Lauren Wants To Know

What is CARFAX? Well, according to the CARFAX site, CARFAX Vehicle History Reports are available on all used cars and light trucks model year 1981 or later. Experian also offers a similiar report called AutoCheck. What do these reports mean to me or you as car shoppers? If you’re shopping for a used vehicle, it read more >>

Here’s a pretty standard question I hear from a lot of different people. When is it time to replace my tires? And how can I tell? Well, I’m no service technician or certified mechanic, but I’ve learned a couple things just from being around the car biz my whole life. I don’t know about you read more >>

Over the past couple months, I have been working hard to get an insight into the car customer’s mind. I have posted questions, polls, read numerous comments, suggestions and stories, but it’s possible that I haven’t gotten to your question or concern about cars yet. This project is about you. You make the “car world” read more >>

Okay ladies, grab your girlfriends, mothers, daughters for a night on the town. But instead of your typical happy hour, movie night or shopping extravaganza, let’s try something different. On Wednesday, February 3rd, I am hosting a Women’s Car Clinic at McCarthy Chevrolet from 6-8 p.m. as part of Lauren Wants to Know. Have you read more >>

The latest poll question was :You know it’s time for an oil change, what do you do?” Your choices were: I’m on top of things and probably already took it in Take my car in right on time Wait a bit and when I get around to it, take it in Make my husband take read more >>

If you’re thinking about buying a new car, you may be wondering what to do with your old one — should you trade it in or sell it on your own? There are pros and cons to both options. Here are some of the things to consider when trying to make the decision that’s right read more >>

What a winter! This past December, a winter storm set a record in Kansas City and with all the snow on the ground, it’s a hassle to even leave home. I think I actually stayed inside three days in a row … not once stepping foot outside. To say the least, I have seen every read more >>

First of all, thanks for voting on our last poll! The poll question was: How many cars have you owned in your lifetime Pulling results just from the site, out of 42 voters, half have owned between 1 and 3 vehicles in their lifetime. 12 have owned less than 10; 9 more than 10; and read more >>

How prepared are you when you go into a dealership? Is it like shopping for a wedding dress — months (or years) of endless google searches and designer profiles? Or is it more like ‘I can’t sleep, so I’m gonna ‘ask jeeves’ about a couple cool cars’? Which is it for you? Are you the read more >>

Okay … here’s your chance to influence the process of buying a car. If you could change one aspect, one thing, one step about the car buying process, what would that be? Is it the amount of time spent in the finance office? Is it to install the no-haggle policy at all stores? Is it read more >>

As promised, here is round two on my search to gain some insight inside the dealership. I have gone around to the 6 McCarthy locations asking some questions to women employees in hopes of getting some insight about women and dealerships. Here’s what these women had to say. Q. Do you think you have any read more >>

Next time you’re out on the road, take a look to your right and a look to your left … and make sure you’re no where near these people! I went around Kansas City, asking men and women this question : What’s the craziest thing you’ve seen or done while driving? Here’s what I found read more >>

The latest poll question was : Who do you ask for advice when picking your car? Your options were: Family Online Sites / Blogs Friends No one None of the Above So, out of the total voters, the majority ask advice from their family members. Out of 48 votes, 20 people voted family, 13 for read more >>