Archive for April, 2007

As with so much else in today’s world, the Internet and advanced web applications have streamlined and eased the ways we do business and the costs therein. The auto warranty business has also benefited by advances in software that has been created to enhance efficiency and accuracy, as demonstrated by Service Bench. What it means […]

It’s always great to read news from down under. You’ll usually end up with a few new words to add to your vocabulary. The advice given to first time car buyers in Australia is basically the same advice that would be given in the US. Up here we look for pick-up trucks and down there […]

Sometimes “David” can win against a big automotive Goliath. And in this case , the little guy ought to have won. It involves a back lit console problem with a Honda. In the course of trying to get the console replaced, which had just gone past it’s new car warranty coverage, the consumer discovered that […]

Well, that’s not actually what they said, but some might conclude that this is taking self-help to an unknown degree of application. Build your own car? Well, that’s what Kia wants to offer their customers in the UK. “Kia will become the first manufacturer to offer a self-build car for UK customers known as the […]

It doesn’t matter how good your used car warranty may be, maintaining your car properly just simply has to be the first rule of the road. It’s preferable never to see the inside of a car repair shop, warranty or not. You were admonished in the fall about winter prep. Well, cars need some spring […]

Is there a Saturn diesel coming our way? The thought of cruising down the highway at 100 m.p.h. burning only 37 m.p.g. does have it’s appeal. Alas, GM’s latest turbo diesel in the European Opel Astra 1.9 CDTI will not be coming America’s way this year, but Saturn has an eye on diesel. “Saturn executives […]