For a long time I have been following the comments on Financial Samurai’s post titled: “The 1/10th Rule For Car Buying Everyone Must Follow”. It’s a fantastic post about minimizing how much you spend on…
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I had contemplated getting rid of the 2000 Grand Cherokee I had and spending a few extra dollars to buy a half decent truck. That was a few months ago though and I decided it was…
About a month ago I bought a used Grand Cherokee. Being cheap with my cars, I of course bought used… very used… it is a 2000 model, so it is 15 years old already. The…
A friend told me his wife’s car threw a rod, they’ve had the car for about 19 years and they are doing pretty well financially. (I bet there’s a connection between having a car that long and doing…
In another post, How to make a POS car reliable, I talked about how I have two cheap cars right now. As I start approaching the point where I’m completely debt free I start to think…
I understand the need to have reliable transportation. After all, if you can’t get to work, you can’t get out of debt. I drive 25 miles each way to work, that’s 12,500 miles just to…
You know you’ve hear it from others, you may even say it yourself: “I have kids I need a safe car!” This is the mantra for people trying to justify why they have payments on a car….
