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How Much to Fix It?
Information about auto repair and preventive maintenance
Most of us that have ever gone out to buy appliances, cars, trucks, furniture and any other large ticket items have at some point found ourselves cornered by a sales person performing a hard sell. There is a reason that most people go vehicle shopping on Sunday, there are no sales people around and we [...]
February 27, 2012 in Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance
Tagged auto repair, auto warranty, car repair, extended warranty, mechanic, preventative maintenance
Tagged auto repair, auto warranty, car repair, extended warranty, mechanic, preventative maintenance
By seeing, feeling, and hearing differences in your vehicle’s performance and driving, you could save yourself thousands of dollars in auto repairs. We have all put off bringing our car to our mechanic because we didn’t think we could afford the repairs. But too many times, drivers wait too long and end up paying an [...]
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February 13, 2012 in Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance Tagged auto repair, brakes, maintenance, mechanic
Last week the news reported that as a country, we’re all hanging on to our cars just a little longer than we have in the past – they call it the graying of the U.S. fleet. Not a particularly flattering term, but be assured that with aging comes a measure of wisdom. And, isn’t that [...]
February 8, 2012 in Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance, Recent News
Tagged auto repair, maintenance schedule, oil change, oil change coupon, online appointment, preventative maintenance, tire rotation
Tagged auto repair, maintenance schedule, oil change, oil change coupon, online appointment, preventative maintenance, tire rotation
It is not okay to get scammed by any business, but with the costs of owning a vehicle, being “upsold” out of additional money is beyond unacceptable from your chosen repair shop. Auto repair complaints make up the largest group of consumer grievances. Many of these involve unnecessary or overpriced upsell tactics. Vehicle repairs and [...]
January 9, 2012 in Customer Service, Money Saving Tips
Tagged auto repair, honest mechanic, lifetime brakes, transmission fluid
Tagged auto repair, honest mechanic, lifetime brakes, transmission fluid
Saving money is great and as we approach the holiday season, we could all use a little extra cash in our pockets. If you are like most folks, a good portion of your monthly budget goes to putting gas in your car. One of the easiest ways to save gas is imply to drive less. [...]
Just because something may not cost a lot or is free doesn’t mean it isn’t any less worth doing. This is exactly the case when it comes to checking your tire inflation or rotating your tires, which will cost you little to nothing at your trusted auto repair shop. Failure to rotate tires regularly or [...]
November 29, 2011 in Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance
Tagged tire inflation, tire rotation
Tagged tire inflation, tire rotation
According to AAA, cooling system failures are one of the leading causes of vehicle break-downs on the highway. Yet most of these breakdowns can be prevented by the following preventative maintenance by a trusted auto repair shop. Cooling system neglect is cited as a principal reason for mechanical failure of a vehicle. In addition to [...]
November 28, 2011 in Driving Safety, Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance
Tagged Cooling System, overheating, water pump
Tagged Cooling System, overheating, water pump
An oil and filter change involves draining out the old motor oil and replacing it with fresh, new motor oil. The oil filter also gets replaced at the same time. This is a simple thing for your auto repair shop to do, and it a reasonably priced service. Without it, the results could be costly [...]
Among the several aspects of car maintenance, transmission fluid change and transmission fluid flush are perhaps the most crucial ones. While transmission fluid change has to be executed at regular intervals, one has to ideally opt for transmission fluid flush once in a while in order to ensure that the various transmission problems are kept [...]
November 12, 2011 in Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance
Tagged transmission, transmission fluid flush, transmission flush
Tagged transmission, transmission fluid flush, transmission flush
A recent article from the Today Show Online gives us the idea that consumers are not out there buying new vehicles like they were at one point. In the middle of a national debt crisis and the word “recession” flying out of journalists’ mouths lately, American consumers have been holding on just a little longer [...]
August 12, 2011 in Money Saving Tips, Preventative Maintenance, Recent News
Tagged consumers, new car, old car, recession, used car
Tagged consumers, new car, old car, recession, used car
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