Guest Post By: Devin Beck “Devin, you’re married with an 11-year-old daughter, and you have a Porsche 911 Turbo as your daily driver? How do you justify that?” I hear this a lot, and here’s my response. Performance First I have made a number of bad car purchases that, in …
Who of you has heard of the Duemila Ruote Auction (“2000 wheels” in Italian)? Most likely not many of you. While most of us are in a turkey coma over the Thanksgiving holiday, RM Auctions will auction off 450 high-end cars, 150 motorcycles, 60 boats, and countless pieces of automobilia …
I have two clients who daily drive a Porsche 997 Turbo. Here in the Midwest, with the closest thing to snow tires made for the car, they both have assured me it’s a great car in less than 6” of snow. I have another client that daily drives his Land …
When I was about four years old, my mother was in the process of teaching me manners. She had me hold the door for a family that was leaving a local restaurant — they just happened to be Asian. As I turned to walk in, standing and staring at me …
“Hey Dave! Which is better: a Cadillac or an Audi A6?” “Should I buy a Lexus SUV for my wife?” I get variations of these questions all the time. And I honestly have trouble giving a quick answer. Really, we need to find out more about the history of the …
Tesla completely flipped the age-old automotive industry upside down through rethinking and reimagining the idea of the automobile. A real modern day Henry Ford kind of story, right? Tesla is widely known for its shocking claims about their automobiles, ranging from the promise that all Tesla Superchargers would be solar-powered …
Right now, a trend in car circles is an influx of buyers acquiring classic cars as an investment. The appreciation numbers are enticing, with some cars seeing values increase over 600% over a few short months. But this growth is not sustainable. CNBC interviewed us recently about the value growth …
People buy Range Rovers for the same reason they stay in bad relationships: those brief moments of joy overshadow years of frequent pain. As your Rover is being towed from work for the eighth time, you tell your skeptical friends “You just don’t know her like I do.” I have …
“We’ve got a problem.” A client took his BMW to the dealership for a transmission issue. The diagnosis was a transmission leak (transmission pan gasket seal) as the car was two quarts low on fluid. They said they needed to fix the leak before determining if the transmission was OK. …
Most luxury and high performance cars advise the use of premium fuel. But the higher price at the pump can make some drivers wonder, “Do I have to use it?” So, can you get away with topping off with regular? I recommend the use of premium in these three key …
