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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: January 2008
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. How to Buy a Used Car. It's sad but true. Today, the average new car will cost you more than $20,000. But the minute you drive that car off the dealer's lot, depreciation kicks in and your new car becomes a used car, suffering a substantial loss in value (sometimes as much as one-third of its original price in the first year alone). Determine What You Can Afford. Determine the Kind of Car You Need. Next, narrow you...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: November 2008
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Friday, November 7, 2008. Buying a Car: Do Your Research - Know the Product. A new car is second only to a home as the most expensive purchase many consumers make. The average price for a car in America is approximately $24,500. That’s why it is so important to know how to make a smart deal. Think about what car model or options you want and how much you are willing to spend. Shop around! Consider the following suggestions:. The monroney stick...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: How to Negotiate a Fair Settlement when Your Car Has Been Totaled
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. How to Negotiate a Fair Settlement when Your Car Has Been Totaled. You aren't so happy, though, when you climb out and survey the damage. Your car- that trusty Honda Accord- is a goner. The front end looks like an elephant sat on it. As if you weren't feeling cheery enough, the insurance adjuster calls a few days later and tells you that your car is a "total loss." This is the news you were dreading. After the acci...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: How to Negotiate a Fair Personal Injury Settlement
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. How to Negotiate a Fair Personal Injury Settlement. Note: This is the second in a 2-part series on how to negotiate with insurance companies following an auto accident. To learn about property-damage claims, see How to Negotiate a Fair Settlement when Your Car Has Been Totaled. Not only are such people crooks, but they drive up the cost of insurance premiums for everybody else, and they make it harder for people wi...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: Car Care Basics for Women
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Car Care Basics for Women. Welcome to Care Care Basics - your 101 class on caring for your car. Here you can read all about how a car works, including brief overviews of the engine and major systems, maintenance tips, and information on how to handle emergencies and get back on the road. I Knowledge is Power: Understanding How Your Car Works. How Your Engine Functions, in a Nutshell. The Basic Engine Systems. Gasol...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: Get on the Stick
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Get on the Stick. When I learned how to drive a stick shift, I became a woman. Or rather, I stopped thinking of myself as girlish and started thinking of myself as womanly. Those of you who drive a stick know exactly what I mean. Of course, once upon a time, standard transmissions reigned in the U.S. as well. In 1950, virtually all automobiles were manually controlled. Automatic transmissions were a...In a complete...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: Tires: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask)
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. Tires: Everything You Wanted to Know (But Were Afraid to Ask). Do your tires sag a bit, as if they could benefit from a gym membership? Do your tires bring to mind Montel Williams, Captain Picard, or Yul Brynner? Do you own a tire pressure gauge? And if so, do you know where it is? What Is a Tire, Anyway? But most importantly, a tire is what keeps you from being plastered to the roadway like an unfortunate opossum.
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: How to Buy a Used Car
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. How to Buy a Used Car. It's sad but true. Today, the average new car will cost you more than $20,000. But the minute you drive that car off the dealer's lot, depreciation kicks in and your new car becomes a used car, suffering a substantial loss in value (sometimes as much as one-third of its original price in the first year alone). Determine What You Can Afford. Determine the Kind of Car You Need. Next, narrow you...
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc: December 2007
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Car Buying, Driving, Etc. Putting Women in the Driver's Seat. Friday, December 7, 2007. How Much Should You Pay? Car manufacturers use two kinds of incentive programs to spur car sales: factory-to-dealer incentives and customer rebates. These are essentially cash rebates from the manufacturer to the dealer, triggered by car sales. These programs are usually unadvertised to the public. Car makers sometimes offer rebates directly to the customer. Links to current incentive program listings:. There's no sla...
