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A few months ago (has it been half a year already?) I bought a new car.  Paid around $14k.  Since getting it, I’ve saved about $1000 in reduced monthly payments and fuel consumption.  With fuel prices skyrocketing and no end in sight, demand for high-efficiency vehicles like mine has gone way up.  Used Priuses are [...]

After being thoroughly disgusted with the conduct of Ciocca Honda this past Saturday, I ventured back to Faulkner Honda on Paxton Street.  I’ve had outstanding experience with Faulkner Honda in the four years since purchasing my Element there.  Despite being undercut by Ciocca, Faulkner Honda’s conduct earned my business.  The only question now was which [...]

In my last few posts, I detailed my adventures on purchasing a new car from among our fine selection of local dealerships.  Remember that I had narrowed my choice down to the Honda Civic LX versus the Honda Fit Sport, and that the Nissan Versa and Scion xD had both been dropped.

Day three of my 2008 Car Buying Adventure ™.  Today I went to my second Toyota and Honda dealerships to see if I could get any better deals.  Remember, by this point I’ve pretty much narrowed my choice down to the Honda Civic, Scion xD, or Honda Fit.  The Nissan Versa has been knocked out [...]

As I mentioned in my last post, I’m retiring my 2003 Honda Element EX. It has been a bullet-proof tank / snowmobile of a car that I’m really going to miss. But between getting a lower monthly payment and a 63% increase in fuel efficiency, the lure of a new car has finally gotten to [...]

The time has come to retire the Element.  After 105,000 miles and four years of getting me through hell and back, the Element’s final gift to me was the retention of over 50% of its resale value despite being five model years old.  With Honda and Nissan running 2.9% and 3.9% financing through this weekend, [...]