Just as it is with your other major investments, it’s a good idea to get motorhome insurance if you have one.  The piece of mind that comes with protecting what is likely the second biggest purchase of your life is priceless.  With it, you can ride the roads from New York to California without worrying about anything except where to find hookups.

Well what a stinker! I went out to water the plants, and my husband’s scooter was missing. Apparently it was rolled off the front porch. So we’ve gone from a 1.25 vehicle family to a 1 vehicle family. Should be interesting getting everyone to work and school in the mornings.

We all know that it’s expensive to fix your car when it breaks down. And we all know that our cars are going to break down and need fixing eventually. There is another kind of insurance that you can get to take care of these unexpected, yet eventual expenses. Go to www.goodsamesp.com to get more information about how to get an extended plan that will cover the cost of fixing your ride.

If you drive somewhere on most days, you will eventually be in an accident. Odds are that eventually you’ll be in an accident that’s you’re fault. (Strange that they’re still called accidents.) When you’re in a collision, you’ll immediately think, “Good thing I have auto insurance.” If you don’t have any right now, go online to find auto insurance quotes.

Get yourself a present this Thanksgiving, even though this isn’t necessarily the holiday for giving or getting presents, by making sure that you have auto insurance. Thanksgiving is one of the most dangerous holidays for accidents and you don’t want to have your car smashed up on the holidays. It’s just kind of a bummer. Especially if you crash into me this holiday season.

It’s the time of year when snow birds bring their motorhomes to town and occupy half the Walmart parking lot and a good sized dirt lot on the outskirts of town. You got to wonder how much upkeep on a moving house is. Gas has got to cost at least as much as electricity on a decent sized house and I’d wager that motorhome insurance is more expensive than that for a stationary house. Stucco really hides dirt on a house but on a motorhome I’d feel compelled to get a car wash every now and again. It must cost extra when a car is working as your in-law quarters being dragged along behind you.

But they’re shiny. And the sides can be electronically expanded.

Which is why I want one.

Car grilles are the latest thing to tweek out on your ride. First there was giving the car the ability to bounce up and down. Then it was great paint jobs and more recently those hub caps that twirl independently of the wheel. Grilles were bound to get tweeked eventually.

I’m feeling nostalgic for the days when hood ornaments were stolen and made into bling (but before it was called bling).

I finally used my car insurance for something. I got a chip in my windshield and I got it fixed. It all worked out very nicely. I just called them up (actually my husband did) and set up an appointment. The guy came out, filled the glass, buffed it to a shine and now I don’t need to worry about the thing spreading. Tiny chip taken care of. Oh, YEAH!!

Finding an attoryney on the internet can be a real challenge.  What do you do — Google something like ‘Pleasanton motorcycle accident attorney‘?  Do you need to be that specific?  Or do you just go to the online yellow pages and let your mouse do the walking?

I think for the most part, you ask around and find someone who has used an attorney before and who can give you a good referal.  Although if you have car insurance I think some insurance companies will defend you as part of the service in hopes that they don’t have to pay out too much.

So I after I renewed the registration for my husband’s scooter online and got the tags in the mail, I put his new registration on the keyboard at his computer.  The very same keyboard I’m using right now.  The very same keyboard from which I can easily read his vehicle registration because it hasn’t ended up in his scooter yet.  He’s got 2 days left before the old one expires and he’ll be in a world of hurt if he gets pulled over with an expired registration.

Then again, who am I to talk.  This is the first time in 10 years I’ve had unexpired proof of insurance in my car from the beginning of the policy.  It usually makes it in the car about 3 weeks before it expires.

For those of us absolutely lucky enough to actually own a fine Italian-made automobile, you may have had problems trying to get parts for the thing. I mean, in Italy I’m sure that every gas station and auto parts store is fully stocked with every Ferrari, Maserati, or Lamborghini part that you could want, but in the good old U S of A, they’re a little harder to come by. Thanks to the miracle of the world wide web, you can now access all of the Ferrari parts that you may need.

A couple of more thoughts from the “Save the American Auto Companies” rant of last week.

The key part of saving these auto companies is to offer super-high efficient, high-gas-mileage cars at low prices. Make the car’s price low enough that it makes financial sense to buy for everyone. Currently, the good hybrid’s are too expensive to make financial sense. You won’t actually save any money on the deal because the higher price offsets all of the gas savings.

Another way to make these cars even more appealing to the American buyer is to offer them online. If the buyer can choose all of the options and order their new car through the internet, you will have a much happier buyer. Most Americans don’t actually like going to the dealership. They only do so out of necessity. Buyers still need to test-drive and kick the tires, so offer buyers the option of having a car driven to their home or work for a test-drive before they sign the paperwork.

I’ll still be waiting, but still not holding my breath.

It seems like it nowadays. Everywhere you look there is someone on a motor scooter trying to save money on gas. With a commute of less than three miles, I decided to join in on the new trend. Easier said than done.

Took me almost a month to find one.

I was somewhat surprised that my small town didn’t have any scooters at the dealership, but I soon moved on to look in neighboring small towns, then in Vegas, and finally in Phoenix.

One dealership had a half dozen of the small scooters that I was looking for. Lucky me. I ended up with an Adly Jet 50. I’ll let you know more about it after a few weeks of taking it to work and around town.