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120% chance that her personal vehicle is a Nissan Altima.

Senior citizen Corvette drivers have all this horsepower to brag about but will only use 109 out of 670 of it because they're afraid to 'hurt the engine' and decrease its value. I'm surprised he didn't point out that his Rapid Blue ZO6 is 1 of 13 built on a Wednesday by Craig and Sally with...

Texas: "Don't turn my state in to California!" Also Texas: "If we deem your speeding to be excessive and reckless, we'll take your shit." For the record, I don't think anyone should be excessively speeding on public roads. But when cops have the entire metaphorical space of the Grand Canyon...

It's not the buying experience that is miserable, it's the waiting for literal months after your car has been built experience. GM can build your car next month, but you wont know whether you'll be waiting a week, or a year until it gets loaded on a train to your dealer. A lot of us forum...

Make a lot of calls to dealers everywhere in the country. If you're buying dealer stock, you will likely pay for options you don't want and omit options you want. I wouldn't order one, personally. The goat rodeo is self inflicted purgatory. Since the forum based tracking system is no longer a...

It was $650/6 months with Progressive with a $1000 deductible. I normally get the highest possible set amount deductible for regular public road insurance to lower my premiums by a significant amount. If I can go with $2000 for a deductible, I would. I always have deductible money for anything I...

Thanks. But I think the 4BW is the better track car than the new M2 by a long shot. The 4BW is the best track capable and track ready car even at that weight, at any price. I do my own track prep maintenance, so that 'extra' cost isn't something I pay. And to be fair, if you track ANY car 10+...

I'm a young-ish guy(mid-30s) that has bought nearly a dozen cars in my adult life, and each purchase has been face to face with a salesman. I have great face to face and social skills. I never did enjoy the experience, even the 'good ones'. And it's not about the face to face aspect and lacking...

There aren't any 4BWs left that meet both my options requirement and price range. I have looked. All the good stuff has been sold. I also don't wanna order because I refuse to be in the goat rodeo again. Theoretically speaking(if I had the money), I can probably order 3 Porsches back to back to...

The 5 is heavier and 200 more horsepower! I think I'd get in a lot more trouble with the 5. That being said, I think getting a new Base or S Cayman/Boxster S for MSRP is easier than scoring a 5 in a manual. I really don't want to order one, and I don't trust Cadillac dealers to give me an...

Got the news over the weekend. It is officially totaled. It has been quite a mentally stressful month for me since I filed the claim early July. I'm glad Hagerty/RLI came through, and their agent was a pleasure to work with. I've learned a lot of lessons from this crash. If I could go back, I...

Screw the valet. I’m taking an Uber.

Thanks for the vote of confidence. When I return to track driving, I will be selective in which curbs I will drive on, and do sighting laps at the beginning of every session. I can know a track in and out, but the conditions for each session, or even lap, could be different due to debris at the...

There's a lot to read but I covered exactly why this is happening in the previous pages. The track insurance only operates via agreed value, not ACV. Deductibles are 10 or 15% of that value. So insure the car high, the deductibles stay high, and so does the formula for totaling the vehicle. That...

Funny you mention that. I play Gran Turismo 7 in VR with a DD sim rig. Not as realistic or competitive as iRacing, but a lot more immersive and a better experience in general. Anyway, when I crashed, I was so ashamed thinking about how shitty of a driver I must be. So I hit the GT7 VR sim rig...