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Hammer Time: Cheap, Cheap and Cheap
Why that car? My cousin was slightly amused at the sight of my 2004 Ford Taurus SES. A rental car seemingly loaded with penny-pinching mediocrity and cut corners. An unusual choice for the holidays....
View ArticleQuestion Of The Day: Should Automobiles Be Marketed… For A Lifetime?
Click here to view the embedded video. The average Toyota Camry likely sells for somewhere in the neighborhood of $25,000. What if you could buy a more durable version of that Camry for, say, $33k…....
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Hammer Time Remix: Happy Returns!
Does retail always give you the best return when it comes to cars? The reflexive answer is ‘yes’. But the real answer is ‘It depends’. I’ve seen cars bought at dealer auctions that don’t have a chance...
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Generation Why: 2013 Even Worse For Young Car Buyers, But The Dream Is Still...
A study by Edmunds on the buying habits of millennials shows that 2013 was not a particularly good year for young car buyers. Despite making good headway in 2012, 2013 saw those gains practically...
View ArticleYou Can’t Argue The Price After You’ve Bought the Car
Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to a new column I’d like to call: You’re an asshole if you do this. This can cover a wide range of automotive topics, including using a stack of keywords at the bottom of...
View ArticleIn Which An Editor Goes Car Shopping
At virtually every other automotive outlet for whom I’ve worked, the communication between writer and reader has been a one-way street. I give advice. The reader listens. Whether the reader acts on...
View ArticleIf You Drive A Smart Today, You Can Drive An Exotic Later
Two weeks ago, I wrote about the slings and arrows of car2go membership. A few members of the B&B took issue with my claim that car2go was the cheapest way to operate an automobile. One of them...
View ArticleAsk Bark: Is $6,000 Too Much To Spend On A High Mileage Car?
Sophia writes: Thank you for taking the time to read and answer this email, it’s greatly appreciated. I have a budget of $6k and would like to buy a used car (automatic transmission). I really like the...
View ArticleExtremely Green Cars Showered With Another Kind of Green
Want to wear your environmental activism on your sleeve? Park some of it in your driveway. Gone are the days when driving an electric car required careful trip planning — and white-knuckled,...
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