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Is it time to get a ‘new’ car?

My first car was a 1981 Chevy Impala. That car was a tank compared to the tiny Toyota Prius that I drive today, but it was a lot of fun to drive. You could pack a lot of people into that car and I could almost stretch out completely in the back seat and take [...]

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Do you need a new car?

One of the greatest misconceptions in the area of personal finance is that when you need a car it has to be a new car. The truth is what you need is a reliable car, and that doesn’t have to be a new one. The average new car payment is roughly $450 each month; that [...]

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Tightening of the Credit Belt

I came across this article on Yahoo! Finance and thought I would share my feelings on how the current economic crisis will impact the average family with regard to being able to purchase new cars. The article lists 6 key ways car shopping has changed and for the most part I think the changes are [...]

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