Cars & Transportation – Money Crashers

7 Best Credit Cards for Uber Rides

Brian Martucci — Wed, 13 Sep 2023 13:00:00 +0000

If you ride with Uber more than once in a great while, you’ll come out ahead when you use one of these cards as your default payment method.

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Is Zipcar Worth It? – Review, Membership-Based City Car Share Program

Brian Martucci — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 20:00:00 +0000

Sign up for Zipcar and get a FREE $25 driving credit. Zipcar offers city-dwellers a viable alternative to traditional car ownership. Its hundreds of hubs around the globe make it one of the world’s largest carsharing companies, and once you have a membership you can use its vehicles anywhere – including Europe. Like the locally based nonprofits

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How to Make Money Flipping Cars – Fix Up & Sell Cars for Big Profit

Brian Martucci — Fri, 19 May 2023 14:10:00 +0000

Despite its popularity, flipping houses isn’t the only way to make money fixing up undervalued assets. If you have the right temperament and know-how, you can also turn a profit flipping cars. I’ve spent a lot of time learning how to successfully buy, fix, and sell old cars. In this guide, I’m going to outline the anatomy

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8 Best Affordable Cars for College Students

Brian Martucci — Wed, 10 May 2023 18:40:00 +0000

Many college students get by just fine without owning a car. If you’re studying abroad or in a major U.S. city with great public transportation and affordable carsharing, ridesharing and bikesharing options, you might not need a vehicle, especially since traffic congestion and parking restrictions often create big headaches for student car owners. Throwing a car into

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Top 18 Most Fuel-Efficient Cars

Brian Martucci — Wed, 10 May 2023 16:55:00 +0000

The price of gas is nothing if not volatile. Historical data from the Energy Information Administration shows United States retail gasoline prices bouncing around between $3 and $4 per gallon between 2011 and 2014, then falling below $2 per gallon in 2015 and remaining below $3 per gallon through 2020, with another dip below $2

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How to Buy a Car – 15 Essential Tips to Get the Best Deal

Brian Martucci — Wed, 10 May 2023 05:38:00 +0000

Most Americans own at least one vehicle, or live in a household where someone does. So buying a car is a reality you’ll probably have to face sooner or later — even if you can put it off for a while. Might as well do your best to get a good deal on it, right?

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What Is an Auto Loan and How Does Financing a Car Work?

G. Brian Davis — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 21:00:00 +0000

Cars are expensive, so most buyers finance them. They use auto loans to do that. But an auto loan adds a new set of wrinkles to the already annoying car buying process. To avoid getting taken for a ride on your next car purchase, learn how auto loans work and how to avoid their pitfalls.

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17 Best AAA Membership Discounts You Should Be Using

Brian Martucci — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:00:00 +0000

If you’ve got a reliable car and aren’t prone to locking your keys in your car, are AAA's fringe benefits enough incentive to make the investment worthwhile? Before you decide, check out AAA’s three membership tiers and loads of driving- and nondriving-related perks to see if it’s right for you.

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Lyft Review – Pricing, Service & How It Stacks Up to Uber

Brian Martucci — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:15:00 +0000

Lyft is a popular ridesharing app – also known as a transportation network company, or TNC – that’s available in hundreds of cities and towns across the United States. Like Uber’s similar app, Lyft lets you electronically hail cars driven by independent contractors. In practice, it functions a lot like a taxi service, although it’s far more technologically sophisticated and

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22 Cars, Trucks & SUVs With the Best Resale Value After 5 Years

Brian Martucci — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:37:25 +0000

Whether you choose to buy a new or used car, you can count on one thing: Your ride will lose value immediately after you take possession. Unlike real estate, vehicles are bound by the law of depreciation. They’re depreciating assets, meaning they lose value over time. That said, not all cars depreciate at the same

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How to Find a Good Mechanic & Reduce Repair Costs

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:33:51 +0000

If you’re a fairly handy person, you probably do simple car repairs yourself, such as changing the oil or replacing headlights. However, for more complex jobs, such as replacing a radiator, you need a mechanic – and it’s worth taking the trouble to find a good one. It takes time and effort to find a mechanic

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What Is the Lemon Law – Implied Warranty for Defective Cars & Products

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:42:58 +0000

Buying a new car is one of the most exciting purchases you’ll ever make. There’s nothing quite like the thrill of driving home in a beautiful, showroom-perfect vehicle, particularly if you’ve been driving nothing but old clunkers for most of your life. The shiny finish, the high-tech features, that magical new-car smell – for the

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12 Surprisingly Affordable Luxury Cars – Best Rides Under $40,000

Brian Martucci — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:31:38 +0000

Is your ride due for an upgrade? Frugal car buyers assume luxury cars have no place in their garages or driveways. In many cases, they’re right. Buying more car than you can afford is one of the easiest and most preventable ways to get into debt. More than that, it’s often futile: To get out

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Should You Buy an Electric Car? – 5 Cost Considerations

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:24:26 +0000

Buying an electric car is an exciting prospect: getting in on the ground floor of a nationwide movement. Right now, existing automakers like Ford and Honda as well as startups like Rivian are rolling out dozens of new electric models. But along with the thrill of trying this new clean technology, you probably have some

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Should You Become a One Car Family?

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:20:15 +0000

Americans love our cars. Many families even own two or more — and they’re paying for it too. Based on 2019 calculations from AAA, the total cost of owning two cars could be anywhere from $12,120 to $25,114 per year. If you’re currently part of a two-car family, you may have wondered whether you could

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How to Get the Best Deal on a Used Car – 11 Essential Tips for Buyers

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:16:10 +0000

In 2020 and 2021, prices for used cars soared.. The COVID-19 pandemic had disrupted the production of new vehicles, limiting their supply and leading more buyers to seek pre-owned vehicles. By the end of June, the average price of a used car had passed $25,000 for the first time ever, according to CNN. In this

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How to Buy a Car With Cash

Brian Martucci — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:14:40 +0000

When car shopping, there are plenty of reasons to avoid expensive financing. Although you might feel like everyone is financing their ride, the reasons to avoid a car loan add up quickly. First, the costs of financing can get out of hand quickly. With the average monthly car payment sitting at well over $600, it’s

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How to Sell Your Car in a Private-Party Transaction

Brian Martucci — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:08:59 +0000

Are you in the market for a new or used car? You might want to get rid of your old one first. It’s nice to have a backup ride in the driveway. But older cars are notorious money pits: registration renewal fees, wheelage taxes, loan payments, and routine maintenance all add up, not to mention

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Can You Live Without a Car?

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:05:03 +0000

If you’ve ever been stuck in a traffic jam, sitting motionless behind a diesel-belching truck as cyclists glide past happily in the bike lane, it may have crossed your mind that you’d be happier living without a car. But chances are, you quickly brushed aside that notion, imagining just how impractical that would be. After

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Buying a New Car vs. a Used Car – Which Is Better for You?

Amy Livingston — Thu, 10 Nov 2022 17:57:36 +0000

Books or websites about saving money often say you should never buy a new car. After all, a new car can lose as much as 20% of its value in its first year. If you buy a 1-year-old used car instead, you can get practically the same car for 20% less. But a used car

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