A tire can look almost offensively healthy for its age. The tread grooves are deep. There are no nails in sight. The sidewalls still turn glossy after a wash, and the car has covered so few miles th
Here is a mildly alarming experiment: open the trunk of your car and lift the floor. There may be a spare tire under there. There may also be a little black compressor, a bottle of sealant, and a
There is a reason car ads suddenly get louder around the Fourth of July. Summer is usually one of those weird in-between stretches for car sales. Spring tax-refund buyers have already made
Every year, car buyers get asked to imagine themselves as bold, expressive people. People who care about design. People who say things like, “No, I don’t want the boring one.”
Leasing a car has this annoying habit of making smart people act like they understand things they absolutely do not. You sit down at the dealership, someone starts talking in a calm, confident
Shopping for a car online used to come with a familiar set of risks. A seller could lie about mileage, hide damage, use old photos, invent a maintenance history, or conveniently “forget&rdqu
There's a number that car salespeople don't bring up, and financial advisors mention mostly to people who already bought the car. The moment you drive a new vehicle off the dealer's lot, i
There's real money to be saved by doing your own car maintenance. Oil changes, air filters, wiper blades, bulbs — these are legitimately easy, and the savings are real. A cabin air filter th
Here's how most car deals work when you bring in a trade-in: the salesperson gets your car's keys and your heart set on a monthly payment, and then everything — the new car price, your t
Walk onto a new car lot right now and something feels different. The inventory is back. Like, really back. Rows of vehicles, lots of the same trim in four different colors, salespeople who seem ge