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Car Shopping Tips: 5 Effective Ways to Prepare for a Car Salesman
Over the last decade, the car shopping experience for consumers has evolved significantly, especially in the U.S. Consumers are increasingly educating themselves in advance to avoid falling prey to sales tactics at the dealership. Here are some invaluable car shopping tips that can help you steer clear of common tricks employed by car salesmen. Pay […]
Ready to Sell Your Car? Follow These 6 Steps to Prepare It for Sale and Earn Top Dollar
If you're ready to sell your car, now is the time. These 6 steps will help you prepare it for sale and earn top dollar.
Did Millennials Kill American Car Culture?
It’s been a rite of passage for generations: the American 16th birthday means getting your own car, allowing you freedom right when you’re starting to ache for it the most. It’s a symbol of independence and a taste of adulthood, the first real signal that childhood is in your rearview mirror and your whole adult […]
The Ultimate List of The Best Apps for Metro DC Drivers
Does DC gridlock traffic have you down? Don’t worry, be app’y. The bad news is that District is ranked the 2nd most congested state in the US. The good news is that it’s also ranked the 3rd most innovative in the country. So, chances are, if you’re in need of something, there’s an app for […]
Get Your Business Ready for Gen Z: Millennial Auto Trends Part III
In 10 Years, Your Buyers Will Be From Gen Z. Will You Be Ready? We are all familiar with Baby Boomers, Millennials, Gen Xers and Gen Yers, but how much do we know about the latest Gen Z? The Pew Research Center began studying the largest generation, Millennials, in 2009. Ten years later, researchers saw […]
‘Adulting’: How Millennials Are Shaping Auto Trends Part II
We’ve heard all the adages about millennials before. They’re entitled. They constantly need praise in order to be motivated. They whine about wanting to work remotely. They switch jobs too often. They live in their parents’ basements and can’t stand on their own two feet. Their lives take place as much online as they do […]
How To Go The Extra Mile: Tips For Extending Your Vehicle’s Life
Happy April Fools Day and, most importantly, Happy National Car Care Month. You may think of your car as a means to an end. If you’re like many of us, you might consider it an expression of your identity, or maybe even a member of the family. In fact, a Toco Warranty study found that […]
10 Things You’ll Definitely Relate to If You Owned a Car in the 70s, 80s and 90s
Did you live through the era of disco and bell bottoms? What about big hair, neon clothes and parachute pants? Can you recall the early days of the internet? Then you will probably relate to these nostalgic trials and tribulations of car ownership and repair in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. R.I.P. Yellow Pages 1 […]
What Does the 5G Rollout Mean for Drivers?
The objects that we interact with every day are becoming increasingly connected. As technology advances, we hear about more devices becoming “smart” – TVs, watches, glasses, homes and, yes, cars too. Remember when smart cars were a mind-blowing revelation? Now, the smart cars of today are in their mere infancy compared to what lies ahead […]
Then & Now: What Matters Most to Drivers
Imagine if cars could communicate with each other in order to prevent possible collisions? What if you could see a forecast of maintenance updates and costs (and how to lower them) based on your driving habits? How about if your car had the ability to find, book and pay for nearby parking? Vehicle connectivity is paving […]
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