Motorists all across the United States are increasingly complaining about the high costs of insurance. After all, any honest analysis clearly shows that a big chunk of car ownership costs goes towards insurance premiums that have to be paid monthly ...
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Mailbag: Buy a New Car With a Loan or a Used One With Cash?
Hi Len, I am an avid reader of your website. Thanks for all the great information you share. It's helping my friends become smart with our resources. I'm planning on buying a car soon. I'd like a decent car that won't give me too many problems. I'm ...
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Reasons Why You Should Hire a Motor Vehicle Accident Lawyer
I wanted to race cars. I didn't like school, and all I wanted to do was work on cars. But right before I graduated, I got into a really bad car accident, and I spent that summer in the hospital thinking about where I was heading. I decided to take ...
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What is Gap Insurance and How Does it Work?
You know that there are different types of car insurance policies that are available. It will be a bit complicated to make a choice especially when you do not know what you are looking for. One of the things that you may have heard about is gap ...
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Full- vs. Limited-Tort Car Insurance: Are the Savings Worth the Risk?
Insurance. Guarantee. Protection. These are things that we want to have when we're talking about big investments like a house or a car. It's only right to think that way, especially because these things are the fruits of our labor. After all, we toil ...
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How to Save Money By Choosing the Right Car Insurance Company
If you own a vehicle it's crucial that you have car insurance. If you're like most people, you're probably struggling to decide on which company to purchase a policy from. The problem is there are hundreds of car insurance companies offering ...
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What Are The Benefits Of Regularly Maintaining Your Vehicle?
Some people believe maintaining their vehicles consists of filling up the fuel tank, occasionally changing the oil, running it through the car wash, and replacing the air freshener. However, there is a whole list of tasks you should perform in order ...
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Grandfather Says: A Look Back at the 29 Cars I’ve Owned
Grandfather says he has lived through most of America's golden age of the automobile.
In fact, he's owned twenty-nine of them over the years, some of them bought for one or another of his five children to drive.
Here's the entire list, from ...
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Grandfather Says: Remembering Grandfather’s Grandfather
Grandfather remembers his grandfather, James F. Miller, a man respected and honored as the family's patriarch.
He sired eight children, one of whom died in infancy; a common occurrence which was accepted stoically, in those days.
Grandfather ...
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5 Features Every Car Insurance Comparison Website Must Have
There's no denying that car insurance is getting more and more expensive, which is why car insurance comparison websites have become so popular over recent years. Using the websites, you'll be able to find all the information you need to know about ...
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4 Options for People Looking to Get a Used Car Loan
Driving is a part of life in the United States. We live in a large, spread out nation, which requires the use of vehicles to get from place to place. Many people choose to buy new cars. The US recently saw many years in a row of record new car sales. ...
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4 Things You Need To Know About Car Title Loans
Before getting into the nitty-gritty details of car title loans, we must first understand what a title loan is. A title loan is a loan where the owner of an asset gives the title to a creditor who lends him money in exchange. The giving of the title ...
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100 Words On: When High Car Insurance Deductibles Make Sense
While most people strive to keep their car insurance deductibles as low as possible, the downside is those deductibles result in higher premiums. But for folks who drive limited miles, safe motorists, and those who drive older vehicles that have lost ...
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How to Financially Recover From a Car Accident
Car accidents are always bad; the most minor accidents usually result in outsized costs, as even replacing paint is expensive. But, of course, you're very fortunate if scraped paint is all you need to worry about because accidents can easily result ...
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How Drivers with Tickets Can Keep Their Insurance Rates as Low as Possible
When shopping for car insurance, there are plenty of factors that affect rates including your age and gender, your car's make and model, where you live, and your coverage. Another factor is your driving history, which includes accidents and traffic ...
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What Is GAP Insurance for Cars and Why Should You Buy It?
Many years ago, I worked with an old engineer who always wore a belt and suspenders. Always. One day I pointed out that fashion snobs consider a belt and suspenders to be a serious sartorial faux pas.
He was unimpressed.
"I know," he said, "But ...
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3 Ways to Save Money When Buying Car Tires
Every couple of years, we all need to open up our checkbook and pay out some of our hard-earned cash for tires.
Sadly, it's folks who fail to keep track of their car's maintenance record who end up being caught off guard; they never seem to see ...
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Take a Look at the Exceptionally Low Running Costs of Electric Motorcycles
Although it's taken its sweet time, electric car sales are continuing to rise. It's the same story for electric motorcycles (EM). In other words, electric vehicles (EVs) are here to stay -- and that's good news because they're much kinder to the ...
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How to Make Buying Your First Car as Easy as It Can Be
When you're ready to buy a car for the first time, it's important to be prepared before you head to the dealership. Some first-time car buyers make the mistake of simply going to a dealership and buying the first car they think is right for them. Use ...
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10 More Old Wives’ Tales Masquerading As Financial Rules of Thumb
There are people out there who swear that if you're lucky enough to see the first flower of springtime on a Friday, it's a sign of impending wealth.
I know. I don't buy it either.
Still, let's assume these folks know what they're talking about; ...
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