The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) has new recommendations for the safest cars for teen drivers. The stereotype of a car for a teen driver is a loud, muscle car, while the common reality may be an inexpensive, small used car. However, teen drivers are among the most risky… Read more »
What should you do after an auto accident? Be prepared with this auto accident checklist. Today, I’m returning to one of our popular categories, automobiles. See the prior posts here. Accidents can ruin more than your day or even your car. It’s a stressful time, so photocopy this checklist… Read more »
I have posted an extensive series of articles about buying a car, yet I’m still amazed when something new turns up to make buying a car easier or cheaper. I have provided plenty of tips for dealing with sales people at traditional auto dealerships and how to avoid them altogether. … Read more »
Auto insurance is one of those many insurances we are required to have, but there are many ways to qualify for auto insurance reductions. Your insurer will give some to you automatically such as bundling auto insurance with home owners insurance or being accident free. But many other auto insurance… Read more »
I previously published a series of blog posts with detailed information about how to buy a car. Much of that dealt with how to negotiate your best deal with those sales people who negotiate deals for a living. Most of us just aren’t into haggling and then wondering whether we got… Read more »
See my multiple series about buying a car here. Then remember that new cars aren’t your only choice and frequently aren’t your best choice. As soon as you drive your new car off the lot, it becomes a used car and loses value. Prices of used cars depend not only… Read more »
In the last installment of “How to Buy a Car“, I discussed negotiating tips that can get you a much lower price. If you don’t look forward to negotiating, but still want to follow our rule to “avoid paying full price”, you do have options. If all this sounds like… Read more »
Today’s third part in our car buying series is on that dreaded hassle – negotiating. But here are strategies to make it easier. Our last two parts emphasized doing your research, so it should be no surprise, that the keys to negotiating are to do your research, know your facts… Read more »
In my last post, I discussed researching your desired car before buying. You should also research how you will finance your purchase before visiting a dealer to buy, assuming you don’t have enough cash. Ideally, you have saved up a big pile of money for at least a big down… Read more »
Today I’ll start a new series on buying a car. For something that expensive, there should be plenty of room to avoid paying full price if you do it right. Doing it the right way means starting with research. Whether a new or used car, buying a car may involve… Read more »
