Keeping Your Italian Car Purring
Italian cars are some the sleekest, sexiest high-performance machines out there: Ferrari, Maserati, Lamborghini, Lancia, Fiat. They're also some of the most temperamental. There's a price to being the envy of all you pass, and on a bad day, the headaches might make you entertain the idea of going back to the dealership and swapping her for an ultra-dependable domestic minivan. Just for a moment. But, the best antidote for those headaches is not to foresake your Italian beauty, but to find the service and parts you need to keep her happy.
For service, this may mean taking her back to the Ferrari or Lamborghini Dealership from whence she came, but sometimes the best service is found in a specialty shop that deals only in cars like these, along with Lancia, Fiat, Alfa Romeo and other Italian sports cars. italycarfans.com can help you locate shops with service personnel who are intimately familiar with these machines because that's all they work on.
In terms of parts, we all know how hard these can be to find. Lancia cars, in particular, are often very rare, and it can be nearly impossible to find replacement parts. Not that Lamborghini, Fiat, and Ferrari are far behind. Dealerships will often quote delivery times of months for a part, assuming they can find it at all. With italycarfans.com, you can search for parts at a dozen shops in a matter of minutes.
And, if your Fiat or Lancia needs a Ferrari or two to keep it company, italycarfans.com will help you track down multiple dealerships, so you can get the best deal. Whatever you are looking for, from Alfa Romeo to Lamborghini to Zagato, italycarfans.com will show you where to go.
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Additionally, Italy fans will find helpful links to where to find repair parts and services for their cars at italycarfans.com, as well as a directory of shops that will do the work for them.
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How Much Car Insurance Do I Need?
This is one of the most common questions asked of insurance agents.
Everyone would like to save money on car insurance. Why not? After all, we hope we’ll never use it. We expect to trade in our cars two years after purchase in the same pristine condition as when we bought them. And we don’t even want to think about injuries. But accidents happen.
Car insurance is a necessity, not only because it’s required by law. How much car insurance is enough? Legally, the requirement depends on your state’s laws, most of which specify at least $25,000/$50,000 in liability insurance. If you’re penniless and your job prospects are few, that may be enough. If you’re earning a living, own a home or other assets, or expect to, it isn’t. Your liability insurance limits must be high enough to protect what you own or expect to own.
After their cars reach a certain age, many people discontinue comprehensive and collision insurance. You need comp and collision on your car to protect anything you cannot afford to replace. If you can buy another car without financial stress after yours is totaled in an accident, and it’s paid for, take the comprehensive and collision coverage off your car. But if an accident could leave you afoot, keep the coverage.
The bottom line is you need as much car insurance as you have assets you want to protect.
