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by Miles Walker
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In a tight economy, everyone is looking for new ways to tighten their budget. One area nearly everyone could spend a little less on is their vehicles. Here are ten tips to follow to save money on your car.
This is perhaps the piece of advice most likely to save you money in the long run. If you use your car for five to six years instead of just three to four, the yearly average cost of your vehicle could drop significantly.
There are many ways to create savings through adjusting the kind of car insurance you own. For example, if you have a $200 deductible on your comprehensive car insurance, you may be able to save as much as 40 percent on your insurance by raising that deductible to $1,000.
Going for optional accessories with your vehicle can quickly drive up the cost of your car significantly. These accessories always come with a significant mark-up. Instead, go for much cheaper after-market add-ons.
One of the biggest expenses of owning a car is depreciation. With a pre-owned car, though, someone else pays the majority of that expense. However, always make sure to get a decent warranty on a pre-owned car to cover repair costs.
If you don’t need that sports car, luxury model, or big SUV, don’t purchase one. Only purchase the vehicle that you actually need. If that is a much smaller model with fewer bells and whistles, so be it.
You may never have the skill to rebuild an engine. However, learning how to do an oil change yourself is one way to certainly save some needed cash.
The internet has become a great tool for those looking to buy a car. Use internet price comparisons to make your self educated. This way, you will actually have an advantage when you try to haggle with a salesperson.
This can be done by simply purchasing a more fuel efficient car. However, your driving habits can also be altered to save on fuel. For example, driving less aggressively and avoiding sudden accelerations and decelerations can save plenty of gas.
Competition in the auto insurance industry is extremely high. In fact, over 200 different companies operate in many states. Use the internet to help you find the most reasonable rates possible.
Promotions, such as offering free gas for a year or even a cruise with a new car, are often used by dealerships to lure in unsuspecting customers. You should always mathematically assess whether or not these gimmicks will actually save you any money on the purchase of your car.
Miles Walker is a freelance writer and blogger who usually compares car insurance deals over at CarinsuranceComparison.Org.
Here’s a great tip on how to save money on cleaning supplies. I personally traded in my Swifter mop for one of those steam mops (which cost me too much) but I had been using this technique of putting a rag on the Swifter sweeper for some time before that for mopping.
I use the microfilament towels. I hate the ‘feel’ of them but they do work well for grabbing the dust bunnies.
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