P4: ARTICLES
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HARVARD LAW SCHOOL REVIEW RACE DISCRIMINATION IN RETAIL CAR NEGOTIATIONS
1. WHITE FEMALE PAY 39% MORE THAN THE WHITE MALE
2. BLACK MALE PAY 116% MORE THAN THE WHITE MALE
3. BLACK FEMALE PAY 242% MORE THAN THE WHITE MALE FOR THE SAME CAR. more...
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What are inquiries and how do they affect my FICO score?
Credit inquiries are requests by a "legitimate business" to check your credit.
As far as your FICO score is concerned, credit inquiries are classified as either " hard inquiries" or "soft inquiries" more...
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Cordray makes final plea to Trump about arbitration rule
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau director Richard Cordray sent a letter to President Trump asking him not to stop the bureau's arbitration rule.
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3-year retention bright for yellow, orange cars
The brighter the car color, the brighter its future retention.
According to an iSeeCars.com analysis of 2.1 million used vehicles, yellow vehicles depreciated an average of just 27 percent in value after three years, and orange cars depreciated 30.6 percent. more...
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Dealerships Mechanical Shop Proficiency
Request the Service Advisors to walk you threw the service department.
Dealership Service Dept. You also said that dealer service departments too often recommend fluid flushes and replacements that aren't called for by the owner's manual. The dealers cite the "severe use" schedule that doesn't apply to the vast majority of us. Should drivers simply veto a service or fluid replacement that isn't recommended in the owner's manual under the normal or light-duty service requirements? more...
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OWNER'S MANUAL should be a common practice when a light come on.
Yes, you should go by what the owner's manual recommends for normal use. And, yes, this is a common practice, and I hate to admit that. When I was a customer relations manager, I had a service manager who would [bate people into buying the fluid changes] by showing new fluid versus used fluid. She made more than I did just in flush commissions, but had the worst customer satisfaction surveys. I have always stuck to the manufacturer recommendations, and my Escape has over 310,000 miles on it. Less than five percent of drivers operate their cars under conditions that would be deemed "severe." The ones who do are usually taxi or pizzadelivery drivers, or those who frequently take their SUV or truck off-road.
A dealer won't come right out and say it, but if you have your regular service work done at the dealer... (because warranty work pays the dealer a lot less than service work),
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