An old friend from college recently came to me in a hurry for car-buying advice. His wife unfortunately totaled her Nissan Sentra.

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Me taking a few final snapshots with ‘Spike’

Success! To update you on my friend’s car-buying status, he overcame the new year, new month hurdle and found an excellent deal on the car he wanted.

A few weeks ago, a friend of mine asked me about whether or not she should purchase a car from an auction. She had been talking to a small used car dealer who suggested it.

When the time comes to get rid of that beloved – or sometimes loathed – vehicle, do you consider when to put it for sale? You should. There has been a 1990’s model Nissan 300ZX convertible for sale on the corner of my street for months.

Today’s post comes from Brandy Schaffels, senior editor and content manager at TrueCar.com. Brandy is well-known in the automotive community for her knowledge of the industry at the consumer level and her writing ability.

Who says there’s no such thing as love at first sight? There’s love, and then there’s infatuation, and it takes a wise man to know the difference.

Every so often, you spot one. The glorified crapcan, replete with bumper stickers no self-respecting human would choose to display on a vehicle of status and “wash me” engraved in its protective layer of dust.

Being thrust into adulthood on the back of a recession that resulted in scarce job opportunity and low wages caused a butterfly effect in the world’s la