Comments on: How Saving 50 Cents Cost Me 500 Bucks https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/ Money Saving, Making Money, and Investment Ideas Sat, 24 Apr 2021 19:50:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.23 By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10221 Tue, 15 Jul 2014 11:10:23 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10221 Jon,

Lol – I think your idea is a great recommendation. Do a 5 minute “onceover” of your vehicle before any long distance trip. Doing this would have let me know I had a problem that needed urgent attention.

]]> By: Jon @ Money Smart Guides https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10217 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 22:31:57 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10217 Great lesson. Before I take any long distance trip, I am sure to check over my car to make sure it is in top condition. Even with cell phones, I would rather not get stranded somewhere. After all, the phone will get you help, but it won’t take you to your trusted mechanic. It’ll take you to the mechanic from National Lampoon’s Vacation!

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10210 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:40:41 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10210 Michelle,

It isn’t much harder than unscrewing 4-6 lug nuts, pulling off the old one, putting on the new one, and tightening the 4-6 lug nuts back down. You just need to jack up the proper side of the car. The whole process takes about 10 minutes if everything is ready to go 🙂

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10208 Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:38:26 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10208 EL,

My number one rule is to never go to the dealership for any reason. They are engineered to be a wallet killing machine!

]]> By: Michelle https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10192 Sat, 12 Jul 2014 17:02:27 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10192 Luckily, I have never had a flat tire. But I live far away from my family, that no one would be able to help me. I need to learn how to first change my tire.

]]> By: EL @ Moneywatch101 https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10190 Fri, 11 Jul 2014 14:47:11 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10190 Good tips for car maintenance. I believe we are at the mercy of the car dealerships if you do not have a trusty mechanic. Those dealerships charge an arm and a leg to do minor service repairs. It goes to show that every dealership in America makes more off their service department when compared to sales. Almost every add on repair is another 100 bucks supposedly.

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10171 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 11:09:21 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10171 Brock,

Speaking of which, I probably need to check both of ours here soon as it would be quite embarrassing to have the same issue again after just writing about it 🙂

]]> By: Brock @cleverdude.com https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10170 Wed, 09 Jul 2014 10:42:15 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10170 We needed to get the spare out for our minivan once….and it’s located under the vehicle with a crank inside the van between the driver and passenger seats. The van was a few years old at the time and the spare had never been used. The crank was completely unmovable…..it always pays to check out the state of your spare tire every now and then, right?

]]> By: Derek Chamberlain https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10169 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 20:23:13 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10169 Anne,

Ouch – that stinks. I guess you should always plan for the worst and hope for the best?

]]> By: Anne @ Money Propeller https://www.moneyahoy.com/saving-50-cents-cost-500-bucks/#comment-10165 Tue, 08 Jul 2014 13:55:52 +0000 http://www.moneyahoy.com/?p=2370#comment-10165 Ouch. I have a semi-similar bad-spare-tire story, but we couldn’t get the tire to release, it was sitting there perfectly fine and taunting us!

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