Yesterday, I heard an advertisement for a local car lot that promised to double your tax return money. All you had to do is bring in your pay statements and they would estimate your tax return, double it, and apply that towards a down-payment on a used car.  (Up to some limit, subject to [...]

I’m one of those that plans to keep their car until it either falls apart around me, or just gives up the ghost one day and turns out to cost more to repair than to replace.
So, I’ve still got a number of years left on my cars, with good care and careful driving. But [...]

If you’re like me, you probably have a first aid kit in the car that looks like it’s from WWII or an ‘emergency’ kit that has crumbling flares, and semi-identifiable objects that are ’supposed’ to be useful in a breakdown. Personally, in my 40+ years on this planet, I have never ONCE used any [...]

Many people shop for cars with one of their main goals being to find a car that has a high resale value. There is the Kelly Blue book site to give you a good idea of what you should expect to get for your car, based on make, model, and condition, when you try [...]