Tesla Will Give You Cheaper Car Insurance, But Only If You Take The Risk Of Engaging ‘Full-Self Driving’ Tesla has been playing fast and loose with its “Full-Self Driving” tech (now called “Full-Self Driving (Supervised)“) the last few years by essentially leaving testing of the driver-assist system up to the owners of its vehicles. These owners have been using the system on public roads, occasionally with disastrous resu… Read more…

What Vintage Car Do You Want To EV Swap? Yesterday I spent the morning driving restomod company Everrati’s electric Porsche 964, which to many is completely sacrilegious in theory, but in practice it was awesome. You’ll have to wait for my full review for all my thoughts on that electric 911, but it got me thinking again about other classic cars that could… Read more…

Leasing a car for a year in France? Starting in September, I will be studying and living in France for a year. I would like to have a car while I’m out there, but I’m struggling to find an agency that would lease one for just a year? All I have found is agencies for Americans , which apparently don’t apply since I’m moving from the UK. Does anyone have any suggestions? If I can pi…

Renting a car in Santo Domingo?? Needing some advice on renting a car in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. I’m visiting for the first time with a couple friends and trying to gather thorough research. I’m trying not to get scammed and would Ofcourse like a smooth transaction. So far, I’m seeing a lot of negative reviews and people advising against it. I like to stay more posit…

No Spare? No Problem. Here’s What Every Car Should Carry In Case Of A Flat Not long ago, virtually every single new car was sold with a spare tire, a jack and a small tool kit to allow owners to swap out a flat tire for the spare on the side of the road. That has changed over recent years, with many carmakers dropping the standard spare tire to cut costs and reduce vehicle weight to aid fuel… Read more…

I want to upgrade my camera for car photography, will this help me? Hi all, I currently have a Canon T2i and a nifty fifty with a CPL filter, and borrowing a 35mm f2.8 aswell. I can occasionally take good pictures and once I edit them in Darkroom, out of every 50 pics, ill probably have about 5 that are pin sharp and come out well. I am by no means an expert but I dont know if my equipment is letting me down at …

What’s The Better Tokyo Car: A Lifted Hummer H2 Or A Lowered Hummer H2? Living in Los Angeles I often feel spoiled by how varied and fantastic the car culture is here. On a simple drive to the grocery store you can see something rare or weird or both; cars and coffee meets would be world-class car shows anywhere else. But LA pales in comparison to Tokyo, which I believe has the greatest… Read more…

1950s Mercedes F1 Car Becomes Most Expensive Grand Prix Machine Sold At Auction, Second-Most Expensive Car Ever History is priceless only if no one can afford it or it’s not for sale. The first publicly-available 1954 Mercedes-Benz W196 R Stromlinienwagen sold for $53.9 million at auction on Saturday after spending decades in the hands of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. The streamlined Mercedes became the most valuable… Read more…

Sister financed a car May 2024 with the dealership at a 9% interest rate. Since then, we’ve heard about credit unions with lower rates and I had a few questions about that Can she apply for a car loan now at a credit union to pay off the remainder of the car And then just pay back the credit union with the lower interest rate instead? If so, how exactly would it work? submitted by /u/BigBadBoss25

Pay off car or invest in Roth IRA first? Info about me: 23 years old, just got a good new job and am starting to think about the future. I just opened a Roth IRA for the first time. Predicament: I owe $5500 on an auto loan at 6.25% interest. I can either pay off my loan or invest that money into a Roth IRA, before the April 15th deadline for 2024 contributions. I won’t be able to do b…

Changed the car’s transmission twice, keep or buy a new/used car? It’s a 2009 Mazda that I bought new in 2010 and didn’t take good care for it, it has almost 300k miles on the odometer. Since 2021, each consequent summer the car breaks down, either transmission, electronics, mechanics and such, I do repair it for like $1k-2k/year. Financially speaking, should I still keep the car? It’s tiring me out emotionall…

Is it feasible to pay for a 4k repair on a 15 year old car with 350k miles or buy a used car? As the title, my car needs a $4000 repair, it is 15 years old and has 350k miles. I make $21/hr. I’m not sure if I should just use that 4k to buy a used car or use the 4k for the repair and have no monthyl for a car. I don’t have any debts. Any advice would be appreciated! submitted by /u/wasabiexpress

Should I exchange a financed car for a slightly worse one? Basically title. Got a Kia Forte, 2024. Had an immobilizer and everything. Kia boys still got my car, broke in, took some stuff and left, likely when they realized they couldn’t steal it. I can’t deal with this stress and the payments I have left for the car while also paying for a new window in the event that it happens again. submitted by…

Munich Oktoberfest – Paris itinerary and car rental question What do you all think of this schedule? Gives me enough time at each place ? Monday Tuesday- Oktoberfest and other Munich activities . We land at 11am Monday. Wednesday- rent a car and drive to Neuschwanstein and then Strasbourg and stay the night there. I do want advice about getting to Strasbourg because there’s a huge charge for taking the c…

500 Cordless Drill-Powered Lada, Why Turbocharged Cars Don’t Need Hoodscoops And An Actual Faraday Future FF91 In The Wild In This Weekend’s Car Culture Roundup Taking an old car and making it run on electricity is so hot right now, with startups the world over popping up with the aim of electrifying everything from old Jaguar E-Types to lovely little Miatas. Now, a rusting Lada has been given the EV upgrade, but instead of cribbing its power from a Tesla or Cascadia Motion,… Read more…

Whatbwould you do? 37k owing on car thats worth roughly 30k today. Without going into too much detail, i owe 37k on a car thats now worth roughly 28-31k. 3 years left in loan. Hate payments and i never drive my car it just sits in my driveway. Debt consolidation at the bank says im better off paying it off but i want it gone asap. What would you do? submitted by /u/babushkabosh

I’m Going From Small And Sporty To Family Friendly! What Car Should I Buy? Ian has been driving older, smaller, sporty cars for a while. Now that a kiddo will be joining the household, he wants something more family-friendly that can accommodate a car seat, luggage, and three dogs. With a budget of around $60,000, what car should he buy? Read more…

What Car That’s On Sale Now Will Become A Future Classic? Being able to predict what cars will be classed as classics in years to come is a pretty handy skill to have. It’s a bit like being able to see what horse might win a race, but could leave you with a cool car to drive around as well as a big payout in years to come. Read more…

Car got totaled, should I pay off student loans in full? My car was recently totaled and I received an insurance payout of $20,000. I have three outstanding student loans with interest rates of 3.73%, 4.9%, and 5.5%, totaling about $18,500. Should I use the entire payout to pay off my student loans? I have no credit card debt, a credit score of around 780+, and a net monthly income of about $4,000. I’…

Car Refinance Question Currently have 49 months left in my loan. Current loan 12.57% paying $650 monthly. Was scrolling through Credit Karma and got on their refinance portion, got quoted 48 months, 6.69% interest paying $600. Is this offer worth taking? Currently on a roll paying off a bunch of credit card debt, and other debts I owe before I start the process of bu…