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Best Tires And New Car Deals In This Week's Car Buying Roundup

Best Tires And New Car Deals In This Week's Car Buying Roundup

A collection of our best posts of the week in car buying

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Honda CR-V
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Outside of enthusiast circles, most people don’t think about tires all that often. You have to have them to drive, they’re expensive to replace, and then they’re mostly forgotten until you get a flat. The thing is, tires are important. Really important. They’re the only thing that connects your car to the ground, and unfortunately, they aren’t all basically the same. - Collin Woodard Read More

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1997 GMC Safari SLT
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Whatever is going on at Bring a Trailer—be it suspicious ways of moving money around or just too many people with way more money than sense—it keeps happening. Cheap, old cars are selling at or near their original MSRP despite decades of depreciation. This time, it was a 1997 GMC Safari which sold for $24,750. - Lawrence Hodge Read More

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Mercedes-Benz C-Class
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As the world’s supply chain has recovered from the pandemic, the cost of buying a new car has generally returned to normal-ish. What’s true in general, however, isn’t necessarily true for the specific car you want to buy. Last week, we showed you the list of new cars that Consumer Reports found are the worst deals right now and likely worth skipping. - Collin Woodard Read More

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Nice Price or No Dice 2004 Volvo XC70
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The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Volvo cryptically claims to not want to sell the car but is “ready to move on.” Let’s see if this seemingly tidy AWD wagon’s price is something we might move on. - Rob Emslie Read More

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Ford F-150 Lightning
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Unlike the Tesla Cybertruck, the Ford F-150 Lightning is about as traditional as electric pickup trucks get. Unless you knew what you were looking for, you’d probably just think the Lightning was a regular F-150. It looks like an F-150. It does truck stuff like an F-150. It just doesn’t sell nearly as well as the gas-powered F-150. So in an attempt to clear out excess inventory, CarsDirect reports Ford will now pay dealers up to $22,500 to help clean out its Retail Replenishment Centers. - Collin Woodard Read More

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Nice Price or No Dice 1997 Toyota 4Runner
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While today’s Nice Price or No Dice 4Runner has 280K under its belt, the fact that it’s a ’90s Toyota should make that less relevant to its value. Let’s decide just how much of an impact it might make. - Rob Emslie Read More

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Nice Price or No Dice 2011 BMW 128i
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Like Ned in Game of Thrones, the seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice BMW sees winter approaching and wants to prepare. That means a 4WD in place of the Bimmer’s convertible top. Let’s see if we’re prepared for its asking price. - Rob Emslie Read More

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Nice Price or No Dice 2012 Coda EV
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The seller of today’s Nice Price or No Dice Coda claims the company that built it went bankrupt because the car was “too nice.” Let’s see if this weird little electric car’s current price (see what I did there?) won’t break the bank. - Rob Emslie Read More

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Nice Price or No Dice 1991 Mazda Miata
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The first-generation Miata has a big following because it’s the only one with pop-up headlights. Finding one in decent shape, like today’s Nice Price or No Dice ’91, is getting increasingly rarer. Let’s see if this one’s price pops with us. - Rob Emslie Read More

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A front three quarters shot of the bright yellow Renault Sport Spider parked wiht its butterfly doors up
Photo: DuncanImports/ Cars And Bids (Fair Use)

Even if you don’t know what this wacky looking metallic pee-colored topless two-seater is, you can instantly tell it’s something special. The late ’90s Renault Sport Spider is an incredibly hardcore, ultra-lightweight mid-engine track attack beast; think something similar to the original Lotus Elise, or Ariel Atom. Personally, I think the Renault Spider is the coolest looking car of the three, especially in this dramatic shade of yellow, and this left-hand-drive U.S. road-legal example is currently for sale on Cars And Bids. - Logan Carter Read More

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