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Old 04-02-2023, 12:24 AM
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Originally Posted by pinetree3
Curious for those who spontaneously take the car out when it’s a nice day during this time, do you:

1. Immediately resume your insurance
2. Just drive it with insurance still on suspend
3. Never suspend the car
3. I used to suspend when I was younger but now I’m lazy.
Old 04-02-2023, 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by pinetree3
Curious for those who spontaneously take the car out when it’s a nice day during this time, do you:

1. Immediately resume your insurance
2. Just drive it with insurance still on suspend
3. Never suspend the car
I never suspend the insurance for the car. The insurance I am paying for the 911 now is comparatively so 'inexpensive' that I don't mind carrying it over 12 months, just in case the weather is nice in December or feb/march that I can just take the car out for a spin.
The insurance on my 911 is by far the cheapest I have ever paid for car insurance, if that is even possible. I am paying more for my dad's old Corolla than my own car.
Old 04-03-2023, 04:13 PM
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Took her out Sunday for its first good run , for a 45 year old car thats been sitting for 5 months in a barn it performed flawlessly, didnt miss a beat. even the tire pressures required zero adjustment. You would think i had been driving it non stop. Im out for another good run tonight to use the rest of the stabilized storage gas, then away for a few days as we have rain coming.

On a somewhat related note i have seen 3 vehicles in a week being pulled onto flatbeds for " non compliance " i didn't want to talk to the guys as they were NOT in good moods obviously , but first guy was for Noise im pretty sure ( i could kind tell as he started it to drive it behind the tow truck and holy crap , his BMW did NOT leave the factory like that)

The other two were caught by Region of Waterloo inspection trucks and were towed away , not sure why. As they were parked when i got there

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Old 04-03-2023, 08:18 PM
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Originally Posted by moab
3. I used to suspend when I was younger but now I’m lazy.
I saved around $500. Beer and groceries for a few weeks. Not nothing
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Old 04-03-2023, 08:38 PM
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Originally Posted by reacp911
I saved around $500. Beer and groceries for a few weeks. Not nothing
True. My finances are a mess though so just another example of wasteful spending by me.
Old 04-04-2023, 10:16 AM
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Originally Posted by moab
3. I used to suspend when I was younger but now I’m lazy.
lol me too..
Old 04-05-2023, 11:23 AM
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Originally Posted by moab
True. My finances are a mess though so just another example of wasteful spending by me.

that's a night at the rippers or two at fimores
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Old 04-05-2023, 11:44 AM
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Originally Posted by reacp911
I saved around $500. Beer and groceries for a few weeks. Not nothing
I don't think you're eating or drinking enough :-) At $4 a can for a decent IPA and the price of groceries I'm thinking that's more of a one week'ish budget!!!
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Old 04-05-2023, 12:12 PM
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Originally Posted by pfitzsim
I don't think you're eating or drinking enough :-) At $4 a can for a decent IPA and the price of groceries I'm thinking that's more of a one week'ish budget!!!
news flash. there is no such thing as a decent IPA.

Old 04-05-2023, 12:38 PM
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I too had my car out the last few days for a little spin up the DVP ........and the roads here are way worse this year here than last year , I was deeking out potholes left right and center .... To find roads this bad a decade or two ago you would need to drive to Buffalo ..Now Buffalo has decent roads and ours are **** poor .. World class city I think not. Anyway I always like this time of year.... its a nice pick me up driving the car and getting more daylight.

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Old 04-05-2023, 03:52 PM
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I suspend road coverage as well... For me that's 5 months savings at about $150-200/month for taking the coverage off the Miata and Boxster. I have to play musical drivers as I have a 17yr old son and 20 yr old daughter under my policy. Son is itching to get the Miata out, and we are going to pick it up this weekend sometime.

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Old 04-06-2023, 02:33 PM
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I never went into hibernation. Yearly driver 992 for me!

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Old 04-08-2023, 05:38 PM
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It is alive.

Been waiting for this day for months.



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Old 04-08-2023, 06:54 PM
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Honestly the roads are a disgrace. How we pay the taxes we do and the roads are such Swiss cheese I'll never know. Horrible.
Old 04-08-2023, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by NevilleNobody
Honestly the roads are a disgrace. How we pay the taxes we do and the roads are such Swiss cheese I'll never know. Horrible.
Construction and climate. Plus, nobody wants to pay taxes. Always enough money for more cops, tho


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