Insurance is trash until you have to use it.

Moral of the story here is that you should avoid literally anything and everything that Elon is backing and promoting.

Not all insurance companies have a GAP-style option to add to a policy. 

Depends on how much I put down. On a high dollar, fast depreciating car like a BMW or Merc, I’d say it’s cheaper to pay the $500 than eat the 10s of thousands in the event of a total loss without GAP. I make decent money but I refuse to write that much off in to thin air.

GAP is theoretically for the life of the loan. Not for the next year. I don’t even know where you got that from. Obviously, there’s going to be a point where what you owe is equal to or less than what insurance is expected to pay out if your car gets totaled. But that’s about 3 or so years of payments. Maybe more…

I don’t keep cars long enough to ever need to use what benefits an extended warranty offers. So therefore, I refuse to pay that cost up front. If I do keep a car long past its factory warranty period, I will pay for repairs out of pocket. And if I feel like it’s going to cost me more than I would like, I’ll sell it…

I’m not talking about used cars and neither is this article.

I won’t sell family members or friends vehicles UNLESS they get a warranty.

Yup. I’ve used the same dialogue with finance guys at the dealer.

Sounds par for the course for dealer financing. The only add-on I would get is GAP, and that’s only if I’m financing through the dealer. The whole, “you have to buy extended warranty and prepaid maintenance to get this deal” shtick is a lie and any car buyer should be ready to tell them them that the deal is off…

Chargers once again proving why they’re the American Altimas.

The Cayenne is Porsche’s money maker that allows them to keep making the 911 and 718. The Porsche community calls Cayennes and Macans, ‘what’s my monthly payment’ cars because they’re almost always financed and bought as a status symbol by wealthy suburbanites.

Ferrari. Easily. Ferrari drivers are SO, SO, SO bad that certain track day specific insurance companies have stopped issuing coverage to anything Ferrari being taken to the track. Most likely because Ferraris crash a lot and it costs the insurance companies a lot of money for repairs and/or payouts. It doesn’t even…

They are not great cars.

Crazy how phenomenal the steering is on the CX-50 when in this segment, it doesn’t actually matter. Mazda is dedicated to making fun to drive, and great looking commuter cars. As a car enthusiast myself, I’d sacrifice a bit of cargo and passenger space for the sake of a better looking and even better driving CUV.

The CX-50 is worth a test drive if you’re in the market for something like an Outback or RAV4.

The panels you see and touch at a high frequency are made out of soft touch materials, while the panels you don’t see and touch often are made of standard interior plastic. Having driven my friend’s Acura Integra Type S recently, I’d say the CX-50's interior quality of materials and craftsmanship are at least on par.…

I bought a CX-50 Turbo Premium an month ago and I’ve very, very happy with it. I had a CX-5 Turbo Grand Touring Reserve prior, and I would say that the CX-50 is better in every conceivable way for my needs, rear twist-beam suspension and all.

There are 3 Mazda dealers in KC. Two have just been renovated with Mazda’s ‘corporate look’ and I feel that it does exude a more upscale environment. One is undergoing the renovation. While their staff isn’t quite up to par with actual luxury brands, I feel that it’s better than most ‘regular’ car dealers and certain…

Mazda really got the attention it deserved during the COVID car shortage. Anecdotally speaking, I saw a lot more new Mazda CUVs popping up on the streets around that time due to Toyota and Subaru not having inventory. A lot of folks that wanted/needed a new car set their sights on Mazda and the rest is history. A lot…