| How to turn your used car into cash - STEP 1 | | Posted Wednesday, January 25, 2006 5:09:14 PM by Blog57 Team | 
| First you should know the market. For example:
- Family sedans, while unexciting to many, are in constant demand by people needing basic, inexpensive transportation.
- SUVs are very popular right now and often move quickly, even older models.
- The sale of convertibles and sports cars is seasonal. Sunny weather brings out the buyers. Fall and winter months will be slow.
- Trucks and vans, used for work, are steady sellers and command competitive prices. Don't underestimate their value.
- Collector cars will take longer to sell and are often difficult to price. However, these cars can have unexpected value if you find the right buyer.
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| | | Oil slicks: Don't slip up when buying first car | | Posted Thursday, January 25, 2007 12:56:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | I was in your shoes before. I went from class to class, party to party, nap to nap, and one sporting event after another without a care in the world about my finances. Oh, to be younger and carefree again. Next thing I knew, I became a USC graduate and was hit with the harsh financial realities of the real world. All of a sudden, I needed to learn the basics, such as how to raise my credit score, save for my retirement, get an auto loan, pay down student loan debt and get a home loan just to name a few. Along the way, I've learned a thing or two about the appropriate financial steps to accomplish one's goals and dreams in life. I've lived it and now I want to help you avoid some of the mistakes I have made. Our weekly dialogue will discuss important financial matters that will help you navigate through your years at USC and beyond.... | |
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| | | Mitsubishi's New World Car | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:51:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Mitsubishi will reveal its latest-generation Lancer at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit next January. Ninety years after Mitsubishi built its first car, the new Lancer is the first model to be based on the same platform for all world markets. The version to be displayed at Detroit will be a four-door saloon, since this is expected to be the top-selling body style worldwide, though other types will also be available. The Lancer will go on sale first of all in North America next spring, and will filter through to other markets later in the year. A wide range of engines will be available. In Europe, the entry-level unit will be a 109bhp 1.5-litre petrol, while the Evo (yes, there's going to be an Evo) will, as now, use a two-litre petrol turbo. European customers will also be able to specify diesel engines.... | |
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| | | Idol sales standings: A fairly exhaustive list | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 2:52:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | Perhaps trying to forestall my incessant questions about Idol sales, my esteemed primary Nielsen SoundScan contact sent me a big pile of statistics relating to that very topic. Basically, the document has total sales in the album, downloaded tracks and single categories for each Idol finalist over the show's history. It's not quite the complete statistical collection you might be envisioning, mainly because it doesn't break out stats on individual albums or tracks -- it's totals only in each category. But it does provide a nifty ranking device that may amuse or edify you, or start arguments, or something equally constructive. So I'm going to make an attempt to organize this mass of data into easily digestible rankings. I'll also try to note any discrepancies or omissions that might crop up, although it looks pretty complete on first glance.... | |
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| | | Dropout designs top-selling games | | Posted Monday, November 06, 2006 12:54:12 PM by Blog57 Team | | VietNamNet Bridge - Forza Motorsport is a stylish and challenging game from Microsoft and is one of the best racers on the Xbox, according to Gamespot Magazine. With more than 230 fancy cars of 60 makes, the game has proved a big hit with racing fans right from its debut. What few of the players realize is that 70 percent of the cars were designed by the Vietnamese company Glass Egg Digital Media, which had previously generated car models for the top-selling games Colin McRae: Dirt and Sega Rally Revo. The head of Glass Egg's design team and the firm's technology manager is Nguyen Hoai Nam, who was named one of the top game developers in 2002 by the magazine Pixel Creation. Most games in the world are designed with Autodesk 3ds Max software, so anyone who manages to develop their own tools for the software has an edge over the competition.... | |
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| | | Using SOA to Transform Car Buying and Selling Online | | Posted Sunday, November 05, 2006 6:53:27 AM by Blog57 Team | | SANTA MONICA, Calif.--Oded Noy, chief technology officer for Zag (www.zag.com), will be among the presenters at InfoWorld SOA Executive Forum, to be held Nov. 7-8 in New York. Noy will share real-world examples of how the ability to tailor, courtesy of SOA, is transforming the application development process for various IT-dependent organizations. He will discuss his own team rapid development of a technology and services platform that extends current online car-buying capabilities and soon will make it possible for consumers to complete the entire auto-buying transaction online. The platform is currently being implemented by Capital One Auto Finance, the nation largest online auto lender, which is rolling out Zag's technology platform for its DriveOne auto-buying program. When speed, cost-effectiveness and fidelity to the brand are essential, SOA is increasingly the architecture of choice.... | |
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| | | Driving test used as ploy in car theft | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 2:50:03 PM by Blog57 Team | | A man posing as a potential car buyer has been stealing the cars he has taken for a test drive in Durban and Pietermaritzburg, police said on Monday. Captain Debbie O'Brien said the man has struck at least five times in the past three weeks. In fact the smooth talking "buyer" uses a car he previously stole to get to the meeting point for his next test drive. Police have warned people to be careful when selling their cars privately. Frederic Alleaume, who had advertised his 1993 Volkswagen Jetta III in local newspapers, said the man was the first person to call him after he had placed his adverts. .... | |
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| | | Report says Europe's major car brands are failing on CO2 emissions | | Posted Thursday, October 26, 2006 10:48:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | Only a quarter of Europe's 20 top-selling carmakers are on track to meet EU targets for cutting exhaust pollution, a survey revealed today. The European Commission warned last month that it would impose legislation if car manufacturers failed to voluntarily reduce average CO2 emissions from new cars to 140 grams a kilometre by 2008, and to 120 grams by 2012. But today's report shows that only five - Fiat, Citroen, Renault, Ford and Peugeot - are currently cutting emissions at a rate which will achieve or exceed EU requirements. .... | |
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| | | Last Ford Taurus to roll off the line next week | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 6:48:28 AM by Blog57 Team | | In less than a week, the last Ford Taurus will roll off the line at a Ford assembly plant near Atlanta - the end of the road for a car that was once the best selling in the country and that for a time helped revitalize the struggling automaker. The mid-sized sedan quickly became a sensation after it was introduced in 1985 as Americans embraced its design, safety features and fuel-efficiency. .... | |
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| | | Hyundai dealers will start selling Garmin device | | Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 6:48:46 PM by Blog57 Team | | Garmin Ltd. said Tuesday that 725 Hyundai dealerships in the United States will start selling its nuvi 360 personal navigation device later this month. The nuvi is Garmin's second best-selling product domestically and its best-selling product in Europe. Dougherty & Co. LLC analyst Jeff Evanson has estimated that the nuvi accounted for $120 million of Garmin's $432.5 million in sales during the second quarter. The thin device, which fits in a shirt pocket, includes an MP3 player, an audio book player, language translator and Bluetooth technology for hands-free calling in the car. The nuvi 360 has a suggested retail price of $800. Garmin spokesman Ted Gartner said Tuesday that Hyundai Motor America, a division of Korea's Hyundai Motor Co., will be the first car-maker to sell the nuvi at its dealerships.... | |
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| | | Glens Falls woman charged with felony after selling a car she didn't own | | Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 6:48:11 AM by Blog57 Team | | GLENS FALLS -- A Glens Falls woman has been charged with a felony in connection with the sale of a car she didn't own to a Kingsbury junkyard, court records show.Nissa D. Armstrong-Poll, 34, of 58 Prospect Street was charged with first-degree falsifying business records, a felony, and the misdemeanor of misapplication of property, according to Glens Falls City Court records.She is accused of filing a form with East Side Auto of Kingsbury indicating she was the owner of a 1994 Volvo that was sold to the junk yard last month, court records show.The Volvo had been left at her home by an acquaintance, who discovered it was missing on Sept. 15 after selling it to another man who found it was not at Armstrong-Poll's home when he went to pick it up, according to court records.Armstrong-Poll was released pending prosecution Thursday in Glens Falls City Court.... | |
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