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automobiles

10 Best Resale Value Cars

At fifty thousand dollars, buying a new Corvette can hurt—but on the plus side, after five years it will still retain a value of around 50% . That puts it among the top 10 best cars for resale value as compiled by CNN Money and based on Kelley Blue Book figures. Or if your budget is smaller, a Honda Civic Sedan costs around $19k and retains 52% of its value. More »

9:55 PM on Mon Nov 19 2007
By Chris Walters
8,517 views, 37 comments

used cars

3 Confessions From A Former Used Car Salesman

Patrick is a former used car salesman who grew a conscience. He has three tips to share with us: More »

5:14 PM on Tue Apr 17 2007
By Ben Popken
66,412 views, 55 comments

four square

Dealerships Rip You Off With The "Four-Square," Here's How To Beat It

Former used car salesman Alan Slone grows a conscience and reveals one of the major strategies dealership use to screw you when buying a new car. More »

1:21 PM on Fri Mar 30 2007
By Ben Popken
170,780 views, 127 comments

automobiles

UPDATE: Drove My Chevy to the Levy But The Dealer Left Me Dry

An investigation into the Bill Heard used car dealership reveals a history of complaints over customer intimidation and harassment. More »

5:03 PM on Wed Jul 26 2006
By Ben Popken
1,577 views, 6 comments

cars

Confessions of a Car Salesman

Our cyberoptic umbilical to our Internet mother may be on the fritz, so we can't exactly tell you if Edmunds.com's Confessions of a Car Salesman is an Internet classic. But it should be and it's a must read for anyone looking to purchase a car, whether new or old. Know thy enemy. More »

6:32 AM on Wed Jul 19 2006
By consumerist.com
3,859 views, 8 comments

cars

Truth in Used Car Advertising

Well, at least they tell it like it is. [NSFW] More »
cars

HOW TO: Buy A Car Without Putting A Shotgun In Your Mouth

Browsing Metafilter, we found this excellent post detailing the smart way to make a purchase from those plaid-skinned abominations who lurk in the primal shadows of every consumerist's nightmares, grinning their straight razor smiles and beckoning us to sign contracts in bilesome blood: the car salesman. More »

8:14 AM on Wed May 3 2006
By consumerist.com
4,025 views, 12 comments

ilinois

Don't Buy a Lemon from Chicago

Did you know that Illinois doesn't make car accident reports public? So if you Carfax a used car from there, you won't know it's already been around the block. Efforts to introduce legislation to change this have failed. More »

9:15 AM on Thu Mar 9 2006
By popkin
74 views, 2 comments