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Right questions to ask yourself before buying the best car for you

Buying a car is one of the most important financial decisions we make in our lives, whether you're purchasing a car for yourself or gifting it to a loved one. In fact, for most people a car is the second biggest investment they make after a home. It pretty much goes synonymous with the dream of having a home and a family. Image for representational purpose only. Source - Google Images Unless you're hellbent on buying a particular car you've always dreamt of, buying a car whether it's a pre-owned car or a new car, comes with a lot of questions that need to be answered before you make this investment. You can ask yourself a thousand questions but the only question that matters in the end is, what is your budget? Budget doesn't just mean your car purchase expense but also includes average car maintenance costs over time. Some cars are way more expensive to maintain than others and if that isn't considered into your budget, you may end up resenting the purchase. If ...

Opinion: Why Rolls-Royce Cars Aren't Overpriced

It's all a matter of perspective. If your net worth is high enough it's not at all expensive, otherwise the price will seem insane. Let's take the Rolls-Royce Phantom for example. Some facts about the Phantom: 1. The Rolls-Royce Phantom was introduced in 2003 and is the first incarnation of the new generation of Rolls-Royce cars under BMW. Customers can choose from, hold your breath, 44,000 colours. 2. The birth of every Phantom takes place in Germany, where close to 200 aluminium sections and 300 alloy parts are welded by hand. It takes at least two months to build a Phantom. 3. The Phantom has a V-12 engine what can push the car from 0 to 100 km/h in just 5.9 seconds. 4. Every Phantom comes with Teflon-coated umbrellas that are built into the doors and pop out with the touch of a button. 5. It takes around 75 square metres for the upholstery of each Phantom, and the job takes up to 17 days. That's why they are "expensive". But these cars are one of a kind, w...

The advent of Self-driving cars could be the demise of these things in the future

There has been a lot of advancement in the area of self driving cars. It has become a reality now with Tesla, Google and others working on it to get to a safe level of full autonomous driving, running trials and iterations to tweak out the bugs to minimize or possibly eliminate risk to pedestrians and other people driving in the vicinity and avoid possible damage to the surrounding infrastructure. Image for representational purpose only. Source - Google Images Self driving cars, although a great advancement in technology, has its own set of consequences. It might be the demise of : Taxi driver profession (and the annoying last minute cancellation or rejection by these taxi drivers) Bus driver profession (Autonomous buses could help in bettering traffic conditions and seamless route management while removing the possibility of reckless driving by irresponsible bus drivers) Chauffeur profession (the rich get richer eh? They save more money reducing another expense, although this one se...