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Have you ever considered buying used or second hand clothes? If not, why not? There are plenty of good reasons to buy them and plenty of very stylish people who either wear them exclusively or a mixture of second hand and new.

There were also other movers in the list, the Mazda MX-5 outsold the Audi TT to become 2010's best-selling used sports car; while Toyota's Prius was the best selling duel fuel model, capturing more than half (55%) of hybrid sales. It will be interesting to see how the used Hyrket landscape changes over the coming years as other manufacturers and models enter the used car market.

Chevrolet Camaro - GM was asleep at the wheel when the Mustang came out. It took nearly three years before the company could respond and when it did the Camaro and Pontiac Firebird were the result. Although both cars sold well over the years, neither one could match the Mustang's sales levels and by the time the last cars were sold in 2002, production dropped to a trickle. Still, the end of the Camaro after 35 years has stirred renewed interest in the name and thanks to the retro Mustang, the entire muscle car category is growing once again. Look for a 2010 Camaro to be the first Camaro since 2002; a ragtop version is also being considered.

Short Sale: If you owe more than your home is worth, it is sometimes in the lender s best interest to accept a short payoff on the mortgage balance. This saves having a non-performing property on the books that continues to lose value in today s declining market. A short sale will have less damaging effect on your credit report as you are doing something to meet your obligation to the lender.

Use the first visit to look at and test-drive the car(s) you are interested in. Gather your information and then leave, and be adamant that you will not be buying a car today. This will communicate to the dealer that you are not going to be bullied. Watch what you say to the salespeople—especially if they ask you how much you are prepared to pay monthly—because whatever you say will be used as a starting point from which the dealer will go up when negotiations eventually start.

The difference between choosing a fuel efficient car over one that is a gas guzzler can be substantial over the life of the vehicle. Fuel efficiency varies greatly from one car to the next, and with the continuing rise of gas prices buying a more economical car makes even more sense than ever before, after all it's your cash that you are putting into the gas tank.

Many people obtain financing from the car dealership, but this isn't fiscally responsible. Dealership interest rates are typically much higher than loan rates obtained from banks and credit unions Your bank or credit union is one of the best places to start researching car loan rates, and you can obtain relationship discounts” that you won't find anywhere else.