Comments on: Save money, drive your car to death

By: Don Lowrey

Don Lowrey — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 19:01:34 +0000

You keep mentioning “Depreciation” and then don’t lend any information about it.. Oversight? or just a leader to a sales page.. deceptive ? turns out to be intended or not.

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 03 May 2008 21:57:06 +0000

Very Narrow long-term list. The SUVs will kill you on the gas, too. And they block visibility, rudely. (Ever wonder why people who drive real cars don’t want to let SUV drivers cut in front of them?)
—-No Camrys or Corollas? No Subarus?
—-Keeping the car clean isn’t that important, and if you pay for carwashes, your long-term costs add up. Hose the thing down occasionally, and drive through some deep puddles when there’s no road salt around to contaminate it.
—-Drop the collision insurance when the car gets to be about 7 years old, if not sooner, or when its value is low enough so that it’s not much of financial hardship to lose it.

By: Pat Veretto

Pat Veretto — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 17:39:46 +0000

My car is a 1996 Ford Contour, with less than 85,000 miles on it. Occasionally I get the new car fever, but you’re right; I’m saving a ton of money by driving this one and will save even more in the years to come, barring any major problems. So far, so good. Savings are not limited to the actual cost of the car, though. Insurance and taxes are way lower on older vehicles.