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By David on June 20th, 2008

New Ways To Lower Your Car Insurance Bill.

A recent article in Money Magazine had some tips for lowering your car insurance bill, and although most of us know the basic ways, they had a few extra ways to look for further discounts that I thought you might find handy. Besides signing up for higher deductibles (like going up from $500 to $1000, which is what we have) which could save you 40% on your premium bill, here are a few other ways they came up with to save some more cash:

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By David on May 28th, 2008

Advice For Handling A New Or Used Car Purchase.

When considering buying a car, new or used, research is critical. Reliability, suitable gas mileage, and practicality are important considerations. After finding a car that seems appropriate, take it out for a test drive. Does the car rattle? How is the road noise? How well does the vehicle take a corner? Admittedly at this point, you will also encounter a plethora of advice. However, advice can often be unreliable, unsuitable, and impractical. So, don’t be afraid to take advice for a test drive also.

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By David on May 27th, 2008

What Is The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR)?

In today’s era of high oil and gas prices, you often hear politicians talking about the tapping into the SPR, or the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. At some point, you might be asking the same question yourself, as your fill-ups at the gas station are costing you $50, $75, even $100 depending on what kind of car you drive. “We have gas sitting in reserve? Why don’t they tap into it and lower gas prices?” Well, it’s not that easy, nor would it make much of a difference.

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By David on May 12th, 2008

Check Your New Tires For This Code Before They Cause An Accident.

Ahh, the smell of burning rubber. Don’t you just love going into a tire shop and getting new tires? No? Me neither. Especially now that I have learned that a lot of the tires in those shops could be up to 12 years old already and still being sold as new. Know what happens to rubber as it ages? It starts to break down, which is exactly what you don’t want it to do while you are going 75 down the highway. And even if the tire looks fine when you buy it, the tread could actually become separated from the tire itself, causing you to get into a very bad accident. Luckily, I caught a TV show this weekend and learned to tell just how old my tires are, which will enable me to make sure I get new rather than “new” tires from now on when I go shopping. Turns out that accidents caused by old tires seem to be quite common, and I don’t want to be riding around on tires that are just waiting to shred.

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By David on April 17th, 2008

GM Rewards Credit Card Now Good For Saturn Purchases Too.

If you hold a GM Rewards credit card and you were not interested in using your rewards towards any of the GM cars, you can now use it towards Saturn cars as well. Although Saturn has been part of the GM family since the beginning, I guess they were never in the rewards program. So GM card holders, your options just got bigger!

“Consumers who want to use their GM Card or GM Flexible Earnings Card toward the purchase of an eligible, new GM vehicle now have the option to purchase or lease a new Saturn under expanded program guidelines.”

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