Vehicle History Reports
When you are buying a used car there are two steps to take before sealing the deal. Number 1 is to look into the vehicle history reports, and number 2 is have a pre-purchase inspection.
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Car Selling: Step by Step
Are you thinking about selling your vehicle yourself and aren’t sure where to start? We’ve broken it down into four simple steps from preparing your car or truck for sale, what paperwork you require to sell, marketing your vehicle and finally- closing the sale.
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Car Buying: Choosing a Dealer
A good vehicle dealer can create either a satisfying experience or a painful process that ends with you walking out the door, no keys in hand. Most customers can bear to spend at most two hours at a dealership before they call it a day, so read the following tips on how to select a dealership that you’ll not only tolerate long enough to buy a vehicle from, but want to build a relationship with.
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Car Buying: Best Time to Buy
Timing is everything. Buying a new car right now might feel like the right step, but employing some car-buying strategies will impact how your bank account feels.
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Car Buying: The Worst Time To Buy
Car-buying experts have identified certain times consumers should delay or avoid purchasing a new vehicle. Here are four examples, some of these may surprise you.
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Apple CarPlay vs. Android Auto vs. MirrorLink
Over the last few weeks we have been going through the latest connectivity options available today for your vehicle's entertainment system. In each review we found the same general PROs and CONs. Namely that having a connected infotainment system keeps your eyes on the road, and that they are proprietary so each one is only suited to people in that ecosystem. Below we round-up each of our articles and point you towards the info you need to make an informed choice.
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Get to Know: MirrorLink
Over the last few weeks we have been looking at 3rd party, aftermarket options for connecting your digital life to your vehicle. While Android Auto and Apple CarPlay are wonderful options, they are also proprietary. For this reason, we thought we should take a moment and outline MirrorLink, a completely open source option.
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Get to Know: Apple CarPlay
Our new vehicles have great screens, but do they have an intuitive user interface? Not really. This is where Silicon Valley comes into the picture. Let's look at Apple's take on a handsfree UI and see how it fits the bill.
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Get to Know: Android Auto
Car manufacturers knew they should put beautiful screens in our new cars, but making an intuitive interface was not really their speciality. This is where Silicon Valley comes into the picture. Let's look at Google's take on a handsfree UI and see how it fits the bill.
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Frankfurt Motor Show 2015
Some of the coolest concepts and production vehicles to be unveiled at the Frankfurt Auto Show this week. Quite a stunning collection. See them all right here.
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Pre Purchase Inspections
The best money you can ever spend is on a Pre-Purchase Inspection of your next vehicle. When you buy a new home your purchase conditional on the home inspection, and for vehicles you should do exactly the same thing. Here is what we do and how we do it, in this week's "Need to Know."
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Q&A: Should I buy a new, high-mileage car?
If a car is the latest model but has very high kilometres, is it a good purchase? See what the guys in the shop have to say in this week's "Q & A".
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Tips: Paint Colour & Value
Researchers at iseecars.com just came out with some very interesting research on the depreciation of cars based on their paint colour, and the results may surprise you.
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2014 Auto Show Highlights
A family sedan gets a new snarl, a new Viper gets some bite, and a Bimmer goes topless at this years New York Auto Show.
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Black Book Resale Value Showdown
Next to your home, your car is the single biggest investment of capital you will ever make. One vital piece of criteria when you are deciding on your next vehicle should be how it holds its value against the competition. The Canadian Black Book publishes their best-of list every year, and here are the winners from each category. A few surprises too!
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10 Best Car Models of the Year
All-around winners. That, in essence, is what the Consumer Reports Top Picks are. Each is an exceptional, well-rounded vehicle, chosen from more than 260 they recently tested. Each one excelled in their testing, are reliable, and have performed well in independent crash tests. In other words, it’s hard to go wrong with any of them.
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