This past week I had a bit of a problem with an old junk car I have had parked in my rear garage at home. Oil started leaking out and it dripped down to the corner where my wife keeps her knitting kit – all her knitting stuff was ruined and I was sleeping on the couch! I am the type of guy that hates throwing things out, especially things like cars and gadgets. I remember last time I was over in Boston (and let me tell you if you ever need some quality used auto parts in Boston, contact me first) I had a chance to pickup some parts to fix this old junker but didn’t have any cash on me.
Next week I am heading down to my favorite quality used auto parts dealers in Syracuse, New York and this time I was going to bring a couple hundred bucks with me to buy some parts to fix the old junker but it seems fate has played me a cruel hand and if I want to get off the lumpy couch I need to finally send this car to the junkyard. Wish me luck!
I love traveling by car and have made three trips driving across the USA over the past decade. I usually go by myself but the last time I went with my oldest son (he was 17) and we had a blast. The one thing I have learned in my travels is that you must know some good used car part stops all over the place because you never know when your car will need something fixed. I have been using my 1992 Jetta for all the trips and have found some fantastic repair shops and some great auto recycling yards.
If I ever need used auto parts in Orlando, I am covered – used auto parts in Riverside, LA? Covered! Maybe I need some used auto parts in Mobile, Alabama, got that taken care of too. Really the list goes on and on, if you plan on taking a cross country trip and want to get hold of my list of over 40 auto business in 35 states then comment here and I will contact you.
Keep an eye out for part II and III coming shortly.
Can you believe there’s a chance to sell used vauxhall corsas for free? I was looking over the new mini concept car when I was sidetracked…as usual! I came across the Visit Cars website which allows you to buy and sell cars completely free. As it happens, when I arrived there was a promotional day ongoing that was showing off some seriously cheap prices on used Vauxhall Corsa for sale in the UK. So, if you need to buy or sell used Vauxhall Corsa’s for FREE, choose from thousands of car adverts for a used Vauxhall Corsa, then make sure you visit the Visit Cars website!
It’s tough times for everyone here in the UK but the relentless price rises on unleaded petrol don’t serve anyone any good. It’s such a big thing now that diesel cars are increasing in sales due to their greater fuel efficiency. Larger cars with bigger engines are feeling the pinch as car owners consider fuel consumption as a key buying decision. As such, the climate seems to be shifting towards smaller cars with cheaper running costs and as this was something I was considering for myself recently, I’ve put together my top 5 list of fuel efficient cars in the UK.
- Audi A3 Diesel Sportback 1.9 TDIe – 62.5mpg (combined)
I live in Canada and just discovered we have a really great new eco-friendly program called Retire your Ride. Retire Your Ride is an initiative of The Government of Canada, Clean Air Foundation and its partners, designed to enable people to get their high-polluting cars off the road and reward them for doing so. The program is committed to improving air quality by responsibly recycling vehicles and aims to retire at least 50,000 vehicles per year until March 31, 2011.
My brother is the one that put me on to this program and he said, not only did he give in his car and get $300 for it. He gave that money through a donate your car to charity program and get a tax receipt to use on his next income tax return. How about that!
I finally broke down and bought a new car last month and am thrilled with it! I did a lot of research and finally decided that a Mini Cooper would be the best car in its class to suit my needs. I did briefly consider the Honda Fit but I really liked the look of the Mini better. Besides, my favorite car site (cars.com) had some great things to say about it, “The Mini Cooper is a phenomenal car, which is to say a phenomenon. When you consider its solid feel, cult status and high demand, Mini could price it higher than it does.”
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In a post I made a while ago I showed you how you could literally save thousands of dollars by buying cars at government auctions through repossession. Now this is a method that is completely legal, and with the economy taking a turn for the worse right now, there will be more cars being repossessed than ever before. According to the latest economic and industry reports, repossessions are soaring across the country, and that includes auto repossessions. Yes, I do have sympathy for those families caught up in the economic mess which allow the repossession laws to affect them, but at the same time, I cannot ignore the fact that this now means there are thousands of cars each week up for grabs at dirt cheap prices and you can take advantage of this today…
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Car buying is a big business and lot of scams happen in this area. Though car buying scams are most prominent in case of used car purchases, the scams-as you will find in any automotive news plague the first hand car business also. The interesting point is however that most scams happen because of fraudulent buyers. However sellers also cheat.[more] Therefore it is essential for both the buyers and sellers to be familiar with some of the most common car buying scams and the ways to detect and prevent that from happening to them.
You can almost find everything on sale online nowadays, so one will come across so many sites over the internet dedicated to selling cars. The best or worst part of the internet is the anonymity of people. Many bogus buyers take advantage of this situation and cheat the sellers. One of the most common types of used car buying scams on the internet is referred in Automotive News bulletins as….
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