If you have ever owned a classic car, were planning on owning one, or know someone who owns a classic car, you will know how important an appraisal can be. But what is an appraisal? Well if you looked up the definition you would get something along of the lines of “an act of assessing…
Wheels and tires are so often neglected that it makes me sad. Look I get it, washing wheels and tires is no fun because they literally get dirty the second you move the car. But I promise you, this is an area well worth taking care of. For starters, cleaning your wheels and tires is…
Washing your own car doesn’t have to be difficult, as long as you have the right stuff to do the job. Frequent car washing is the best way to maintain your vehicle’s condition. No, a garden hose and some soap isn’t going to do the job! With that said, you also don’t have to spend…
If you are currently in the market for a new car you might be deciding between buying something new or something with a few miles on it. While I would admit there are certain scenarios where it does make sense to purchase new, there are many benefits to buying something used and older. Let me…
Every year various appraisers, collectors and auctions will look at collectible cars that are on the rise and try to jump on them. There is a science to figuring out which cars are going to increase in value as cars are obviously a depreciating asset, usually anyway. Which is the best part of collectible cars,…
In 2002, Cadillac launched the CTS sedan built on GM’s new rear-wheel drive Sigma platform which included a fully independent suspension. It’s fairly unique in the sense it was the first Cadillac to be offered with a manual transmission since the 1988 Cadillac Cimarron. The first generation was produced from 2002 to 2007, and were…
If you are looking to sell your vehicle, one of the first things you are going to do is try to figure out what it’s worth. Regardless of whether you are going to sell it to a dealer on trade-in or if you are going to sell it privately, it’s the most important factor to…
Leave it to Chrysler to allow Ram to sell two generations of it’s 1500 pickup, simultaneously (relax Chrysler/Dodge/Ram fanboys). What the heck right? Well there might be some method to their madness. The “old” Ram 1500 now goes by the name of 1500 Classic while the “new” Ram 1500 is just the 1500, confused yet?…
Every year a new list of the top 10 most expensive vehicles to insure comes out. Now this is put together from data from the major insurance companies which use different factors to come up with these numbers. Things like top speed, horsepower, number of cylinders, cost to replace, etc are all some of those…
It is possibly one of the most upsetting things for anyone, let alone a car enthusiast, to come out to their vehicle and find a door ding. Look, sometimes life and accidents happen, people accidently ding your door but it’s hard not to feel like it’s malicious. Either way, it’s a headache and not something…
