Financial Reflections

Personal Finance for those stuck in the middle.

Posts Tagged ‘car’

How (My Wife) Saved 80% on Transmission Repairs

By admin • Sep 4th, 2008 • Category: Reflections, frugal, thrift

I own two cars, one is a cheap paid-for-in-cash ride that I use to get me to my commuter van, the other is a much newer used car, financed at a low rate through my credit union. The paid-for car has over 150,000 miles on it and the newer one has only 56,000. [...]



How Much Does Your Car Cost?

By admin • Jul 18th, 2008 • Category: frugal, insurance, thrift

How much does your car cost? It’s not as simple of a question as one might think. As I wrote previously, my car was in for repairs and it gave me a chance to reflect on the costs of car ownership. It all started when I contemplated trading in my beautiful 1994 Volvo [...]



How to Get Cheap Auto Repairs

By admin • Jul 15th, 2008 • Category: frugal, thrift

I was driving along a few days back when my air conditioning suddenly died in my car. That’s part of the territory as I opted to keep an older car to save money on payments. But when my car breaks, how do I keep from going broke repairing it?

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