How to Save Money on Gas Using a Free Gas Card

Gas prices are now lower than they were a year ago but they are on the rise. Despite them being lower it still hurts your wallet each time to fill up. Read this article to learn how you can save money by using free gas cards.

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First off, there are several kinds of gas cards. Here is a short list of the types that are available:

Credit Card Gas Card
This is basically another credit card for you to carry around and use to charge your gasoline purchases on it. They give you back like 15 cents per gallon you buy. However the trick they use is that they limit the amount of credit you can get per month. You might end up saving just a couple of dollars a month and the interests rates on these can be quite high. However, if you are good at paying your credit card bill on time then this is a good option for you.

Promotional Gas Cards
These gas cards are the kind where you have to buy something in order to get it. Often times, what you buy is much more than what the card is worth. If you really are interested in what you are going to buy then it is worth it. If not, well you are simply throwing your money away.

Complete A Survey Free Gas Card
These are the best you can find. Basically what you do for these is sign up at a website and take a survey or two and then you qualify for the free gas card. Some of these enter you into a raffle, others just give it to you upon completion of the survey. Either way, you don’t spend money on trying to get one, just a bit of time. However it is worth taking the time to complete these are most of the people don’t want to complete a survey, therefore you get less people applying for these and you have a much higher chance of winning them if you are entered in a raffle. If they give it to you upon completion, then you made out like a bandit for spending a couple of minutes of your time

Click here to see if you qualify for a free gas card. If you do qualify, you will be taken to a second page to enter your address for them to mail it to you after you complete the survey or if you are picked as the winner. Entry is easy and is valid for United States residents. Visit YourFreeGasCardOffer.com today and see how easy it is to get one.

How to Remove Car Wax

You may want to remove wax or any other protective coating from the surface of your car if it needs paint repairs for instance or if you simply want to replace the current protection with another product to provide better durability or a higher quality of finish.

The most thorough and effective way to completely remove car wax or any other protection is to clay the paintwork. This ensures that anything on the surface is fully removed leaving only the bare paintwork.

You should first thoroughly wash the car to remove any loose contaminants and dirt then fully clay it from top to bottom, working a section at a time. After claying, the car should be rewashed or at least thoroughly re rinsed to remove any reside.

Using the claying method to remove car wax and protection ensures that the surface is completely free from any other contaminants and will therefore ensure that any new protection that is applied will bond well to the surface.

If you do not have time, or for whatever reason cannot clay your car to fully remove the wax/protection then you should wash the car with strong products to help break down and remove it. You should use a shampoo that does not contain any waxes and ensure you use a good amount of it when mixing the solution to ensure it has the desired effect.

Before washing you should pre treat the whole car with either a diluted all purpose cleaner or a designated traffic film remover product and allow to dwell, ensure that this is only done in a cool shaded area to prevent the products from drying on the surface. After they have been allowed to dwell for a few moments you should thoroughly rinse off the car to remove any product residue before washing.

You should be able to tell if the car wax has been effectively removed when finally rinsing the car because the water will no longer bead up and quickly run off the surface but instead remain on it as a complete body of water.

Depending on the level and quality of the car wax that was initially applied you may need to repeat this process in order to ensure that the wax/protection is entirely removed.

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Government Auto Auctions – A How-To Guide

If you are interested to join some government auto auctions, then you should already know that this is one of the best ways so that you can purchase the car that you have long been dreaming of. This is indeed very practical especially since most of the vehicles being sold in these kinds of events are very cheap. And considering that you are really not into aesthetics and design, this is certainly a great option for you.
If you want to learn more about these government auto auctions, then you just need to search through your local papers because they usually feature these kinds of events. If you want, you can also ask the organizers about these activities.
If you are connected to the internet, then it is much better if you are going to search for a site that features these government auto auctions. They are actually very informative because they can even provide you with other details such as the different makes, models, and designs of the cars, the prices, schedule of the events, and a whole lot more.
But before you proceed and join these kinds of events, it can be very helpful if you have some idea as to where these vehicles came from. They are actually just confiscated by the authorities because the previous owners failed to settle their loans or mortgages. There is also a big possibility that they have been used in the conduct of criminal activities. But no matter what the reason could be, they are now in the possession of the authorities and they have the liberty to sell it at a very low price.
And since they are no longer new, there is really a need for you to see to it that you are going to purchase something that is still in good condition. This is necessary if you want to be certain that you are going to get what your money is worth.
It is also a good idea if you are going to bring along a mechanic friend with you. This way, you will have a more professional person that can assist you with this task.
Furthermore, it will also do you good if you are going to draft your budget. If you are going to attend these government auto auctions, it is really very important that you are prepared.
And lastly, you might also want to attend a preview show. This way, you will have some inkling as to what you should look forward to with these government auto auctions.

What to Remember When Claiming on Car Insurance Part Two

In the previous part to this article I explained that I’d recently had a car accident and covered the tips and information you should know if you’re ever in a car accident and what you need to do in order to claim on your car insurance. This second part will look in to what you need to do when calling the insurers.

Now you are back home and a few hours may have passed since the accident it is time to begin letting your insurers know about your crash. Before calling you should know that they are likely to ask a question about almost anything, so get your story straight, don’t lie as they will find out, maybe write down a list of points that you remember about the accident. When calling the insurers I was asked everything and was quite tough as I hadn’t made that kind of phone call before, fortunately the person on the other end of the line was very friendly and supportive.

Once you’ve given them all the details of both yourself and the other driver then they’ll want to know how much damage you think has been done, now you may not be a mechanic and so if you don’t have an idea of how much money it will cost just give a brief description of how bad the damage is, I actually took the phone outside and took a good look at the car and detailed the damage to the agent on the phone.

At the end of the call you may get offered to book a valuation with a local repairs shop, they will call the shop and let them know you’re coming and the process normally takes 20 minutes at most, they’ll be able to get a good idea of the value of damage you’ve got and can report it to your insurers. In some cases if the damage is only small it may total less than the excess you’d have to pay if you made a claim through your insurers. In this case your insurers may suggest you pay for the repairs yourself and save your no claims bonus. In my case the damage was surprisingly more than the excess considering the visible damage done so I had to go ahead and make a claim.

Now that the car insurance company know the damage costs they will now get you to send the car to the mechanics for repairs, quite often it will be the same place you got the damage valued at since insurers tend to have affiliations to local mechanics. Now you are faced with the prospect of having no car for up to two weeks, unless you added a courtesy car to your car insurance quote, in my case I did have a courtesy car since I need my car to drive to work every day. It wasn’t too bad, did the job and even had half a tank of petrol already in it which was nice!

Within a few days you should get the car back good as new, it is normally at this point that you’d have to pay the excess, the initial costs of each repair that you nominate to pay, normally between ?100 and ?500, you will pay this directly to the repairs shop who’ll notify the insurers. One point when it comes to car insurance excesses is that you can get cheaper premiums by choosing to pay more in the event of a claim, which is all well and good if you are a very safe driver and unlikely to have an accident, in my case I had a higher excess since I still class as a young driver, with my insurer that meant an extra ?120 on top which was unfortunate.

So now you have your car back safe and sound and probably a new resolve to drive more carefully but remember that when it comes time to renew your car insurance then you will have lost your no claims bonus and will likely receive a noticeable rise in your premium. This may mean you should look at other insurers to see if changing your provider will help ease the pain.

So hopefully this article and my experience have helped you better understand what to do when you need to claim against your car insurance, no one likes having to claim against their insurance but it has to be done form time to time. The main thing to remember that at the end of the day if the car is the only thing damaged and you are safe then that is all that matters and your car has done its job in protecting you and your passengers.