Buying New vs. Used Cars
New vs used. Which car is right for you? Consider the following.Owning a brand new car is exciting. But financially speaking, it makes more sense to buy a used car. As soon as you drive a new car off the lot, it loses a great portion of its value. This is because your car is no longer "new".
New cars lose about 40% of their value within 3 years, then depreciation starts to slow down. Why not buy a used car and allow someone else to take that depreciation hit?
The previous owner will have absorbed the steepest part of the depreciation cycle. At that point the costs of owning and operating the car will be reduced. The money you save on depreciation will surely go a long way.Another benefit of buying used is lower cost. By buying used you pay less.
You will also save on financing costs, insurance premiums, registration and licensing fees. You don't have to worry about paying sales tax.As with everything else there are a few downsides to buying a used car. There are greater chances for costly unwarranted repairs. You may very soon have to do major maintenance on your car, including replacing tires, battery, brakes, muffler, and perhaps even the transmission.A used car is usually less reliable. You don't know exactly what you're getting into and how the previous owner treated the car.
However, every situation is different and some used models may actually be far more reliable than some new ones.If you can pay cash, go the new car way. Enjoy the feeling of knowing you're the original owner of a new car in mint condition. Nothing can replace that feeling. Otherwise do not hang your hat higher than you can reach. Practice financial prudence.
Save your money and comfort yourself knowing that one day you will be able to afford that dream car. One day when money is no object..
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CARazed.com, a new automotive blog, launched April Fools Day 2005. CARazed takes a different approach by merging free car classifieds with a blog. Mike Janzen (a.k.a. madMike), creator of CARazed describes its as, "blogging cars for sale." CARazed takes best practices from ecommerce and blogging and blends it up in a user-friendly car-commerce cocktail. CARazed is free for car sellers and buyers.For the uninitiated, blogs are websites where an individual or select group of authors post news, commentary, editorials, etc, and invite others to comment.
Blogging has proven to be an excellent way to distribute information and engage web users in dialogs. By extending the blogging model to selling cars online, CARazed introduces a new forum for people to connect. Car Sellers become bloggers, posting their cars much like classifieds but interact with car buyers much like bloggers.Instead of a fee based business model like most car classifieds websites, CARazed will rely on advertising...
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July 2006: The Descend of Volvo Cars in North America
Do you want to know the latest news from North America? In Irvine, California, last August 1, 2006, a report from LLC shows the sales report of Volvo Cars last July 2006. The report says that there are approximately 10,338 units of Volvo cars sold from the same period last year, July 2005 to July 2006. Sadly, it decreased 10% its sales compared to the sales on the previous years.
In North America, including the Mexico, Puerto Rico and Canada, 11,307 units of Volvo cars are sold. For that month, the sales went down with an enormous 12.2%.
In Canada and Mexico, 705 and 265 units of cars were sold.
Volvo started building quality and safety cars from 1927 to present. In 2006, they have made new models including the award winning S40 and V50, which is a wagon counterpart of S40. Some other award winning models were are the
XC90, the S60 which is a sport sedan, the S60 R, the V70 R which is a high performance wagon, the V80 sedan, also...
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Hawaiian Discount Car Rentals Now Offering Rental Cars from Alamo and National Rent-A-Cars
Maui, HI (ContentDesk) July 23, 2006 -- Hawaiian Discount Car Rentals, a leading rental car provider for the Hawaiian islands, enters into an agreement with Vanguard Car Rental, Inc., the parent company of Alamo and National Rent-A-Cars to provide rental cars from the respective fleets at corporate discounted rates.With this new agreement, Hawaiian Discount Car Rentals (http://www.hawaiidrive-o.com) can effectively rent Alamo's fleet in Hawaii at discounted rates. For example, a current model Jeep Wrangler will rent for $217/week. National Rent-A-Car will also provide their Hawaiian fleet at discounted rates, but with the member perks included as well, such as quick checkouts for the cars.Visit us to instantly compare rental rates from 6 different national rental car companies such as Avis, Budget and Thrifty. We serve all the major islands of Hawaii..
Hawaiian Discount Car Rentals Now Offering Rental Cars from Alamo and National Rent-A-Cars
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