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    I use my cash back cards and rebate money to...

    Pay off my utility bills during the year. I just took the $30 Pennzoil rebate and paid off the minimal balance I had on my electric bill this month. I did the same thing with my Shop Your Way credit card and the money I got from the Upside app. Now I have a pretty solid credit balance. I also...
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    Solar finance company files for bankruptcy

    What a strange situation. Here in Georgia I'm paying 7.5 cents a kWh and if I need enough it for our EVs, the cost goes down to 6 cents. Sometimes it cost me only a penny a mile to commute. However Georgia Power customers have to pay surcharges for the ridiculously expensive Plant Vogtle. My...
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    Valvoline Cash Back-$5

    Not to sound daft. But what is the phone number for customer service? There were several listed online.
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    Water heater advice

    I bought our regular gas water heater for $85 and I think I ended up spending a little bit over $200 over 20 years ago. It still operates perfectly fine. I would love to! Frankly, just get another one like it and ignore all this high-tech stuff that I won't ever miss.
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    Would you buy a new Mitsubishi?

    It's coupled with the Outlander.
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    Would you buy a new Mitsubishi?

    Well, if it doesn't go through. You can feel free to reach me at '48 hours and a used car' on Facebook. Hope it works and I wish you the best.
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    Would you buy a new Mitsubishi?

    I recommend them constantly and buy a lot of late model ones that are ridiculously affordable. I recently was able to get a 2021 Outlander Sport with 44k miles for $15600. Once you add the auction fees it was $17k for my customer. A similar CR-V or RAV4 would have been $8000 more, and this one...
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    do you use free AI tools?

    The funny thing is I'm going the exact opposite direction. I do my searches and go directly to the enthusiast forums and communities that better answers the question. I found that AI was wrong a solid third of the time, and many of the right answers didn't have the depth of details that I...
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    Selling off property question and problem.

    Do you need the money? If not, then keep it quiet.
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    Time saved by not going to gas stations in non road trip scenarios: Rivian vs CX-9

    It's an interesting question, but also one of the most navel gazing questions I can imagine too. A gas version of the CX-9 has range of 390 city and 507 highway. If we make it a road trip where he fuels every 400 miles he'll have at most six visits to the pump. That's about 25 minutes. If you...
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    Dealer add on prices.

    I recently bought a 2018 Jeep Wrangler for one of my customers. It took a few weeks, but we found an excellent one that hit his bullseye after going through over a half-dozen that were riddled with rust, frame damage,.and substandard repair issues. You can find images of the Jeep he bought and...
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    Dealer add on prices.

    What you should do is go to a paint shop in your area and ask for a 'scuff and shoot". The sun aeat are brutal here in Georgia too. I usually get charged about $500 for one, and I probably done around 200 of them.
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    Dealer add on prices.

    Not to toot my own horn but I can do better than that in my sleep. The Frontier is usually a pretty easy vehicle to acquire at the wholesale dealer auctions. My car buying service has been used by a few regulars here and I'm also the co-developer of the Long-Term Quality Index. If you're...
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    It’s the 1990’s: what motor oil and grade are you using?

    Always 10W-30 Always Supertech oil or anything on sale that was close in price. Always used either an AC Delco or STP filter. Always changed the oil every 3k, which was about once every six weeks. My cost back then was $5. Just under $10 in today's money. My daily driver then, a red 1994...
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    What was the first car you worked on regularly?

    Red 1994 Toyota Camry Coupe. Sunroof. Wheel covers. Cruise. 4-wheel disc brakes and ABS. Cassette player but no CD. Traveled to three different states as an auto auctioneer. A good 700 miles or so a week. Changed the oil every 3,000 miles. Air filter every 15k. Transmission fluid and filter...
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    Can I trust ordering from walmart?

    If you get them in five quart jugs you get an extra $5 off per jug with a limit of six rebates per person. Walmart does qualify. So does Amazon. https://www.valvolineglobal.com/en/promotions/cash-back/
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    The only college degree that truly was an education

    There is no way I could ever generalize about the education of millions of people. As for my education? I wish I had the opportunity to get a GED and save myself the thousands of hours wasted in high school courses. The 'bad' teachers were really not bad at all in high school. It was the...
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    Cheap cars are back, but...

    None of this is true. Prices for the average used car went up by nearly 5% last month. Cheap cars are anything but. I'm in constant dog fights for the unpopular and unloved. As for demand? Toyota's and their related sibling always sell very well. Trucks, SUVs and minivans also light up the...
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    COSTCO diesel

    There may be a few locations that do have diesel. However the two near me don't have it. Here's a pretty lengthy thread about why Costco doesn't offer diesel fuel at most of their locations.
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    COSTCO diesel

    From a common sense perspective, diesel fuel would potentially attract 18 wheelers and that would heavily congest Costco's vehicle traffic. Also on the non-commerical side there is very little demand for diesel within the metropolitan areas that Costco has their locations. Less than 5% of...
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