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How To Repair A Flooded Car – Right Before You Have It Crushed
The used car business has a lot of dirty secrets. Because of this, insurance is often higher than new cars. I know from looking into geico reviews that insurance companies often don’t like used cars because they are much more likely to have hidden issues than new ones. Odometers that can be rolled back with… Read This Article
How A Car From Yesterday Defines Tesla’s Tomorrow
Who hasn’t heard about Tesla.? Does it really need an introduction? Well, the best way to define Tesla could be by talking about the green and clean initiatives taken by the company. This American clean vehicle and clean energy company is based in California. However, this company is not limited to only vehicles. It deals… Read This Article
How A Group Of Navy Sailors Created Their Own Illegal Police Force
It took 12 years for the Navy to catch wind of it. The navy’s biggest shipyard in the United States had a team of directors and officers who illegally procured over $21 million in public funds along with a level of weaponry that would rival any mid-sized metropolitan city. Their goal? To create a police… Read This Article
The Day I Became An Informant For The Police
His cell phone line was dead. As a car dealer, a disconnected phone is always the first sign that one of your automotive “investments” has gone south. By 2:00 PM I was at the house. My truck wasn’t there. A loud noise from inside told me that his associate, DJ Jazzy Boombox, was working on… Read This Article
What Car Awakened You To The World Of Cars?
My friends had their tongues hanging out. The year: 1984. The car: A brand new Toyota Celica Supra. It had the words ‘SUPRA’ in big bubble letters on the rear: just in case you missed it. Pop-up headlights. Seats that actually had bolsters on them. A sunroof, and the very best AM/FM Cassette money could buy…. Read This Article
Long-Term Quality: Why Is The Ford Ranger Loved While The Chevy S10 Is Merely Liked?
Way back in the Clinton Era, two compact pickups battled each other to an inch of their amortized sheetmetal. The Ford Ranger, which had been the ruler of the small truck roost since 1983, and the Chevy S-10 which fought equally valiantly with rebates, market incentives, two branded clones in the form of the GMC… Read This Article
Saturns Have To Be The Cheapest Cars On God’s Green Earth
Eight years after the last Saturn was built, cheapskate Americans are enjoying a cornucopia of used Saturns, and here’s a surprise. Not all of them are just basic transportation. Let me offer an example for those of you who love sporty hatchbacks. Think about this. What’s the best bang for the buck sporty hatchback you… Read This Article
Car Buying Tips: Feeling Used
Every year over ten million vehicles pass through U.S. auto dealer auctions and kelly blue books documents it all. This decades old free market has always been dependent on you, the consumer. Dealers will bid up those models that are popular with buyers, while those with a limited audience are stuck in what’s commonly called… Read This Article
How We Figure Out The Score
Back in 2012 when we first launched the Long-term Quality Index site, Steve and I worked on putting together the Quality Index Rating (QIR). We made it simple. 50 was the average score which was then a Chevy Impala. 100 represented the best model which turned out to be the Toyota Land Cruiser, and those that hovered… Read This Article