NutterButter
Footballguy
Its not as severe as the title might sound, but driving along the interstate yesterday, front passenger tire comes completely off (all the lugs snapped). I was experiencing some vibration in the steering wheel and what I can only describe as a beating noise coming from the front end for the past couple of days so it didn't come as a total surprise. I was luckily in the right lane with no one around me and I was able to glide safely into the shoulder. Its a really old car that I was looking to replace soon and being 5 hours away from my home, I just had the tow truck driver take it to their lot with the intention of just giving it to them. In another stroke of luck, my brother was only 30 minutes behind me (family vaca) so he was able to take me home. So now I am where I haven't been in 14 years which is looking for a new car. Had a few questions I was hoping you fine folks could answer.
1) Would this be something I file an insurance claim for? Its a real POS of a car with 175k miles and now a missing front tire.
2) Does the insurance company or maybe even AAA cover a car rental? Prices are just ridiculous at the moment
3) Hoping to get into a new used car ASAP. I don't really need a loan, but it sounds like that gets you the best price and it does save me the hassle of moving money around which will take a few days. Does going to a dealer with a pre-qualified loan in hand give you the most leverage and if so what's a company for getting a car loan? If the rate wasn't favorable, I'd just pay it off right away, but like my home loan, I'll gladly just make the payments if its financially advantageous to do so.
All advice is welcome and thanks in advance.
1) Would this be something I file an insurance claim for? Its a real POS of a car with 175k miles and now a missing front tire.
2) Does the insurance company or maybe even AAA cover a car rental? Prices are just ridiculous at the moment
3) Hoping to get into a new used car ASAP. I don't really need a loan, but it sounds like that gets you the best price and it does save me the hassle of moving money around which will take a few days. Does going to a dealer with a pre-qualified loan in hand give you the most leverage and if so what's a company for getting a car loan? If the rate wasn't favorable, I'd just pay it off right away, but like my home loan, I'll gladly just make the payments if its financially advantageous to do so.
All advice is welcome and thanks in advance.