Today’s car market update encompasses two things: (1) why prices rise as temperature rises every year, and (2) why MATS emphasizes being “as flexible as possible” with your car search.

MATS has been in the car business for decades, and we still get the same requests we did fifteen years ago: a $5,000 car with Honda/Toyota reliability and as low mileage as possible. So, we’ve got a big question to answer. Do $5k cars even exist?

We’ve rolled right on into 2021, but is your car ready for the road? As car experts, we’ve compiled a short list of things to check as you cruise on into the near year. 

4 Winter tips to keep you safe and out of the cold.

In this blog, we’ll address not only how to buy a car, but how not to buy a car. It’s important to know where most people go wrong so you don’t make the same mistakes.

Industries that involve a complex decision provide consumers with some type of consultant or expert guide.  We’re talking about real estate, taxes, insurance, travel, law, and even medicine. These people are professionals in their space and exist to guide you through the entire process. 

Something we say a lot around here is, “things aren’t always what they seem.”  Our goal is to help get people into the right car best fit for them. Over time, we’ve realized that accomplishing the goal means educating people on landmines in the car industry. 

As humans, we tend to think about things more closely as they become more visible and applicable in our lives.  With the current floods in northern places like Toronto and southern places like Alabama and Kansas, the idea of water damage is becoming more visible to anyone who stays up with current events.

One of the comments we hear all the time from car buyers is that they don’t want to deal with nonsense. Buyers shouldn’t have to deal with shady dealer tactics, and that’s one reason many shoppers go online to used car websites rather than browsing dealerships.

If you’ve never bought a used car before, you might not understand all the risks involved.