Just because an insurance company has Progressive in their name doesn’t mean they’re any different from the usual penny-pinchers.
automobiles
Ask The Consumerists: Can Hyundai Drive Over My Warranty?
By 10.20.06
Dennis wonders, (we’re paraphrasing here):
Cheapest Cars to Own Over 5 Years
By 10.20.06
“Now in their 20th year, IntelliChoice’s Best Overall Value of the Year awards reflect the only data-driven automotive analysis focused solely on recognizing vehicles that will cost significantly less to own than would be expected at their purchase prices.”
Buying A Car: Always Up The Ante
By 10.19.06
Over at the Get Rich Slowly blog, they have an excellent email from a reader illustrating the importance of never caving in to the high-pressure tactics of a car salesman.
Yellow Lines Painted Under Parked Car To Give A Ticket
By 10.6.06
You manage to find that perfect parking spot, the road completely unmarked, no signs around anywhere. You happily jump out of your car, glowing with the smug self-satisfaction that can only come from getting one over on City Hall.
More Uhauls Of Shame
By 10.3.06
Blah blah blah Uhaul wouldn’t rent me a Uhaul because I’m too much of a slacker to show up on time. That’s what ran through our brains when we first read Christopher’s letter. Then we stumbled across this gem.
U-Haul’s Voodoo Reservation System
By 10.3.06
Shrink a head in a pot, rub your skeletally-painted hands together and evoke ancient jungle spirits for their gris gris: exactly what sort of voodoo do you have to perform to get U-Haul to give you the right truck?
Wal-Mart Takes A Page From Jiffy Lube’s Book
By 10.2.06
Looking to Jiffy Lube for inspiration, Wal-Mart has seen the light: turn-around and profit both are a hell of a lot higher when you don’t actually bother doing the work.
Jiffy Lube Scamming Customers Nationwide
By 9.20.06
Surprise! Jiffy Lube scamming customers for cars that have never been repaired isn’t just isolated to the L.A. area. It’s happening nationwide.
2006 Jeep Cherokee Is The Best Car Ever… To Run Over Little Kids
By 8.28.06
It’s debatable, the best automobile in the world. So many contenders. Do you go for gas efficiency? Sleek looks? The powerful throbbing of its engine? Whether or not it can transform into a giant robot?
BP Oil Leak Maybe Not So Bad
By 8.9.06
A 200 gallon British Petroleum oil spill discovered in Alaska’s Prudhoe Bay caused price per gallon to rise past $76 Monday and threaten the shutdown of the nation’s largest oil field. However, BP officials intimated they’re looking into ways to conduct repairs and checks without disabling the entire operation.
BP Closes Major Alaskan Oil Field
By 8.7.06
Due to a leak, British Petroleum announced an indefinite shutdown of the Prudhoe Bay field, which produces 8% of the US oil supply. Crude oil prices rocketed past $76.
Wikicars Helps You Know A Salesman’s Bullshit When You Hear It
By 8.4.06
Spotted over at our darling sister site Lifehacker, the most excellent automobile resource Wikicars.
Jiffy Lube Up For Double Reaming
By 8.1.06
Yesterday, within 58 minutes of one another, we got not one, but two stories about Jiffy Lube trashing two separate customers’ cars in different ways. Neither accusation is provable; by themselves, mere coincidences. Together, though? Too strange a dark alignment of the illest stars.
UPDATE: Drove My Chevy to the Levy But The Dealer Left Me Dry
By 7.26.06
An investigation into the Bill Heard used car dealership reveals a history of complaints over customer intimidation and harassment.
