Liability coverage doesn’t just pay for any and all damages. You purchase a specific amount of coverage. Depending on state laws, that can be as little as $5000 or as much as $500k. So if this guy has a Liability limit of…

It depends on the limits of his coverage. Every policy has a Liability Limit. Some policies pay out a max of $5000. Others might pay out a max of $250k.

It wouldn’t do a thing. If it’s just a letter, then it’s going to be received by some general telephone representative who has no authority to provide coverage that the computer system says the customer doesn’t have. The system says the policy has Liability only, so the customer gets Liability only.

Cleanup would fall under his liability coverage, but there’s no way for us to say that his insurance “should” cover it, because it all depends on his limits. He flipped a school bus. Washington’s minimum Property Damage limit is only $10,000. This guy more likely than not, has that minimum limit.

I think we can all agree on that (that publishers aren’t obligated to re-release the original version of any game). But the problem with this situation is that Rockstar already did that and then took it away. The original versions of these games were available for download on the PSN. Now they’re just.....gone.…