Car repairs big and small all add up. Wimpey recommends learning how to do small repairs on your own. Learn how to solve minor issues yourself, such as replacing your wiper blades and fluid and learning how to change fuses, headlights and spark plugs. Over time, you may become confident enough to explore learning how to change your own oil and rotate your tires.
If you’re not sure that you can learn all these repairs on your own, enlist the help of a specialist. Danielle Miura, CFP and founder of Spark Financials, recommends calling multiple repair shops to get price estimates.
“Price estimates are often higher at dealerships, so you may want to determine if a dealership can provide more value than a local car repair shop,” said Miura.
Once you know where you’d like to get your car repaired, Miura recommends asking the repair shop, or dealership, to provide you with an invoice of all the repairs that need to be made and the price they charge before they start working on your car.
“If you have copies of past repairs, you can compare them with the invoice,” said Miura. “For example, if your car had its tires rotated on its last oil change, it’s unlikely that the tires will need to be rotated again.”
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