Every once in a while, I hit upon a site that turns out to be a discount gateway. And one of my current faves is AAA.com. I know AAA has been around for a long time, but it really wasn’t on my radar until last January after I had some car trouble in New York City over Christmas vacation. [ More ]
I love the “10 costly mistakes car owners make” saving-money feature in ShopSmart’s September issue. I'm guilty of at least one of them. But I have another costly mistake to add to the list: Tossing the receipts for car repairs. [ More ]
Recently, I was complaining to my mechanic about gas prices and how much it’s been costing me to fill up my car. Of course, he started to laugh, because my car is about 20 years older than me and I am always lost somewhere across town, causing my tank to live on E. [ More ]
Of course you know about using coupons to save money on groceries, personal-care items, clothing, and other everyday sorts of purchases. But did you ever think about using a coupon to buy bigger-ticket items, like a car? If you keep your eyes open, you might find one too! [ More ]
I hope you don’t need to know any of this, but car trouble is one of those “what-if” scenarios you want to think about, so that if the worst case does arise, you know what to do. A few days ago my car leaked coolant all over the parking lot here at the office. My “low coolant” light came on. And I didn’t have a clue what to do! [ More ]
It cost me nearly $60 to fill up over the weekend and I wasn’t even on empty. And the price of gas has gone up since last Saturday at my local station. (My wallet is cringing just thinking about it!) Here are a few tips on how to save gas and money from one of our autos editors, Liza Barth: [ More ]
HALLOWEEN LANTERNS: About 682,000 Pumpkin, Ghost and Skull Halloween Lanterns sold at Dollar Tree, Dollar Bill$, Occasions, Deal$ and Dollar Tree Deal$ stores nationwide from August 2010 to October 2010 for about $1. [ More ]
