Buyers Guide

Your goal should be to look for opportunities to lower your rate with each passing year. 

A look at some of the best hardware to add performance and flair to your beloved Volkswagen.

If there’s an at-home mechanic on your gift list, we’ve picked 10 tools that they’ll find extraordinarily handy.

You bought the Audi you’ve always wanted—here are a few bits you ought to have in your garage

Naturally, abiding by the law is the safest way to drive, but having a radar detector as extra insurance can’t hurt.

  “You can pay me now or pay me later…” It’s a famous slogan you might remember hearing a mechanic recite in old FRAM commercials.

It’s spring at last, well, in the northern hemisphere at least. This means the icy grip of winter is finally softening, giving way to warmer temperatures across vast swaths of the globe.

Modern vehicles are expensive, but one way to avoid headaches and purchasing a new ride is by properly maintaining your existing car or truck. As the old saying goes, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Technology advances at a rapid rate and unless you can afford to buy a new car once or twice a year, chances are your current vehicle may be lacking some of the latest gadgets.

While it might not appeal to everyone, leasing is a great way to get into a car for a lot less cash than buying. That said, here’s a list of 10 low-cost lease deals that are hard to ignore, since none of them crack the $200 a month price-point.

Your lease and finance rate depend heavily on your credit score, which might make it difficult for some buyers to get an attractive rate when it comes to getting a loan.

More and more automakers are offering longer financing terms, but is it a good idea to commit to an eight year long auto loan, or is the dealer just out to get your money?

Auto leasing can sometimes seem like a glorified car rental, as you’re paying for a vehicle that doesn’t even end up under your name.­ However, a leased car can easily become yours if the price is right.

Leasing has a lot of really tangible benefits over buying.

Choosing which new car to buy is one of the hardest decisions to make when it comes to getting a new ride, but so is how you’re going to pay for it.

Buying a car is a tough financial commitment.  It might take some help to get all the money for it, but that’s exactly why car loans exist.

Have you worn out the original tires on your C6 Chevrolet Corvette Z06 already? 505 horsepower will do that, and if you found the stock rubber a bit wanting in the grip department, Michelin has engineered a C6 Z06-specific Pilot Sport PS2 offering that’ll allow you to make fuller use of your Vette’s incredibly high performance potential.

Modern GPS technology has roots dating back to Cold War times. In fact, the U.S. Department of Defense (D.O.D.) began its development in 1973 for military purposes, launching its first Navigation Signal Timing and Ranging Global Positioning System (NAVSTAR GPS) satellite in 1978.

Autonomous urban driving may still be decades away. Even then “auto-pilots” still won’t be foolproof. Just ask the guys at MIT, Cornell or any of the other teams from the last DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) Challenge – an annual contest organized by the U.S. military to see if private companies and universities can build a fully-operational unmanned vehicle.

Tires are the most important parts of your vehicle! But, what is a tire? In short, tires are precisely-engineered pieces of rubber, chemicals, fabric and metal that are designed to provide traction, cushion road shock and carry a specified load under all kinds of conditions. If you’re like most people, all you really care about…

Buying tires is one thing. Understanding them is another. No, I’m not talking about the language tires speak when they take corners under full throttle, or when they warm up in the burnout box, or during protests of disgust when the brakes are called upon for a sudden veto.

Shopping for car insurance is not easy, or fun for that matter! Hunting for the best rates on car insurance is hard enough then there are factors like your age, gender, credit and driving record. And yes, all of these things are determining factors in every auto insurance quote you get.

Whenever you buy or lease a new automobile, it’s important to read and understand the warranty information it comes with. These often lengthy documents outline your warranty service, stating what components are covered and what is not, for how long, and how to go about getting warranty repairs done.