Archive for March 27th, 2009

When your car needs basic services, such as an oil change, where do you take it?  Chances are you will go to a quick lube business, not your dealer. However, Acura is striving to get back the quick-lube consumers by creating its Accelerate service program for Acura owners.  The concept is for Acura dealership service […]

The AARP, which was formerly the American Association of Retired Persons, supports various goods and services and endorses them for their members; this includes auto insurance.  Recently, Bloomberg news reported some practices that appear to be pretty shady, in regards to their insurance endorsements. Some members are actually shelling out double for insurance that is […]

If you go car shopping you may notice that some vehicles charge extra for the paint job.  This can add up to $1,000 on top of the price of the car. This may feel like a lot of money when you factor in other car expenses such as new car warranties, and maintenance.   It’s hard […]

Over the last week there has been a story circulating on the Internet about the owner of a 2009 Nissan GT-R who couldn’t get his auto warranty to cover his blown transmission.  What was the problem?  He claims he turned off the stability control in order to use the vehicle’s launch control feature.  Making that […]

Nissan is trying to catch up with its competition, Honda and Toyota, in the hybrid area and is all set to debut a luxury hybrid next year sometime, according to Nikkei, which is a Japanese business daily. Although in the past, Nissan has utilized Toyota’s hybrid system, on the Nissan Altima Hybrid, it is planning […]