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The cost of phantom accidents
If there are mistakes on your driving record, your insurance premiums can soar.
In the last five years, did you get three speeding tickets or four? If the Ministry of Transportation has the wrong answer in their files, it could be costing you big bucks on your auto insurance.
Just like with your credit score, it pays to make sure the official record is correct. In this case, you can easily verify...
Some good news for lazy car owners
Do you religiously follow your car’s service manual? Here’s some good news: sometimes you don’t have to.
When you buy a new car, you’ll typically get two different service manuals, one from the dealer and one from the manufacturer. “The dealers make money on frequent visits, so their manual tries to get you to do as much maintenance as possible,” says Kirk Robinson of Robinson Automotive....
Romana King is a Toronto-based writer, editor and blogger for business and lifestyle publications and a licensed realtor with Century21. Romana currently writes a regular column and blog for MoneySense magazine that focuses on home owner and real estate issues. She has regularly contributed to Business Edge, CI Top Broker, Advisor.ca, Advisor's Edge, Check UP!, CBC.ca, Toronto Sun and the Toronto Star.