It’s de rigueur for personal finance blogs to include a post about reducing fuel costs in a time of skyrocketing gas prices. Most of these posts will include solid, useful information about how to reduce your fuel consumption- drive conservatively, drive less, inflate your tires, and so forth. All great advice. Unfortunately, even if you [...]
For any car owner, auto insurance is a significant but necessary expense. The rates you pay are based on a wide range of factors, including your driving record, your vehicle, where you live and how often you drive (interestingly, in my Newfoundland & Labrador, rates cannot be based on age, sex, or marital status). While [...]
A couple of weeks back, I wrote about the benefits of leasing a new vehicle over purchasing, noting that incentives available on leases to be one of the major upsides. Well, it looks like that may not be the case much longer on some vehicles, as the Big Three are all eliminating lease incentives and [...]
The choices faces when buying a “new” (to you) car are astounding- a huge variety of makes, models, options and colours. But before you even begin to narrow down what you’re looking for, it’s important to decide whether you want to buy a brand new car, an “almost new” car (>5 years old), or a [...]
The choices faces when buying a “new” (to you) car are astounding- a huge variety of makes, models, options and colours. But before you even begin to narrow down what you’re looking for, it’s important to decide whether you want to buy a brand new car, an “almost new” car (>5 years old), or a [...]