No One Ever Gives Positive Feedback
Most feedback… for anything at all… is negative. People like to complain. If things are going well, no one thinks about it. If things are going badly – we’ve got problems. So in a minor bid to change that a little, here is a little positive feedback in terms of “word of mouth.” If you’ve been following along, you’ll know that I recently had to deal with Progressive with regard to my insurance policy continuing to skyrocket (up to $1028 for 6 months if I renewed straight up – for 2 cars, 2 clean drivers – crazy). After an ordeal …
Car Insurance Shenanigans
It may come as a surprise to some of you, but I actually have a clean driving record (for the last 3 years as far as insurance is considered anyway). Even with what I drive and the way I drive, I’m clean. So is Jen. This makes it very difficult for me to understand why my insurance continues to climb EVERY six months. “Oh we had to adjust our policies for NY state.” Shenanigans! There’s no reason for my policy to go up $60-$70 every six months for “adjustments” or whatever. Can’t be possible. Well today I received the renewal …
A Dilemma, with Cars
My tC will be 5 years old in just a few months… seems like a long time. Certainly the longest period I’ve ever kept the same car – but that’s not incredibly hard considering everything else was practically a POS. So here is my quandary… I’ve modded the crap out of the one I have – at least to my liking. I will continue to do autox this year (and maybe into next year) and would like to be able to improve. I’d still like to redo my suspension again with some nice coilovers (with some ridiculously stiffer springs). BUT… …
Some 2009 Gas Stats
Just a couple things to share from 2009. Specifically what I spent on gas. Trivial, sure… but I’ve been tracking the money I spend on gas for about 4 years now. Not sure why… just kind of like to know – that, and I like to be able to factor it into my budget. Overall I spent $1122.21 on gas in 2009. That’s down from just over $1900 in 2008 and well over $2000 in 2007. I’m certainly driving a lot less lately – except the summer is still busy. For a while a couple years ago I was spending …
Merging: You're Doing it Wrong
We’ve all been through Driver’s Ed at some point, right? Well, most people anyway. There should have been SOME instruction on the technicalities of driving at some point in each driver’s life. At least I sincerely hope so. It’s too bad the rest of the world never paid attention when someone was explaining how to fucking merge onto the highway! The concept is pretty simple. There’s a ramp… with traffic from another road now moving into the same surface as other vehicles moving at a higher rate of speed. The idea would be to slip seamlessly into the flow of …