Insurance Agent Forum

[Mr. Bill]

Honestly, a great PERFORMANCE car was an older model Infiniti Q45 I owned and loved, until it got to the point where only a dealer could fix it and they didn't know what they were doing.

The only car that comes close to that car is that Cadillac STS, that is one fun ride.

Personally, hated the 2008 BMW 750IL I test drove. What a load of hooey.

[Newby]

I've got you beat Al.

2001 Subaru Outback with 188,000 miles on the clock and still just like brand new. I expect to get at least 3-more years out of it.

[healthagent]

Owning a "nice" or luxury car isn't just vanity - especially in the field of sales. If your job entails meeting a lot of clients or account executives having a nice car is a wise career choice.

If you're meeting a potential client for lunch to land a rather large account you can absolutely lose the sale by showing up in your POS. If your job entails any type of recruiting it's better to lease that Benz then purchase that Toyota for the same monthly payment.

As independent agents who either sell online or meet with our clients it's really neither here nor there.

[STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM]

This is my favorite ride.....

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

Infinity QX4 SUV. Not a huge SUV, but big enough. With new tires, I'm comfortable driving in "White Death."

One of these days I'll ditch the "GETMET" plates. I get a lot of strange looks.



No longer confident...but cocky. Bad news for the Steelers as Tomlin better right the ship...now!

[Undercover]

Leasing can make a lot of sense versus owning if the car's in the company's name - i.e. deductibility of lease payments when they're made versus a big upfront hit to cash flow with depreciation deductions over time.

That said, I can't say that I practice what I preach. Being a mechanically inclined fellow, I always find it best to buy a quality used car between 3-4 years old with 30-50k on the clock. The biggest depreciation of a car is in the first couple of years, but cars are built so well today, they're pretty trouble-free to 100+k miles. Following this approach, I've drive BMW's for the price of a Honda. I have never bought a new car and do almost all the work myself.

My rides:
DD's - 2000 BMW 528iT (wagon with a rare 5 spd) & 2000 BMW 323ci conv
Toys - 1978 Porsche 911sc targa and 1987 Corvette Callaway Twin Turbo conv (wanna race? at a track, of course)

[STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM]

Btw....how many of these threads do we need...

What do you drive...and vote for greatest car ever. - Insurance Agent Forum

[CT Insure Guy]

Originally Posted by STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM

btw....how many of these threads do we need...

What do you drive...and vote for greatest car ever. - Insurance Agent Forum

I would say at least one a week...lol.

If I had my choice I would be driving 24/7, otherwise discussing cars, drawing cars, looking at cars or reading about cars. A costly obsession but so much more entertaining than Insurance.

Now if I could only find a way to make the same $$$ from selling/writing about and/or driving cars, that would be cool!

[David C]

Back in my A.L. Williams days I went to a meeting hosted by one of their top gun RVP's (Bob Buisson). Bob was driving a Volkswagon Beetle, he's making 100,000 + at this point, lots of other RVP's had bought BMW's, he mentioned that more than one of these BMW driving RVP's had hit him up for a loan to make car payments.

[arnguy]

Since Dean taught me how to sell in my underwear, the make of car I drive doesn't really matter. However, I am saving up to purchase a new Mercedes Maybach sedan. I am wondering if Toyota manufactures a Minima as opposed to a Maxima?

[Mr. Bill]

Gosh, anyone seen the new Honda Accord? I saw one the other day and was shocked, it's UGLY!!!