What’s The One Car Every American Can Agree On? We asked this question back in 2019, and oh, how jaded and divided we felt back then. Little did we know just how much our national unity would be run through the ringer in the proceeding five years and especially over the last week. Read more…

How much can I realistically spend in a car in my situation? Hey, throwaway account as I’m paranoid. Together with my girlfriend, we have ~200k€ in savings and we’re looking to buy a house in the near future. The house would be in the 150k€ – 200k€ range. I’m doing work full time and I make around 3k€/m, she’s still doing school for a year. I’m looking for cars that are in the 25k€ -30k€ range, am I bein…

Spotify Is Not Offering Refunds After It Bricks ‘The Car Thing’ Usually, when you buy a product, you expect to be able to continue using it even after the company stops selling it. Your car doesn’t immediately brick itself the moment production ends, after all. And yet, for the people who bought Spotify’s Car Thing, that’s exactly what’s happening. The streaming giant recently… Read more…

Car Deals Vanished During the Pandemic. They’re Coming Back. Automakers and dealers are starting to offer discounts, low-interest loans and other incentives to lure buyers as the supply of cars grows.

What Car Is The Most Woke? If there’s one thing I know from reading the comments here— or worse, the Facebook comments on our page — it’s that cars are too woke now. These loony lefties have taken control of NASCAR, added electrification to Indy, and even postulated that something bad might happen to a vaccine-free ship unironically called the… Read more…

Tromso, Norway- accommodations, tour companies, car rental? Hi yall! Ive looked through this subreddit but haven’t found exactly the kind of questions/answers I’m looking for or the posts are really old so I’m not sure if the info is still accurate. My husband and I are traveling to Tromso Norway in December. We’re planning to spend 4-5 days there (including travel days.) As I’m planning, I have some qu…

Car may be totaled due to repair shop negligence, still owe money on it Brought my 2018 Hyundai Tucson into the shop last Tuesday for an oil change, new brakes and rotors, and an alignment check. Yesterday I was driving when suddenly lost oil pressure resulting in it dumping all my oil out on the side of the road. Had it towed to another location of the repair shop that was close to where it broke down. I had just …

After an injury I was forced to give back my car to get repoed voluntarily. Where to go from here? Lost job, hard to find one and ones without my experience don’t want me. Not even for interview that’s crazy how bad this economy has been since December. Where do I go from here in ever improving my credit? submitted by /u/AnonymousMoments125

Should I trade my car? In ‘21 I purchased a Dodge charger scatpack at 49k msrp, 50k sale price, total ended up being $59k with taxes incl financed. 2% apr. $780/mo or so. Initial insurance was $280/mo. for full coverage. I’m in Florida. Fast forward 3 years, the cars got an iffy record unfortunately. Stolen twice within 3 years and had to file claims, shot my insuranc…

Finance a car at 18 as a national guard reserve? I am 18 years old and recently enlisted in the military national guard as a reserve, I was wondering if I should start financing a 20k car after my basic training or get a 5-6k car first and use it until I can buy the car I want. submitted by /u/Own-Negotiation-4403

How much down payment for a car? So for some context upfront: 27M, live alone, work as an engineer in a very reliable industry (government employee in a niche area of defense research) and can expect a 3-7% raise annually depending on performance After taxes, retirement (13% into 401k), health insurance, etc., my paycheck comes out to about $2,300 every two weeks. So about $50…

Should I lease or buy a “new car” as a student? Some important context: I am a 20-year old college student and have little financial support from my parents besides insurance, car included and have relatively few student loans due to scholarships. I currently own a 2012 Kia with about 130,000 miles on it. I recently got into an auto accident, my fault. While the other car is pretty much compl…

My dad is a car salesman trying to learn social media. I want to buy him a camera My dad recently went back to selling Fords. He has been trying to do his best doing live streams showing off the customers and their new cars. He’s not the best at technology but can be taught how to do most anything. He has a hard time flipping from showing the car and the people and showing himself to talk. They end up awkwardly being filmed w…

Weekend Car Culture Roundup June 01, 2024 It was only a matter of time before someone in a Tesla Cybertruck crashed into a crowd at a sideshow. While attempting to do some sort of reverse donut thing (I think) at a gathering in Chicago, a dark copper-wrapped Cybertruck backed right into a crowd of onlookers as a couple of people hung out the window of the… Read more…

Car payments vs. Cash Hello! I was seeking help about my current situation. I currently owe around 18,000 (payoff quote from my bank) with 60 more months left on my 72 month loan. My payments are around 365 monthly. Ive been debating lately whether I should sell my 2019 Crosstrek (200,000ish miles) and buy a cheap 3000ish dollar car to avoid having payments, as my fi…

Worth paying car loan off early? Classic post, but wanted opinions. I am 25 and have an outstanding balance of about 20k @6.64% over 3 years on my car. My income is about 100-125 depending on company profit share bonuses at the end of the year. I have no rent, no loans except for this car. My monthly net expenses is about 2000 leaving me with enough to save about 1k or so per m…

Car rental in USA Hello there. We are renting a car in the US (Boston) for the first time, coming from the UK from Avis. I was thinking we would need to take out some sort of excess insurance but per the rental booking the excess for damage seems to be 0. Third party liability is also included up to $500,000. Am I missing any extra insurance we should be buying? …

Personal loan to pay off car So, I am trying to find a way to get rid of my car. It is worth roughly $9k (kelly’s blue book) and I owe $14k on the car for 38 more payments. It equals out to about $408 a month, if I were to take out a $14k personal loan to pay off my car, then in turn sell my car that I now own and put that money towards the loan it would then only be $4k is…

Husky 3-Ton Low Profile Car Jack w/ Quick Lift $129 + Free Shipping Home Depot has *Husky 3-Ton Low Profile Car Jack w/ Quick Lift* for *$129*. *Shipping is free* or choose store pickup where stock permits. Thanks to Community Member *poorSAP* for finding this…

For Christ’s Sake, Stop Leaving Your Keys In Your Car If you’re reading Jalopnik, then you probably love your car enough to avoid mixing it up with another in a parking lot, but a Montana man recently did exactly that when he mistook a random red Honda CR-V for his and drove off. Vincent Zepeda was allegedly in a rush to pick up a pizza, but when he jumped into his car… Read more…