Comments on: 3 Auto Maintenance Tips + 1 http://www.helpyourmoney.com/270/3-auto-maintenance-tips/ Find and Share Tips on How to Make, Keep and Grow Your Money Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Robert Stinnett http://www.helpyourmoney.com/270/3-auto-maintenance-tips/#comment-12654 Robert Stinnett Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:37:00 +0000 http://www.helpyourmoney.com/270/3-auto-maintenance-tips/#comment-12654 I have to disagree here. Sticking with a chain store is one of the WORST financial mistakes you can make. They are there to SELL and they get commission for everything they can talk you into. You'll be paying out the nose for "transmission flushes" and other nonsense you don't need. Find a local, reputable, ASE-certified mechanic and stick with him. You will find once you get a relationship going with him that he/she will take care of you and your car without trying to sell you things you don't need. I have to disagree here. Sticking with a chain store is one of the WORST financial mistakes you can make. They are there to SELL and they get commission for everything they can talk you into. You’ll be paying out the nose for “transmission flushes” and other nonsense you don’t need.

Find a local, reputable, ASE-certified mechanic and stick with him. You will find once you get a relationship going with him that he/she will take care of you and your car without trying to sell you things you don’t need.

]]> By: Clever Dude http://www.helpyourmoney.com/270/3-auto-maintenance-tips/#comment-7171 Clever Dude Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:38:35 +0000 http://www.helpyourmoney.com/270/3-auto-maintenance-tips/#comment-7171 I agree with all the tips except the last. If you cost out the repairs to be $450 a month versus $300 for a new car (or "newer"), that's only part of the equation. You also have to think about how long you would have to pay that $300 for a new car. You could easily stretch that $2000-$3000 cost across 3 years and make it count as $55-83 per month (if your car will make it that long). That's alot better than $300 a month for the next 2,3, or 5 years, right? I agree with all the tips except the last. If you cost out the repairs to be $450 a month versus $300 for a new car (or “newer”), that’s only part of the equation. You also have to think about how long you would have to pay that $300 for a new car.

You could easily stretch that $2000-$3000 cost across 3 years and make it count as $55-83 per month (if your car will make it that long). That’s alot better than $300 a month for the next 2,3, or 5 years, right?

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