News, ideas and information especially for used-vehicle shoppers
What’s the deal? You may be asking that question if you’re shopping for a pre-owned vehicle. Despite the abundance of incentives available on new-car purchases, they aren’t as apparent for used. Your eyes and ears are not deceiving you. Used-car…
Peace of mind. It’s usually associated with purchasing a new vehicle instead of used model – even if the used vehicle is only a year or two older. But most shoppers have a limit, where peace of mind means not…
The best measure of car-owner satisfaction may be how long the original owner keeps it. And in that is a possible lesson for used-car shoppers. While the average new-car buyer keeps his/her purchase about eight years, a healthy number of…
What is your current vehicle worth? That’s a question you need to be able to answer before you sell or trade it. Unless you want to be completely at the mercy of a private party buyer or a dealer who…
We have good news and bad news. The bad news is that if you’re shopping for a pre-owned vehicle and missed Veterans Day, Black Friday and Thanksgiving Day, you missed three of the top four holidays of the year to…
It’s awards season. The time of year many websites and publications name their best cars of the year. The Car Connection and Kelley Blue Book, for example, separately named the Honda Accord midsize sedan their top model from among seven…