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Tax Time Tips

Posted on 16. Dec, 2008 by carsetc.

ShareQuickly approaching is the best time of the year for us car dealers. We experience a substantial increase in car sales over the first 3 months of a new year.  Of course this is directly related to people getting the tax returns back and need to spend that extra money they have burning a hole [...]

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Here Only The Strong Survive

Posted on 12. Dec, 2008 by carsetc.

ShareThis post was copied and pasted from Jeff Kershner. We find it very informative and truthful. Thanks Jeff for telling it how it is…
Check Jeff’s blog out at www.dealerrefresh.com

Posted by Jeff Kershner  |  Thursday, December 11, 2008  |  Posted in Opinions & Advice

This email made it into my inbox. Not sure who wrote it but I thought I would [...]

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Confession Booth of the Car Business

Posted on 09. Dec, 2008 by carsetc.

ShareThanks to Paul Rushing for contributing his personal accounts of the retail car business.
It’s all about the Benjamins…
The used car business is about money, just like all businesses are, and sometimes there are casualties. Customers, dealers and even salespeople lose.
I entered the business in 1990 fresh out of the Army and I thought it was [...]

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2007 Toyota FJ Cruiser

Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by carsetc.

ShareHere is a review from www.consumerguideauto.com, which we felt was pretty good. This new SUV is based on the 4Runner, but has styling inspired by Toyota’s 1960s-era Land Cruisers. FJ Cruiser seats five and has two main doors, two rear-hinged rear access doors, and no pillar between. A swing-out cargo door has [...]

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Automakers' Bankruptcy Would Cost Taxpayers Four Times More Than Bailout, Study Finds

Posted on 08. Dec, 2008 by carsetc.

ShareBy Michelle Krebs
A bankruptcy filing by General Motors and Chrysler would cost U.S. taxpayers four times more than the amount of federal bridge loans being considered this week by Congress, a new study finds.
A bankruptcy,or even a pre-packaged restructuring outside of bankruptcy court, cannot control a wild card unique to automakers — the car-buying consumer – noted a joint study by international consulting firm BBK and [...]

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