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Whether you need to buy a car (new or used), repair your auto, or find the best deal in a rental car, we recommend reading the articles below for helpful money saving tips. You literally stand to save hundreds of dollars while avoiding lemons. If you have suggestions, please share them with the rest of TheHealthyPocketBook community in our forum.
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Just ten years ago, the thought of buying a new car sight unseen would seem like an unwise purchase. But the explosion of the Internet has even reached car dealers and potential buyers.
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Renting a car can be expensive. It is easy to find cheap car rentals, but you must make sure you have all the paperwork necessary to save time and money.
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Buying a used car is scary. To save money and make sure you don’t end up with a lemon, research the different methods and order a CARFAX report.
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With gas prices climbing higher and higher, each stop to
fill up the tank takes more and more out of our wallets. We can almost hear the
audible whirl of the gas ticker as we fill up with 10, 15, 20 gallons of
gasoline. So how can we combat the rising prices of gasoline? We must be
informed consumers, knowing what our options are before committing ourselves to
spending more and more at the gas pump.
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Gas prices have soared to an all time high. In the first half of 2008, oil companies posted record breaking earnings and US car manufacturers, like Ford, posted record losses. The message sent to car manufacturers - make more gas friendly models. Why not look at car models that currently get the best gas mileage. Ford and others will likely start bringing European models and introducing new high MPG calls to the market, but we do have decent MPG models on the market now.
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We all have a neighbor, coworker or family member who insists they know the secret to save gas. They read in an obscure magazine or heard from a friend that if you do this then you'll save more at the pump. In this article, we challenge Uncle Fred and dispel some of the common myths on how to save gas.
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It's important to find a rental car deal at the same time you seek deals on your hotel and airline tickets. Otherwise you might spend more than you can afford. |
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The hybrid car has long been touted as the savior from oil dependency. The first mass produced models, like the Toyota Prius, came onto the market with loads of fanfare. Stunned manufacturers saw the market shift towards these hybrid cars' fuel efficiency. In 2004, Toyota and Honda sold over 88,000 hybrid model cars in the US. This was only 0.5% of the total lightweight vehicle sales in the US, but the number has doubled and tripled since that time. What makes Americans hungry for the hybrid vehicle? Has the world actually shifted from the lightweight economy car to a more versatile, albeit more expensive, hybrid counterpart?
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When will high gas prices come down? In the US, high gas prices have increased even more to almost a dollar more per gallon from last year's prices according to the Energy Information Administration. Families have felt the pain of high cost of gas at the pumps. The Internet has opened up avenues for consumers to combat rising gas prices. We can seek out the best prices before leaving our home. Let's take a look at a few of the services available today and take a peek at the future of gasoline prices.
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Many of you have probably seen cars barreling down the Interstate, their gas fumes vanishing in the air behind them. Their excessive speeds also cost them at the gas pump, assuming the law doesn't find them as well. Traveling with today's gas prices has become a strategy game aimed at saving the most at the pump. We've compiled some tips to save gas and other strategies for you the next time you're driving.
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