When you buy a used car, doing a VIN check on the car is especially important since you have no idea about the car’s ownership history. Otherwise, you could end up with someone else’s costly problems.
Here are four free ways to check a car’s VIN when you are shopping for your next car.
T-Mobile has announced they are partnering with AAA, the largest auto club in North America, to offer T-Mobile and Sprint subscribers a free year of AAA Classic or Basic membership.
Here is what you need to know and how you can sign-up for this offer.
Properly inflated tires are important for better fuel economy, tire longevity, and improved handling. But finding free air for tires is getting harder and harder.
Here are the places and ways you can get free air for your tires when you are low on air.
Are you looking to get more light from your car’s headlights without spending a fortune on expensive high-performance halogen bulbs that only last a short time?
With this simple and affordable H11 to H9 conversion, you can use brighter H9 high-beam bulbs in place of your stock H11 low-beam headlight bulbs.
You’ve just bought your first new car with only a dozen miles on the odometer.
If you are planning to keep your brand new car for 10, 20, or even more years; here are some things you should avoid during the initial break-in period to ensure decades of trouble-free car ownership long after the new car smell is gone.
With spring showers and summer thunderstorms right around the corner, now is a good time to make sure your windshield wipers are up to the task. Getting the rain cleared off your windshield quickly and efficiently is important to be being able to see clearly and drive safely.
Here is how you can make your windshield wipers last longer and save money.
When it comes to buying a new or used car from a dealership, the biggest mistake many car shoppers make is buying based on the monthly payment.
In many cases, the end result is you either end up with a car that you overpaid for, you get stuck making car payments for years longer than usual, or you pay thousands in extra interest. In the worst-case scenario, you end up owing more than the car is worth or your new wheels get repoed.
If you are like many people, you’ve probably noticed your auto insurance rates have been increasing steadily over the years. Luckily there are many ways to lower your insurance bill, one of which is taking a defensive driving course from the comfort of home.
In this post, I’m going to explain how I took a 4-hour online defensive driving course to save almost 10% on my insurance rates. What is even better is I’m going to continue getting this discount on my car insurance for the next three years, resulting in hundreds of dollars in total savings.
If you’ve bought a new or used car from a dealership, you’ve probably experienced this. After spending an hour or four haggling over the price of the car you finally come to a deal. Next, they hustle you into a little office where they try to sell you even more stuff, one of which is an extended car warranty.
Is buying that extended car warranty a good idea? Should you buy an extended warranty for a used car?
The simple answer to high gas prices is to get a more fuel-efficient car such as a hybrid or even an electric car like a Tesla. But that’s not always possible and it’s easier said than done. Sometimes we’ve got to make do with what we got.
As someone who has owned SUVs for the past 15 years that did not get super great gas mileage, here are my tips and strategies on how to save money on gas besides buying another car.