Comments on: The Insurance Adjuster Has Given Me An Estimate

By: Pete

Pete — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:16:48 +0000

I’d say to fix it and keep it, unless you can pay cash for a new truck. Buying a new vehicles is oh so much more fun when it doesn’t come with payments as well.

We just bought a new car to replace my older one, but we had saved up the cash, and were able to write a check and walk out of the dealership with no payments. It was so nice!

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 00:04:17 +0000

DON’T sell your car without fixing it, unless you’ve done all your research. I made the mistake of selling my Acura Integra for $700 because repairs were $1500 and I couldn’t afford it. What I could have done was get a small loan from parents or use credit to pay for the repairs then sold it for a cool $3500, as was the average price on craigslist.

But, now I don’t have a car and it has cut down on my monthly costs quite a lot.

By: Matt @ SF

Matt @ SF — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 05:41:14 +0000

Since you’re a Ford guy, I thought you would appreciate that my neighbor has a F150 Supercrew and loves it.

It’s about 3 years old and rides as well as his wife’s Cadillac. They have a family of 4, but we have fit 5 adults in his truck fairly comfortably. In fact, 5 of us guys pile in it fairly regularly for college game tailgating events.

By: Christina @ Northern Cheapskate

Christina @ Northern Cheapskate — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:43:05 +0000

We were secretly hoping our car would get totalled when my husband hit a deer so we could have gotten a newer one… No such luck!

Sometimes life opens up new ideas!

This is a great time to buy a new vehicle…especially if you have cash.

Whenever I get itchy about buying a new car, I start to question my motivations, whether I can pay cash, and the maintenance costs. New cars usually cost more to insure, more for licenses, and depending on what you buy, more to maintain and keep fueled.

By: Susy

Susy — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 00:26:17 +0000

It is a good time to buy a vehicle.