What Are Your Nightmare Car Wash Stories? Halloween was earlier this week and car washes across the country usually try cash in on this time of year by transforming their establishments into haunted houses. These tunnels of terror with employees in costume offer a few thrills and jump scares for paying customers, but some of the regular days at a car wash can… Read more…

Tesla Is Still Talking About Building A Cheap Car Good morning! It’s Monday, November 6, 2023, and this is The Morning Shift, your daily roundup of the top automotive headlines from around the world, in one place. Here are the important stories you need to know. Read more…

These Are The Worst Car Toys Of All Time When I was younger, I had a remote control Volvo S60 that was awesome. It’s not the coolest RC car to have as a kid, but on the laminate flooring in my childhood home, it was a makeshift drift monster. I also had a slot car set that launched the cars into orbit every time you thought about hitting the gas. Guess which… Read more…

The Volvo EX30 Wants To Be Your First Electric Car I’m currently piloting the latest salvo fired by the Battery Electric Vehicle camp against the internal combustion engine camp and, from where I’m sitting in the driver’s seat, Volvo has seemingly hit its mark. On a sun-drenched, winding oceanside road outside of Barcelona, a Model S slows down to get a peek at my… Read more…

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What to Do If You Find a Problem With Your Brand New Car When purchasing a used car, it’s understood that a certain amount of homework will be involved—looking into things like its mileage, title, and value, as well as whether there are any exterior issues, or problems under the hood. Read more…

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Car and lifestyle creep Hello there, Quick background: I’m 24 and I have been into finance since I was younger, I’ve been working as a Software Engineer for 5 years (got a CS degree). Thanks to that I was able to move to Switzerland from Spain and now my salary is around 90k pre-tax. My motivation has been driving south in the last months, mainly caused by the fear of …

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My car I purchased is basically undrivable, should I just cut my losses Well I made the worst financial decision of my life of March this year. I bought a used Audi S4 2011 for 11k with 160k miles on it (first car I ever bought with my own money) , well now the car is in the shop its having major transmission issues like jerking, skipping gears and the mechanic said his best advise is replacing the whole transmissio…

25k car with a net salary of 50k? I am looking to buy a 2020 rav4 with 45k miles on it for 25k. I take home about 4500 a month. I don’t have any other expenses (live with parents) so I’ve saved a up a decent amount of money. Is this a bad decision? submitted by /u/faden231

Buying a car with my savings Here’s the story: I’ve been saving since my first job, I had $50k in my savings at 20 years old. Then I used a ton of it to pay for school without any loans. I’m 25 now and I have $21k in my savings and can’t even tell you how much I make monthly because it fluctuates so much (I’m a freelancer) but it isn’t much. Almost exactly a year ago, I …

Insurance+gap coverage paying off a car loan’s effect on credit score? I understand finishing payments on a car loan generally decreases your credit score. Is it the same when insurance+gap coverage pays off a totaled car 6 months into a 72 month loan? Will it then be difficult to get approved for a new loan right away? My credit score fluctuates seemingly randomly between 650 and 680 ever since I got the car loan…

Another embarrassing upside down car loan situation Bought 2015 Honda Accord last June at around 22k with everything included (I am trying to check the exact amount, but Santander never lets me access my account because their website is awful). My monthly payment is $498, so I’ve paid around 8,466 so far (17 months). I still owe around 16k. Since I can’t see the exact details, I’ll just go with c…

LPT: Put your car keys in the refrigerator with the food you want to take to/from work. Many times I’ve gotten to go boxes from lunch and forgotten them in the refrigerator at work. At other times, food that I meant to take to work I have forgotten at home. I finally stopped doing it after I decided to simply put my car keys with the food in the refrigerator. submitted by /u/gamename

Paying off car early… and making sure I’m on the right track I got an opportunity to work A LOT of overtime hours this past month. I just paid off a personal loan I had taken out. I had borrowed $3k to make repairs on my driveway, as part of an agreement with my landlord. I want to continue to “pay” that amount in order to avoid lifestyle creep. I make $48.50 an hour, paid every 2 weeks, 80 hours per che…

I’m getting quoted $250 – $280 per month for car insurance in Seattle for a new 2023 car (worth about 28k new). Is this normal? 30+ M no accidents or claims or traffic violations. Good Credit score. submitted by /u/AK232342

Should I Buy A New (to me) Car? Hey everyone, Just looking for some input from people outside of my immediate circle. My personal car that I have had for the last 10 years finally shit the bed and the cost to repair is more than the worth of the vehicle. This is where the dilemma starts; I only drive my personal vehicle maybe once per week to go get groceries or a random erran…

I Need An Affordable And Fun Commuter Car For Long Drives! What Car Should I Buy? Bryan has a 2011 GTI that is having the issues one might expect from a 12-year-old Volkswagen. He is in the market for a new commuter car for his one-hour trip to work. He wants some semblance of fun but also needs it to be reliable and reasonably comfortable. With a $20,000 budget, what car should he buy? Read more…

Car dealership lost the title.. Last week I finance a car, gave my down payment and got it insured. The dealership calls me today saying the auction place were they got the car has lost the title. That I would need to return the car, what are my options? submitted by /u/dagro10