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The Long Range averages around 4 miles per kWh and the Standard/Plus versions are right around 4.3 miles per kWh. You're looking at right around 6.5 cents cents per mile. A midsized car that averages 30 miles per gallon would be about double that assuming $3.75 per gallon. My electric rate is...

I see plenty that are 'cheap', and they're almost always cheap due to prior owners. Not the quality of the vehicle itself. One unit I almost picked up this week was a 2020 Tesla Model 3 Standard Range Plus with 98k miles. It was a buyback from only about 10,000 miles ago. So I thought it must...

This may come as a shocker, but at the wholesale dealer auctions a Tesla Model 3 can often be had for the same price as a Toyota Camry with the same year and same miles. This morning I took a look at 2023 Tesla Model 3 Performance may be more in Avalon territory. But whenever I get a Model 3...

Glad to see it! These deals really work well when you're wanting to get a premium small tire. One time I got a set of 14 inch Continetals for a Prizm/Corolla at my dealership. The cost was only $112 installed. I was able to double the Continental rebate with a Discount Tire rebate. About...

If you go to a Discount Tire they will rotate your tires for free. Even if you're not a current customer. Last week I went to Autozone for some closeout oil and someone was doin their oil right near the front entrance since it was raining at the time. Nobody cared. Everyone has to eat. Saving...

We are lucky enough at BITOG to have several experts whose careers are heavily invested in the lubricants business. Here is what one of them had to say a month ago. https://bobistheoilguy.com/forums/threads/april-lubricants-industry-market-update.406554/

They have tons of them at the wholesale dealer auctions. One year old models are about 30% off on average. If you're seriously in the market feel free to PM me.

Still in limbo. Sending it to another repair shop.

Let me ask an unusual question. What area of the world is she going to school? Also, do you know the history of maintenance on the transmission? That's the only thing that concerns me. The rest you can overcome by investing in high quality parts and keeping it on the road.

Everything I buy is either at the wholesale dealer auctions, or from fleet companies that liquidate their inventory to car dealerships. I have probably owned over 5,000 vehicles. Many which I have never seen in person. But I have also attended thousands of auctions as a car buyer, auctioneer...

If Toyota and Honda had maintained their path of high quality, my daily choices would be easy. But each of them today have their good and bad points. Toyota performs well when they build a platform forever. Want a V6? The 3.5 Liter engines and 4.0 Liter V6 engines are the gold standard of the...

Bought two less than a mile from a paint shop I had to visit yesterday afternoon. The visit to the store was more profitable than the paint shop. And I'm willing to bet the other Quaker State brands go on clearance as well since they're not even featuring them inside the store anymore. The jugs...

I've been a huge fan of Discount Tire and still am to a degree. But I do think the corporate side is trying to game the system a bit. Specifically, I really don't appreciate the push to replace tires that are only 6 years old when 10 years is the usual time period. Treadwear is also getting...

I used to get absolutely phenomenal deals at Discount Tire. One that sticks in my mind were a set of tires on a 1994 Geo Prizm. 14 inch tires were already cheap and this was right around 2016. I got a set of top of Continentals installed for $342. Then i got a $230 credit. My net cost was...

Great job! Never knew this!

Go to Walmart or Amazon. Half the price. Similar quality.

Also here's a study I co-developed that measures the long-term reliability used vehicles. Hopefully that helps too.

I purchase a lot of cars in the $20k to $25k range. That's actually the sweet spot for most of my customers. If you're looking for a 4WD SUV the Mitsubishi Outlander is by far the best value of the bunch. You can get a highly optioned one that is two to three years old at the wholesale dealer...

Toyota just issued a TSB to their dealers stating that 0W-8 and 0W-16 may be lighter on the ground in the coming weeks. They were recommended to use heavier weight oils. In other news, if you look at the viscosity recommendations for vehicles located in foreign countries that have climates...

You're assuming that the data was there when I was perfroming the diagnostic. It wasn't. Went inside. Car went dead. Couldn't duplicate the issue except the car will not start and the data I have is inconclusive. "Wanna teach a man to fish? Don't take him out to a dry lake......"