Pep Boys Oil Deal includes oil and filter – $10.99 after rebate

Coupons, Pepboys, Uncategorized, Vehicle
5 quarts Castrol GTX Motor Oil & FRAM Oil Filter* After mail-in rebate Not valid with any other offer or discount. No substitutions.  Limit 2 offers per customer. $14.99 - $4.99 = $10.99 5 quarts of oil and oil filter purchase after mfg. mail-in rebate Oil filter up to $4.99  Expires 8/29/2009 Click HERE for more information. Other good deals: Combine the above deal with this coupon if you need an Air Filter!!! $2 off any Air Filter with 5 quart oil purchase with coupon K&N or Purolator Not to be combined with other offers.  Limit 2 offers. Must present coupon.  Expires: 10/31/09 $.99 Champion Spark Plugs each after mail in rebate $2.49 - $1.50 mail in rebate = $.99 Reg. $2.59 each At the bottom of the ad they…
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Antique Car Show 5/16/09

Freebies, general, Uncategorized, Vehicle
For a fun filled May afternoon go the Fairfax City Antique Car Show.  My family has gone to these type of events in the last couple of years and they are a lot fun.  The best part is it is FREE to attend.   Plus, you can watch a Model T be put together in front of your eyes!  Kids of all ages have fun and learn a lot too. Saturday May 16, 2009 10:00 AM–3:00 PM City Hall (Between Rt. 123 and University Dr 10455 Armstrong St. • Fairfax, Virginia Click here to learn more!
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Free Oil at PepBoys – Great Deal!

Coupons, Pepboys, Rebates, Shopping Trips, Uncategorized, Vehicle
Click on the image above to take you to more details. If you buy 5 quarts of Peak Oil and get 1 ProLine Filter it will cost $9.99 plus tax.  The rebate is for $9.99.  You can do this rebate twice.  (Not sure if you have to fill out 2 rebate forms.) Now, The Thrifty Mama mentioned that there is a $10/30 coupon right now at PepBoys.   The coupon says you can't combine it with the rebate. On Sunday, 4/5 my husband and I went there picked up the oil, filters and a hitch (he needed). Subtotal $31.97  tax $1.11 -$10 coupon OOP $23.08 The transaction goes like this: 10 Peak Oil $2.99 each -0.52 Item discount each -1.32 Store coupon each 2 ProLine $2.89 -0.51 Item discount each -1.27…
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Part 2: Car: True Cost of a Vehicle

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How much does this 1999 Isuzu Rodeo cost us? Right now we have put over 3,000 miles on it and it has cost us 51 cents a mile!  Not too bad! How to calculate the true cost of a vehicle and why it makes sense to buy a used vehicle. Plus, this is the time to buy used vehicles because they are the cheapest. In a strange way the more you drive the lower the cost per mile because the originial purchase price will spread across more miles. Here is a spreadsheet you can download and use to calculate your cost per mile. Click here to download car-cost-gas-log.ODS Spreadsheet Fill in the grey fields and the yellow fields will calculate for you. If you have car payments include them as…
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Part 1: Car: $200+ SUV! Talk about saving!

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Think about this? How much do you spend on a vehicle? Have you ever thought about how much your transportation costs you per year? Do you calculate the payment + fuel + maintenance? Part 1 I've been reading a lot of blogs recently about how people save money and what they have been doing about their savings for 2009.  I want to share how my husband and I have saved a lot of money.  We own used vehicles. Some of the blogs talk about saving money to buy a new car or update a 10 year+ car.  Which is perfectly fine but I want people to think about it very carefully and realize they can save by buying or repairing a used car. First let me mention a couple of…
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