BEYOND AIRBAGS: Best First CARS and Safety Features for Teens The time has come. Your teen has passed her driving test, and now pines for her own vehicle. While tech features and eye-catching elegance may be on her wish list, safety over style is the name of the game for parents purchasing their teen’s first…
How to Budget for a New Car
New car budget: how to save for the car of your dreams There are four signs you need to buy a new car this year. If that sounds like you, you can take a step closer to your dream ride and learn how to budget for a new car. Categorize your expenses I’m a big…
5 Very Real Reasons, Starting With Care By Volvo, That This May Be the Right Car For You
Imagine, a relationship that is designed to end well! Volvo wants you to be part of the family, to take care of you and keep you a happy Volvo driver for years. That’s a lofty goal. So, the brand has started to think about the Volvo experience from your point of view: How do you want…
7 Car Buying Tips For A Pain-Free Experience
If You’re Like the Rest of us, You’d Rather Have a Root Canal than Buy a Car. Buying a car can be tough and intimidating. Even people who know a lot about cars don’t love the process of shopping and negotiating. But you don’t have to be an expert. Our car buying tips will help…
Ask the Car Chick: Which are the Best Cars for a Teen, and Which Mid-Sized SUV Is the Best Family Car?
You asked; LeeAnn answers. LeeAnn Shattuck is skilled at finding the perfect car for her clients based on their needs, financial situation and priorities. Lucky for you, she’s here to answer your questions, too. We Need Reliable and Inexpensive Car for a Teenage Driver! “We need to buy a new car and want one that we can…
Car Shopping: Meet The Car Chick and Her Three Golden Rules
I have loved cars for as long as I can remember. Editor’s note: LeeAnn Shattuck has joined A Girls Guide to Cars as our resident car shopping columnist. A car-purchase expert, she helps her clients to get the best deals on new cars through her business, The Car Chick. She is here to also answer your questions about…
Ever Wonder How Car Dealers Make Money?
Read this before heading to a car dealership to buy a new car. Ross Hamilton, General Manager at Apple Ford and Apple Chevrolet in Marlin, Texas says car dealerships make money in every capacity. “We sell a product and we mark up the costs,” he begins, adding that cars are generally marked up from three to…
Buying a New Car? 9 Things You Need To Know–Right there on the Window Sticker
You NEED to read our guide to the Monroney window sticker before you head to the car dealer. It’s supposed to protect you but often, it’s the first thing that baffles you when looking at a new car and makes you think, well, I can live with my old car for another year: The Monroney, a/k/a…
Everything You Need to Know About Last Minute End-of-Year Car Shopping in 2020
The end of the year can be a great time to get a killer deal on a new car. Holiday incentives from the manufacturers in the form of rebates, low APRs, and lease deals can help keep hundreds to thousands of dollars in your pocket during end of year car shopping. The dealers are motivated…
Cash Back and No Haggling: How the Costco Auto Program Saves Money and Sweat On Your Next Car
Costco isn’t just for buying in bulk. Even if you’re a Costco member, you might not know much about the Costco Auto program. We think of Costco as a place to buy things in bulk, like toilet paper and double-sized jars of peanut butter, not to mention, trying miles of samples. It’s also where we go…