Archive for the ‘Automobiles’ Category

Car Service

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

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.

Car crash crash

Thursday, January 28th, 2010

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.

Expansions

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

The world makes its money with expansions. Buy a car, fine. You can get out the door without it hurting too much if you know how much you should really be paying. But they get you with the expansions. All the little features that add on to the bill. Video game systems have come down in price recently, but you don’t get the full set that you used to. Used to be that the Nintendo came with 2 controllers, a gun, 2 games, and everything else that you needed. Now the systems only come with 1 of the 4 controllers that you need, no gun, and usually, no game. Even board games are released with only a portion of the game before the expansion gives you full access to the entire board game. And what are movie sequels, prequels, reboots, etc., but expansions.

Expansions, they’ll get ya. That’s right Blondie. Get ya, get ya, get ya. One way or another.

Holiday Insurance

Thursday, November 26th, 2009

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.

Motor Lust

Saturday, October 31st, 2009

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 as the Latest Bling

Friday, October 2nd, 2009

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).

Used My Car Insurance

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

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!!

Woops, I Didn’t See You Driving There

Friday, July 31st, 2009

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.

Papers Please

Wednesday, July 29th, 2009

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.

Lucky parts

Wednesday, April 29th, 2009

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.