Arming Ourselves to Save Money on Car Repairs

Compared to the frugalistic skills of many other personal finance bloggers, Mr. ToughMoneyLove is a rank amateur.  On the other hand, I am not one to sit back and accept being taken advantage of by entire industries.  Case in point:  My complete disgust with the credit score industry, something I talk about often.

Another industry that is prone to unfairly extracting excessive amounts of cash from unsuspecting consumers is the car repair business.  How many of us experience cold sweats and anxiety when the dealer “service adviser” (a/k/a the grim reaper ) calls to tell us how much of our emergency fund is going to be thrown at what we thought was a minor car repair?  I still do, even after having experienced it going on 42 years. Read more