Jalopnik - A Giant Hurricane Washed Away All My Cars!
Posted: Thu Sep 14, 2017 3:07 pm
https://jalopnik.com/a-giant-hurricane- ... 1808936377
This is something I thought about when Irma was looking like a possible threat to Charlotte. If all 3 of our cars were destroyed and I had to start over with say a $60k budget, how would I allocate this? $60k is basically what I would expect to collect from insurance for all three cars plus $10k.
2014 Vsport Premium (this is obvious). Let's budget $28k even though there is a cheaper one out there now.
The next two are a little more interesting:
For the Elise replacement, I don't think I would buy another Elise for two main reasons: I've already owned one for 11 years and it isn't very daily driver friendly. I like the convertible part, so I am partial to that; however I could live with something less expensive and more user friendly. By user friendly, I mainly mean I could drive it with every pair of shoes I own, it would be possible to talk on the phone while driving and it has decent climate control. I would cut the budget to $15-25k to reflect the relatively low amount of use. Top candidates: 987 Boxster S, Honda S2000, ND Miata, FR-S/BRZ. Less likely choices: FD RX-7 (preferably with LSX), Integra Type R, Lancer Evo. Basically what I would want to accomplish here is have something with a manual transmission that brings a different dimension of fun than the Vsport.
For the Rondo replacement, I would probably just look for a $8-10k Mazda5. I know these are boring, but that's really what I want for a family utility vehicle. Also, they have good steering feel at least.
This is something I thought about when Irma was looking like a possible threat to Charlotte. If all 3 of our cars were destroyed and I had to start over with say a $60k budget, how would I allocate this? $60k is basically what I would expect to collect from insurance for all three cars plus $10k.
2014 Vsport Premium (this is obvious). Let's budget $28k even though there is a cheaper one out there now.
The next two are a little more interesting:
For the Elise replacement, I don't think I would buy another Elise for two main reasons: I've already owned one for 11 years and it isn't very daily driver friendly. I like the convertible part, so I am partial to that; however I could live with something less expensive and more user friendly. By user friendly, I mainly mean I could drive it with every pair of shoes I own, it would be possible to talk on the phone while driving and it has decent climate control. I would cut the budget to $15-25k to reflect the relatively low amount of use. Top candidates: 987 Boxster S, Honda S2000, ND Miata, FR-S/BRZ. Less likely choices: FD RX-7 (preferably with LSX), Integra Type R, Lancer Evo. Basically what I would want to accomplish here is have something with a manual transmission that brings a different dimension of fun than the Vsport.
For the Rondo replacement, I would probably just look for a $8-10k Mazda5. I know these are boring, but that's really what I want for a family utility vehicle. Also, they have good steering feel at least.