Five Reasons Your Dog Loves Riding in a Car

Five Reasons Your Dog Loves Riding in a Car

Five Reasons Your Dog Loves Riding in a Car

 

There’s nothing quite as headache-inducing as listening to the non-stop cries of an unhappy dog trapped in a moving vehicle.

Primarily, there are three reasons why your pet cries. One is the car makes scary noises and vibrates. Two is pets often aren’t able to see out of the window(s). And three is most car rides don’t end up at the dog park, but at a vet office. LeaseTrader.com recently noticed a growing trend of 67 percent increase of shoppers thinking of their pets when shopping for a car (LeaseTrader Story on Fox 5 News San Diego) and came up with 5 tips to help your dog love car rides.

 

Five Reasons Your Dog Loves Riding in a Car

 

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   Make sure your dog is groomed properly and fashionable –
   
   
   
   

   
   

   Most women do not leave the house without makeup and men always do push-ups and have a plentiful supply of hair gel to always look their best when driving. But is your dog having anxiety about their grooming situation? Make sure and give your dog a quick wash and blow to help them look their best when riding -in your car.
   
   
   
   

   
   


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   Find out if your dog prefers the front or back seat –
   
   
   
   

   
   

   Car sickness is not just limited to humans and some people get car sick when riding in the backseat or as shotgun in the front seat. The same goes for dogs. Perhaps you keep putting them shotgun and can tell they look uneasy at your driving. Why not try the backseat and see if that is more his style than riding shotgun with you. 
   
   
   
   

   
   


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   Make sure your dog has eye-protection –

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   

   Over 90 percent of drivers use some form of eyewear and protection including eyeglasses and sunglasses when driving. Your dog might need the same protection to love riding in your car. Maybe it’s the sunlight directly hitting your dog’s eyes or your dog wants to rock out while driving. I recommend finding some cool shades to help your dog enjoy the ride a little more. 
   
   
   
   

   
   


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   Ask if your dog would like a drink -

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   It gets hot while riding in cars and a simple drink might help your dog love riding in cars again. Here’s a trick, stop at the closest fast food place and get a plastic cup filled with water and a straw to prevent spillage, that way when your dog is thirsty they can take a sip and be a happy dog riding in your car.
   
   
   
   
   
   

   
   


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   Make sure your dog has been to the bathroom –

   
   

   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   It is simple for humans to make a pit stop and go to the bathroom, but how does a dog tell you when to stop. It would be great if your dog barked once for 3 seconds and whined for 2 seconds as his universal sign that he needs to use the bathroom. Always make sure to walk your Dog before your begin driving because having a full-bladder can cause discomfort when driving.

   
   

 

 

Goldman Sachs shows $0 Trading Loss Days In first Quarter

Goldman Sachs shows $0 Trading Loss Days In first Quarter

 

Just released: the financial statement of Goldman Sachs

Goldman Sachs profited on every single trading day In this past quarter ended March 31 2010,

Amazingly the firm did not record even a $0.01 loss statistically making this report an astonishment for the investment world.

 

 

To help you understand;

• Out of the total 63 trading days that most of the Goldman investors lost millions, Goldman made money.
  
  


• Out of the 9.7 billion total Q1 revenue, 76% came from trading (Investors), not investment banking, underwriting or advisory.
  
  


• Goldman Sachs posted no less than 25 million dollars in trading net revenue every day during the quarter
  
  
  
  - 7 days at $25 million to $50 million
  
  - 50 days at $50 million to $75 million
  
  - 16 days at $75 million to $100 million
  
  - 35 days at more than $100 million
  
  * page 121 10Q

 

 

For Goldman Sachs this is a WIN - WIN situation making one believe that Goldman has an unfair advantage over its investor.

“This is the first time we have reported zero trading loss days in a quarter,” Samuel Robinson, a Goldman Sachs spokesman, told Bloomberg via e-mail. “We believe it shows the strength of our customer franchise and risk management.”

 

One would believe you have better odds in Las Vegas then you do with your E-Trade account.

 

 

 Source: Company filing with SEC

How To Negotiate A Car Lease

How To Negotiate A Car Lease Specials

 

 

Who negotiates better, men or women? A lot of discussion has been made about who is the better negotiator when it comes to car shopping. If you want to know how to negotiate a car Lease Specials, some think men hold an advantage while others feel women are better at getting what they want.

To find the answer one must step back and take a look at the broader picture of the art of negotiation between men and women. A few years ago a study took place on the campus of the University of Arizona. Both men and women participated in a series of questionnaires and at the end of the day organizers asked everyone if $5 was enough compensation for their time.

More than eight times as many men than women negotiated for a higher compensation rate

To be fair, on any other day women could have outweighed the men in a similar type of survey. So when it comes to understanding how to negotiate a car Lease Specials, following are some guidelines to help ensure you get the best possible price:

 

Negotiating Tips

1) What did the dealer pay? You need a starting point when figuring how to negotiate a car Lease Specials deal. This means you’ve got to understand a good price vs. a not so good price. The best way is to use a service like TrueCar.com, which provides an in-depth analysis of what dealers paid for the car, invoice price and the manufacturer’s suggested retail price (MSRP). The site will also offer guidelines of what a good negotiated price will be for a particular vehicle.

2) Make multiple visits: The worst time to Lease Specials a car is when you desperately need one. The best time is when you take your time. Let the dealer win you over. Take your time. Make sure you leave and come back a few times so that they start to feel anxious about closing you.

3) Comparison shop: As a follow on to the previous tip, go and visit a few other dealers to see what they offer and also to establish a relationship with a salesperson. If you have a few dealers working for your business it ultimately benefits your bottom dollar.

4) Use the Internet: In addition to chatting it up with multiple dealers in your area, be sure to utilize the Internet to check deals from around the state. It’s easy to buy or Lease Specials a car from a different part of the state and they’re more than happy to ship the car right to your doorstep.

5) Love something else: When you go back to the dealer you’ve established a relationship with, make it known you may be falling in love with a different brand. Always make sure they’re selling you because a lower price is part of that sales process. Don’t lose interest entirely or else they’ll think you’re not being serious. A good way to accomplish this is to show some concerns about their car compared with another one you saw. You’d be happy to be with them but you have some concerns.

6) Avoid the dealer altogether: If you want to avoid the dealer altogether check out LeaseTrader.com, which is an online marketplace where you can comparison shop to take over the Lease Specials from someone else. The cars are still in excellent condition and you’ll avoid a down payment and long-term Lease Specials commitment. It’s a money-saver and a hassle saver.

Knowing these guidelines will be key in understanding how to negotiate a car Lease Specials that fits within your budget.

Dating an Apple Fan and a Car Enthusiast Lover

Dating an Apple Fan and Car Enthusiast Lover

 

 

Coming in June 2010, Cupidtino.com – a beautiful new dating site created for fans of Apple products by fans of Apple products,” according to Cupidtino.com. The sites name is a play on the words Cupid and Cupertino, the city in California where Apple is Based. Now that we have seen every type of dating site almost imaginable, is there a dating site for car enthusiasts?

Technically speaking, LeaseTrader.com is considered an online matchmaking service that matches someone looking to get out of a car Lease Specials with someone looking to get into that  exact car Lease Specials. Could LeaseTrader.com be onto a successful formula that has matched car drivers across the entire U.S. and Canada over the past 12 years?

Maybe you consider yourself a car enthusiast or you could have such deep admiration and adornment for your car that you would call yourself a mechanophile. But what ways can a car enthusiast meet another car enthusiast? Match.com, eHarmony.com, and Plentyoffish.com (just to name a few) are not 100 percent geared toward the exact science of finding a like-minded car enthusiast. Here are some ways I came up with and are not in any particular order:

 

4 Ways to Find a Car Enthusiast to Date:

 

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   Mutual Friend – Put the word out. Start sending tweets using Twitter or create a fan page for single car enthusiast on Facebook.

   
   


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   Work or School – Create a flyer and leaflet your campus with what exactly you are looking for and have them contact you at a specified anonymous email address or anonymously send an email to everyone at work stating your desire to find a single car enthusiast.

   
   


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   Online Web-Site – Try signing up for some well-known dating sites like Chemistry.com or Jdate.com. Better yet, try a smaller niche website like Metrodate.com or Sugardaddie.com. You are sure to find someone that loves their car as much as their women on a smaller dating site.

   
   


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   Car Shows or Auto Part Store – Seems like the most obvious, but is probably one of the most difficult ways to meet someone. Reason is, If you are at a car show there are already half-naked women walking around and standing next to the cars (trying to get car enthusiasts attention). However, an auto part store like Pep Boys or Discount Auto is a sure-fire way to start a conversation in the oil change section. What weight do you use for your car is a great question to ask to stir up a conversation.

   
   

Recall – Chrysler - Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks

Recall – Chrysler - Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks

 

Today Chrysler has voluntarily recalled over 186,000 diesel powered Dodge Ram 2500 and 3500 Heavy Duty pickup trucks. Model Year 2007 through 2009

This recall includes all trucks equipped with 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines that falsely illuminate the check engine warning under certain conditions, causing the engine to produce large amount of soot that could possibly damage the turbocharger, exhaust gas recirculation valve and diesel particulate filter and result in increased emissions.

To solve this issue, dealers will update the engine control module firmware. The upload and diagnostic could take about an hour to complete.

Special Note for California Residents

We have been told by sources at Pickuptrucks.com., you will be unable to renew your registration of your Dodge Ram pickup truck equipped with 6.7-liter Cummins diesel engines in California if you don't get the recall repaired. The Department of Motor Vehicles will require proof of the repair prior to renew of your registration.

5 Signs A Girlfriend Should Not Drive Your Car

While writing this story I came across an interesting article on the topic which gender made for worse drivers. According to a study from the Insurance Information Institute men are more likely than women to break traffic laws, drive under the influence, and be involved in accidents, including fatal ones.  Most notably, women cruising and boozing is up 14.3% from 1998 to 2007 compared to men is down 19.7%. I’ll just call this survey shenanigans because obviously men drive more than women.

 

Females' DUIs up 14.3%:
Year	DUIs	Drivers	% with DUIs
1998	126,119	91,875,439	0.14%
2007	162,493	103,276,909	0.16
Males' DUIs down 19.7%:
Year	DUIs	Drivers	% with DUIs
1998	676,911	93,104,738	0.73%
2007	626,371	102,464,936	0.61

 

 

 

 

 

Especially when leasing a car you should take note of these red flags before you let someone drive your car.



Signs of Bad Driving From Your Girlfriend:



1.) Is she easily distracted? For example, your girlfriend is a graphic designer and every billboard or advertising sign on the road, she slows down to take a picture of it.



2.) Does she not pay attention to speed limits? Some highlights from the Allstate Insurance Co - 48% of women readily admitted they are likely to speed more than 10 m.p.h over the limit, versus 36% of men. 16% of girls describe their driving as aggressive, up from 9% in 2005.



3) She doesn’t brake when she sees brake lights ahead. I can personally speak to seeing this happen time and time again with my girlfriend and I quote from her “I do not brake until I see the lights in front of the car in front of me brake. Then and only then I know to brake.



4) Does she drive with two feet. Using the right foot for the pedal and left foot for the brake is a recipe for failure. Subconsciously if her foot touches the brake pedal even slightly, it can light the brake lights and is dangerous to other drivers who have no idea why she is braking.



5) Does she try to audition for American Idol while driving? I would estimate close to 95% of drivers listen to the radio while in the car. If your girlfriend is trying to sign and drive, what’s going to happen? She’s paying attention to carefully choreographing her singing instead of focusing on the road.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How To Find The Best Auto Incentive

How To Find The Best Auto Incentive

 

What’s a better incentive, zero-interest financing or cash back?

There’s no clear-cut answer, and honestly, a lot may actually depend on your taste in vehicle. If you analyze the incentives typically offered on both sides, most domestic makers offer cash back while foreign and luxury brands offer low financing and lease deals.

Let’s throw another wrench into the mix: Even this isn’t always clear-cut for most car shoppers because another growing shopping option can be found through car lease transfer, which offers additional incentives for people looking for a car.

The fine folks over at Edmunds.com provided some excellent analysis for Forbes’ Hannah Elliott and her story on how to find the best auto incentive. Here’s a breakdown of what they found:

New Car Incentives

Most new car incentives based on cash back were offering roughly $4,000 to the purchaser. Edmunds pointed out a few cars that made their list of best incentives for cash back. This includes the Chevy Cobalt (MSRP $31,575), Nissan Titan (MSRP $26,540), and Ford Focus ($17,170). After factoring in the cash-back incentive and interest rate, you’re still paying between $400 and $500 per month.

What’s important to note here, and not discussed in the Forbes article, is the amount of negative equity you may be carrying over from a previous car payment. Many car shoppers get upset at the bottom line price and payment when car shopping, forgetting that the finance manager must factor in the balance of negative equity from a previous finance or lease. And since some people have negative equity as high as $10,000, your new car payment even after the incentive ca still be as high as $600 or $700 per month.

That’s not a deal in our opinion.

Through lease transfer you can completely wash away the negative equity on your car lease since the person picking up your lease takes over the payment (while you walk away). What’s more, there’s no down payment when taking over a lease through transfer, so if you use a secondary market as a way to shop for a car lease you can find a low payment by getting the best of both worlds – low financing and no down payment. Check out similar vehicles and the down payment/monthly payment fees from LeaseTader.com:

 

--Here’s a Chevy Cobalt with $0 down payment and an advertised list price of $185 per month.

-- Here’s a Nissan Titan with $0 down payment and an advertised list price of $423 per month.

--Here’s a Ford Focus with $0 down payment and an advertised list price of $191 per month.

While it’s true there are amazing deals at the retail level, make sure you know the full picture when figuring how to find the best auto incentive and your payment picture.