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Maximize Your Trade In Value With These Tips
Buying a new Honda is fun and exciting. You're looking at a vehicle with some of the latest features on the market, a brand that emphasizes safety, and has a reputation of being incredibly dependable and efficient. But unless you're buying your first car, you have a vehicle that you'll want to include in the transaction. For the lowest payments possible, you need to get the best trade in value that you can.It's not something most people think about. They just want to offload the car they own right now and drive away with a new Honda. However, spending a little time and money on getting your car in order can boost your trade in value significantly. Here are a few tips to getting the most out of your old car.
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Don't Get Duped by Cars with Flood Damage!
Hurricane Harvey swept into the Houston area in late August 2017, bringing with it day after day of pounding rain. Whole neighborhoods were flooded with several feet of water. An estimated half a million cars were damaged in Hurricane Harvey's wake. And now, months later, some cars with flood damage are making their way back onto the streets.It's big business: people buy cars with flood damage. They clean them out, fix them up as best as they can, then sell them to buyers across the nation. It could be any make or model, and that includes Honda!There are problems with it, however. Cars with flood damage are often sold to unsuspecting people who may not even realize that the vehicle they're purchasing was ever a total loss. To prevent being one of those buyers, here are five things to watch for when buying a used car.
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Is It Safe to Use Cruise Control in the Winter?
When you're buying a car in today's automotive market, most vehicles are equipped with cruise control. It's true for Honda also. Cruise control is a fantastic feature that serves multiple functions: to keep your speed constant as you drive, to reduce fuel consumption by maintaining a consistent throttle position, and to prevent driver fatigue.Cruise control is an assist feature, and not primarily a safety feature. It depends on the driver's input and careful watch to operate best. In the winter, or when the roads aren't in their ideal condition, you might want to think twice before setting the cruise. Here's why.
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Bad Credit Can Happen to Good People
It can happen to anybody. You've decided to make a major purchase and you get the bad kind of surprise. The house you want to buy, the new car you've chosen, the credit card you've applied for: you aren't approved. You have bad credit.You might not have seen it coming, and it might not be your fault at all. Bad credit can happen to anyone. Here are a few ways it can creep up on you.
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Keep Your Honda at its Best with Maintenance Minder
Routine oil and filter changes, tire rotations, and regular multi-point vehicle inspections. Spark plug replacement, fluid changes, and air filter replacement. Your Honda vehicle requires maintenance to keep it working at its best. And to make servicing your Honda as easy as can be, Honda has built new models with the Maintenance Minder system.
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The 2018 North American Car of the Year is the Honda Accord
Every year, the Detroit Free Press sorts through all the cars on the market to determine which is the best in each segment. It comes as no surprise that a Honda model tops the list for 2018. It happens to be the 2018 Honda Accord midsize sedan that gets the nod this year, and it's easy to see why.
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How Apple CarPlay Works with Your Honda
Perhaps the most popular smartphone in the world is the Apple iPhone. With fantastic calling, messaging, and connectivity features, it only makes sense that it can integrate with your Honda. It does so with Apple CarPlay. Many Honda models have Apple CarPlay either standard equipment or in an available package. But what can it do?
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Your Source for Honda Tires in Kansas City
Every car is equipped with tires, from the compact Honda Civic and midsize Accord to the flexible Honda Pilot and ultra-capable Ridgeline. There are a few things about Honda tires, like all tires, that remain constant: they're round and black, and they wear out as you drive. You can rest assured that at some point in a vehicle's life, it will need its tires replaced.How do you know when you need Honda tires. And when you do need to replace those round chunks of rubber, where should you look for new Honda tires?
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The Benefits of a Routine Oil Change
Honda's Maintenance Minder system is a fantastic tool for minimizing the maintenance costs for your new Honda. It uses your Honda's sensor inputs to calculate the best time for an oil change based on your usage. It includes the mileage you've driven, your idle time, the outside temperature, and many other criteria to predict the next time you need an oil change. It indicates your remaining oil life in your cluster display as a percentage.But why is it so important to stay on top of routine oil change services?
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Five Honda Models Named in Consumer Guide Best Buy Awards
There you have it, folks. The Honda lineup has just blown the doors off the competition once again. Five Honda models have topped the list for the 2018 Consumer Guide Best Buy Awards in five different categories.
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