Don’t Overreact To These Common Car Problems
Thursday, November 20th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 20 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist If you're not a mechanic -- or mechanically inclined -- when your car starts doing something "funny" it can be pretty scary. Sometimes, it's something to worry about -- but maybe not. How to know the difference? Here ...
How To Fight A Michigan Speeding Ticket
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | No Comments »The Detroit News is in the middle of a series of articles on speed limits. This article, excerpted below, gives a good overview of how to fight a speeding ticket in Michigan: But motorists often lose their cases because they aren't ...
How To Protect Your Rights During A Traffic Stop
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 5 Comments »The Flex Your Rights Foundation has an interesting article on their website on how you can protect your civil rights when dealing with the police during a traffic stop. Their six tips are: Keep Your Private Items Out of View Be Courteous & ...
5 Essential Used Car Buying Secrets
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 1 Comment »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The biggest "secrets" of successful used car buying aren't really secrets -- they're just not very well-known to those who don't buy used cars regularly. Here are the five Big Ones that people inside the business ...
A Beginner’s Guide To Lemon Laws: What You Need To Know
Monday, September 8th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 4 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist If your steak isn't cooked right, you can always send it back -- or at least get a refund. But if the new car or ...
Truth And Lies About Fuel Saving Tips
Monday, September 1st, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 19 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Everyone's jumping on the "save gas" bandwagon -- understandably. It's on everyone's mind. But that doesn't mean you ought to mind everything you read. While there's lots of good advice in circulation, some of it is ...
Avoid Vacation Disasters: 6 Tips For A Great Road Trip
Friday, August 29th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 2 Comments »Despite expensive fuel and economic uncertainty, millions of Americans will be hitting the road over the Labor Day holiday. We've developed a list of recommendations intended to keep a vacation trip a vacation and not a family disaster story. 1) Take ...
What To Do If You Lose Your Copy Of A Traffic Ticket
Friday, August 15th, 2008 Posted in Traffic Tickets | 5 Comments »On occasion, traffic ticket recipients misplace or lose their copy of the ticket. Unfortunately, it’s very rare that the police will lose their copy of the same ticket. In other words, ignoring the problem will not make it go away. The ...
The Secret Of The F100 Millionaire
Friday, August 8th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 4 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Most of the advice out there about dealing with the obnoxious rise in the cost of fuel advises you to spend yet more money -- on a hybrid, on some other new car -- which for ...
What To Do After A Car Accident
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | No Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist If you get into an accident -- especially a relatively minor, "fender bender" type of accident where there are no major injuries involved, just some bent metal -- how do you proceed? The following checklist might be ...
