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How Much Car Can I Afford?

Savings Corner

How much car you can afford depends on factors like your monthly income, your credit score and the features you’d like your vehicle to have. Experts typically recommend spending no more than 20 percent of take-home pay on a car. That should include the cost of car payments , fuel, insurance and more. Your location.

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How to Save Up for a Car Without Breaking the Bank

Penny Pinchin' Mom

Needless to say, a vast majority of Americans don’t own luxury vehicles, but that’s not to say that these people own broken-down used cars. What is your dream car? Since you are here, I assume you are looking to sidestep all that and go straight to outright buying your car. How much will it cost you?

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11 Ways To Make Personal Travel More Sustainable And Less Polluting

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Unless you live, work, and play in your own neighborhood and never venture outside of it, chances are you own a car or a truck. Most American and Canadian adults own or have access to their own vehicle and use it by themselves on a regular basis. Doing so eliminates car payments, insurance bills, and maintenance costs.

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Carnival of Personal Finance #384 – Time for a Laugh Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Editors Picks: Big Cajun Man from THE Canadian Personal Finance Site shares 10 Phrases I have Used to Save Money. Really, we should all carry a cue card in a our wallet that we can just whip out and use anytime we have an opportunity to save money. People there only have what they use and need and you know what…they are happy!!