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13 Ways to Make Your Existing Car Greener and Avoid Buying a New One

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

However, buying a new car isn’t in the cards for me right now, so I have to make due with the one I have. Automobiles cause 51 percent of the carbon monoxide pollution in the air, so it’s important to do what we can to make our cars a little less dirty whenever possible. Shut the car off. Change your oil regularly.

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Go Green and Save Money by Picking the Right Car

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Picking the right car is a far more complicated job than what it used to be. In the olden days you could just choose a car based on its looks, reliability and performance. However, things are much more difficult now as the running costs required to keep a car on the road are escalating out of control. Diesel vehicles.