Portland Demands Something Be Done After Car Crashes Into House For 30th Time, Starts Gas Fire As part of our belief that hitting people with your cars is bad, Jalopnik maintains that hitting houses with your cars is also bad. People live in houses, and you should not hit them with your cars. Unfortunately for apartment residents in one Portland, Oregon building, someone didn’t get that memo and crashed into… Read more…

PA Car accident. Insurance claiming im at fault On December 7th i got rear ended in an automatic car wash. Employees of the car wash and the person that hit me both agreed that the other driver was at fault. When the other drivers insurance (state farm) called me a week later they said that their insured states it was my fault. So an other week passes and state farm said that they reviewed th…

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We Need To Replace Our Mazda5 With Something Newer But Just As Usable! What Car Should We Buy? Wally has a 2010 Mazda5 that has done an excellent job of a family hauler with it’s balance of reasonable size and usability. But the old Mazda is reaching the end of it’s days and he wants to replace it with a similar type of car with more modern features. What car should he buy? Read more…

Receiving 18K from grandmother as a Christmas gift thinking I should pay off my car. Have 5.5K left with a 4% interest. My grandmother is gifting me 18K and I was thinking just to pay off my car and get it over with and then put the rest of the money in a HYSA account? submitted by /u/according_animal369

(CAN) Not sure if it’s better to pay off my car entirely or make a sizable dent in my CC debt Hello, I’m hoping the financially smarter people here can help me. I currently owe ~$5,500 on my car. I currently pay ~$210 a month in payments (so ~26 months remaining) with $235 for insurance. My insurance is at a higher coverage rate as a provision of my loan agreement, so I could potentially save some money by reducing my coverage after payi…

car rent in USA, EU citizen Hi, I’ve gone through a lot of topics but I haven’t found a clear answer. I’m an EU citizen planning a 3 week trip in the US, start and end in LA, multi-state. I am confused about the types of insurance. I learned that it is better to book a car through a comparison site, I tried Rentalcars.com. But I didn’t see anywhere if their insurance cover…

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Jalopnik’s Best Car Photos Of 2024 The process of shooting photos of a car can be extremely time-consuming. Capturing every single angle, detail, backdrop and element can take a hell of a lot of effort, and frankly, most of the time the pictures stink anyway. However, sometimes everything lines up and you end up with some truly lovely pictures. That’s… Read more…

Colombia – self guided hikes without car Hi, we are a group of two Austrians and just scored cheap flights to Medellín. We will be there for about nine days, starting on Dec 26. Our main goals are paragliding at the various sites south of Medellín and doing hikes. We normally would rent a car for such a trip, but at least online everything seems to be sold out or ridiculously expensive…

LPT: Cold weather kills car batteries. Here are some tips for jump starting your vehicle this holiday season. As the weather grows colder, you may try to start your vehicle to find the battery low or dead. You should always be prepared with a jump pack or roadside assistance but here are some tips that might help you out of a tough situation. Jumpstarting with another vehicle and cables. Every vehicle is different, therefore, read your vehicles manual …

Car needs $6000 in repairs, should I just save for a new car instead? So like I stated my car needs $6000 in repairs. It’s only a lot because one of the issues has to do with the timing belt and other timing components. I recently paid the car off in November and I haven’t done any major repairs on it since I got it, 3 years or so ago. I’d say in 3-4 years I probably spent 2k on repairs. I’m just at a loss. I pa…

British dude works on a car engine, does woodworking and fixes a church organ submitted by /u/garrthes

Used car financing with bad credit. EXPENSIVE Got approved for financing but the interest rate is well north of 20 percent. I refuse. Just can’t do it so I’m going to keep bumming rides and using the occasional Uber until I get my credit in control. Besides paying down my credit cards what should I be doing? submitted by /u/RefManTed

LPT: Keep a ‘replacements’ bag in your car for small emergencies I started keeping a small drawstring bag in my trunk with backup essentials: socks, a toothbrush, a phone charger, a tiny first-aid kit, and a small blanket. It has saved me (and a few friends) multiple times when unexpected travel or minor emergencies popped up. Having a mini “just in case” kit can turn a potential disaster into a mild inconven…

Am I making the right decision selling my car? So this Saturday, Carvana is scheduled to buy my 2022 Honda Accord Sport. I’ve done some research on the reliability of Carvana for selling your vehicle and it sounds like they’re very reliable. They valued it at $22.2k and I owe $21.9k on it. Current payment is $624/mo @ 5.9% interest. I can afford it (I make roughly $65k/yr and I live at home…

LPT Spare traditional metal car key won’t work when you try to open car door? Try rapidly and gently jiggling the key when it is fully inserted into your car’s exterior door lock. This works on metal car keys. The tumblers inside the lock may activate and allow you to twist the metal key and open your car door. Don’t give up! This does not apply to electronic key fobs, of course. submitted by /u/smithy- …

SAN Pedro del Atacama trip: rent a car or take tours? Hello all! We are headed to San Pedro Atacama on Jan 28 to 30. Not many days, so we want to make sure we are getting the most out of it! We are debating on rather rent a car or taking tour guides. Anyone could share some ideas? Also, any nice “not expensive” lodge suggestion? Thank you in advance! submitted by /u/ApprehensiveParty877

Woman Dies After Being Set on Fire in Subway Car, Police Say The police said “criminality is suspected” in the death, which they said appeared to be a homicide. It happened aboard a subway car at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station on Sunday morning.

Question About Totaled Car Hi all. I live in NJ. A car went through a red light and left turned into me last night. I have it all on dash cam and the officer said this is cut and dry the other persons fault. The repair shop my car is at right now said it’s probably totaled. Would I get what my car would be worth if I sold it? Or the amount I would get if I purchased it f…