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Kelsey Mays

Senior Consumer Affairs Editor Kelsey Mays likes quality, reliability, safety and practicality. But he also likes a fair price.

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Placing a dollar value on the CPO treatment is a calculus fraught with variables. We’ll explain.
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If you have a used car to sell, trading it in might make sense in this market; follow these tips to get the best price for your trade-in.
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Although some dealers have instituted no-haggle pricing, CPO cars seldom carry such stipulations as a whole.
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Can you lease a used car? In a word, yes. But there are plenty of ramifications.
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Need some advice on buying a dirt-cheap set of used wheels? Here’s what you need to know.
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Used cars tend to have fewer warranty options than their brand-new counterparts, but the policies can be just as daunting to understand.
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In all, a car can leave the dealership with 10 or more warranties — which can be a mess for its new owner to wade through.
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Most luxury brands fall under larger mass-market automakers, but sorting through the ownership can be a mess. Here's our guide.
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Styling and drivability updates make for plenty of strengths in Acura’s most popular SUV, the RDX. Unfortunately, the brand’s devotion to fussy controls remain a potential deal breaker.
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A combination of dogged efforts and sheer luck landed us a well-equipped 2022 Maverick Lariat with the hybrid engine, a combination that’s been sold out for new orders since late last year.