Archive for June, 2007
Two pervasive myths of hacking or modding your car are that
Modifying your car automatically cancels your warranty.
Modifying your car is illegal
Just as these blanket statements cannot be relied on as gospel — after all,
changing the windshield wiper blades can’t cause the transmission to break —
neither can you assume that both the law and your warranty allow you to do
whatever you want to your car.
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You shouldn’t be surprised that safety comes first. Though it’s tempting to
dive headlong into the horsepower modifications, it’s essential to increase
the car’s safety as its performance increases.
This part covers the safety upgrades to help ensure that, as the car becomes
leaner, meaner, and a whole lot faster, driver and passenger safety is part of
the plan. This part places equal emphasis on active safety upgrades, such as
handling, and passive safety modifications, such as roll bars.
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The term performance car is not as literal as it sounds, and it can mean many
things. While you might be tempted to scoff at the little economy car with
pretensions of being a performance car, innovations in the performance
aftermarket industry allow this benign platform to match conventional per-
formance cars. Even the owner of a Ferrari F40, a benchmark if ever there
was one, may have modified it for even better performance than a stock F40.
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As I’ve said before, there are many ongoing scams that dealerships will throw at you in order
to bank some extra money from you. I’ve shown you the most popular, but let’s look at some
more.
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Being a good negotiator doesn’t have to be difficult. Sooner or later everyone has to
negotiate with someone if they want to get a good deal on a purchase. When you are trying
to negotiate with a car dealer, you should know that they are very practiced in the art
already. You will need to know how to get through their “car speak” in order to be successful.
Purchasing a new car from the dealership leaves you open to dealership scams, but what
about when you need to refinance your car loan? Many of the scams are the same as you
will encounter when buying a car.
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