Recent content by earlyre

Yeah... Kinda what I was saying... The cars use built in cellular modems, and the guy whom I was replying to , his restrictions on his personal home network would have zero effect on the car, as it doesn't use Wi-Fi...

your network would have nothing to do with this.... these cars are OTA update capable, they have their own cellular modems.

it was the private label for True-Value hardware stores.

anyone have any suggestions for what I should buy? We're buying our first house, and it's a small lot... .179 acres.. not even 1/5th acre. we had a reel mower for a bit as a kid when we lived in town (.116 acre) , and, they've always appealed to me... while I would prefer an electric, or...

as of this afternoon, we have an official home owners policy with Allstate, (~$850 yr), and I have my own Auto Insurance policy ( ~$250/6 mos. for full coverage on my 13 yr old, 112k mi hybrid) not the company I wanted to go with, but that can change in the future, and at least we have...

hey man, we all live different lives. we don't have the same life experiences. did I make the best life choices, certainly not. a little slow to launch, but I'm getting there. besides, have you seen rent prices lately? it's cheaper to buy a house than rent one. I was single for 20+ years before...

yes, Both Volvo and Polestar ( which, the name at least, used to be the "hot" branch of Volvo, think Abarth, M, AMG, etc...) are owned by, I believe, Geely? the difference is supposedly, the location of the Servers the Cars connected features are "phoning home" to.. Polestar connects to...

went on to insurify.... the first one that got back to me was Allstate. rates look pretty decent. and as other said, if you don't like it, you can change insurers down the road. had to work over the last 2 days, past the time insurance offices are closed. had to contact the realtor to find out...

let me just add in my usual cautionary tale... of course this is just my 2 cents, and YMMV, etc ... many Moons ago, I was attempting to partake in a similar deal for the vibe my buddy had at a time. ( this is around 2011-2012?) I wanted wix-made filters, and they had some at that kind of price...

There's a difference between cars built in China, and the "Chinese Cars" they are talking about. We've had Chinese built Buicks in the US for more than a decade. The current generation Lincoln Nautilus is made in China. What they're referring to are the Chinese brands, BYD, Cherry, Leap, Xpeng...

yes. in fact, score just shy of 800. ( and 10 points higher than hers! HA!) over the last 20 some years, 4-5 different cards, 3 car loans, and 2 apartment leases with the accompanying utilities, ( but no lease/utilities since i moved back home in 2005) Currently paying off (about 1/2 way...

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Not exactly, I even went to one of the online aggregators, the zebra (?) I think, and haven't gotten anything from there either.

I made sure to email the agency where my parents policy is. Not sure of the exact agent, as the guy we originally got the policies with 30+ years ago retired, and passed away, with our policy transferring to a different local agency. That's who I've been trying to contact. Heck 15 or so years...

We've had multiple claims over the years. And they have never jacked up our rates. Heck there have even been a couple they've forgiven...