Are you a first-time company car owner? Then read on to find out what our 4 top tips are: 1) Look after your car It might seem obvious, but if you take care of your car, you will save money in the long term. Taking note of dashboard messages, acquainting yourself with your owner’s manual… Read more
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How to Pick a Second Hand Car
Picking up a second hand car can be tricky. It’s so tricky, some people avoid the activity altogether. They instead go straight for a new car. Financially, that’s a mistake. You lose much of your value the moment it leaves the new car dealership. I HATE taking a financial hit like that so I can’t… Read more
How to Get Your Car to 500,000 Kilometers
The last car I owned had nearly 500k KM when I stopped driving it. The only reason I’m not still driving it is because I was side swiped while passing through an intersection. And actually, the car still ran fine. But the insurance paid a lot more than the car was worth so I let… Read more
Thinking about buying a car on finance? Read this first
Credit Your car is one of the biggest investments you’re likely to make. It is an essential for many of us, but people often having a hard time saving to pay upfront for a brand new car, tax and insurance all at once. That is why buying a car is one of the most… Read more
5 Lessons learned from buying a car with bad credit
Buying a car can be stressful even for those who are fortunate enough to be able to buy outright, but if your only option is to finance the purchase and you have bad credit, it can feel like you’re trying to break down a 10ft brick wall with your bare hands. However, having had the… Read more
How to Save Money When Hiring a Car
Cars are expensive pieces of machinery so it should come as no surprise that actually hiring a car can also be a pricey experience. You’ll not only have to stump up for the daily rental costs of the car, as well as providing fuel, but in many cases you’ll also need to pay for… Read more
Have you checked your motor insurance deal lately?
One thing that is on my to do list every year, when my insurance contracts are about to expire, is to go look for a better deal, or make sure my current company provides the minimum coverage I need at the best price possible. Your insurance premium is a bundle of individual prices for each… Read more
Cutting the cost of car ownership
Cars are among the most useful things you can own, but they also account for some of the biggest expenses a household will face. There are, however, a number of steps you can take to cut the cost of car ownership significantly. Obviously, these will not completely eliminate expense, but they will often make it… Read more
DIY car repairs: not as complicated as you think
One thing I don’t like about the “modern world” we live in, is that while we are able to talk to someone on the other side of the planet, most of us are completely useless when it comes to perform a simple task around the house. Sure, you can change a light bulb, but if… Read more
Paris restricts driving, could you live without a car?
For the first time since 1997, the city of Paris is limiting car circulation to try to get rid of a big smog cloud that has been looming over the city for too long. According to Reuters, the pollution levels are very high, the European Environment Agency (EEA) reported147 microgrammes of particulate matter (PM) per… Read more
Cheap and Cool New Car Tech
Car technologies such as navigation and blind-spot monitoring are great ways to enhance your overall driving experience. However, these items do not come cheap. The cost of an in-dash navigation system can easily exceed $1,000. The good news is that you do not have to shell out thousands of dollars in order to add neat… Read more
Driving down the cost of motoring
For those of us who use a car as a mode of transport, there are a number of very easy quick fixes we can put in place to help cut down the costs of driving. Importantly, they are ways which are simple and easy to carry out; for example, losing unnecessary weight, driving in a… Read more