Auto warranties are highly coveted by consumers shopping for both new and used cars. Being as no car owner wants to be left responsible for covering high maintenance costs when something unexpectedly goes wrong with their vehicle, manufacturers build warranties into their pricing as a means of compromising with the consumer. 

So you’ve been choking down a five-year car loan for a few years now. When you bought the car, it seemed like the logical thing to do – sure you end up paying a little more in the end, but it stretches out those pesky monthly payments and knocks them down to an acceptable level. 

Buying a car today is a tougher decision than the average person realizes. With a combination of growing environmental awareness, rising oil prices, a depreciating American Dollar and increasingly complex automotive engineering practices – not to mention the fact that there are more vehicle choices than ever before – it’s easy to feel overwhelmed when choosing your next car.

It’s cliché that the dealership experience is fraught with innuendo, misrepresentations, and outright falsehood. To help understand why the game is played that way, put yourself into the white patent leather shoes of the typical salesman (or woman, but for the sake of this example, let’s assume a male) at a dealership for a moment. 

The line between extended warranties and certified used cars is relatively blurry because both options represent a similar end product to the consumer - a used auto that is covered by a warranty. 

Donating your used vehicle is a noble action; you are helping charities raise funds for people in need or giving a car to a family who can’t afford one. These benevolent feelings are only enriched by the tax benefits you receive from the effort and can make donating your car to charity seem like a no-brainer. The decision may be the easy part, but the actual donation and tax deductions can be a little trickier. With the following advice, we hope to make donating your used auto an easier process.