I've had a GM Rewards Card for a few years now, which gives me 5% rewards points with each purchase that go towards a new GM vehicle purchase or lease. In the short time I actually used the card, I amassed around $650. I didn't get to use it when we … [Read more...] about GM is trying to tempt me
I've been taking my Honda Ridgeline to a Honda dealer in Rockville for service for the last 18 months of ownership, and I just need to rant about one thing: the mechanics. Let me say this up front, though, that the guy's checking in the vehicles are … [Read more...] about Rant: The Dealer’s Mechanics are Messing with My Truck
What an odd title, right? Some of you know I'm not a beer drinker, and you may also know that my favorite alcohol is Kahlua. It's unintentional that I'm the "Clever Dude", and I also love the movie The Big Lebowski where the main character is "The … [Read more...] about A Tale of some Liquor and a Rebate
It's only a few days into October, but I still think I'm allowed to highlight what I think were my best posts from last month. This is the second installment of the "Best Posts" and you can see August's Best Posts here. August was a record month … [Read more...] about Best Posts from September, 2007
Two checks came in within the last week in relation to our Chevrolet Malibu that we sold in August: A check for $818 from the GM Protection Plan extended warranty. We purchased this extended warranty for about $1,400 new, before we knew that we … [Read more...] about More Cash Back from Our Chevy Malibu Sale
only $48,129 left to go! That's our chart from the No Credit Needed Network (thanks NCN!). The "Paid" numbers are a bit off since I began the chart well into our debt repayment period. Yeah, that's a lot of debt, but here's the thing. Now … [Read more...] about $64,761 of debt down and…
A few weeks ago, we sold our 2005 Chevrolet Malibu sedan. Basically, it was cheaply made and we wanted something projected to be more reliable. Oh, and it didn't have a number of safety options like side-curtain airbags and ABS. I saw the crash test … [Read more...] about Do we miss our car?
I'm going to be a little selfish today. I stopped doing roundups of my posts each week a while back because I wasn't happy with what I was producing. This month, though, I'm quite happy with many of my articles, so I wanted to highlight those posts … [Read more...] about Best Posts from August, 2007
