A common question that comes up when people want to get into car hacking, but already own a car they don’t want is: “How do I get out of my current car without losing my ass?” The answer is not typically as cut-and-dry as “sell it”. In most cases, they’ve fallen victim to the typical

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Conventional thinking (lead by manipulation from Car Dealers, Jewelers, & other luxury sellers) has lead people to believe that luxury items like cars and watches are liabilities that drain your wealth. This forces most people to believe that they have to save up some insane amount of money to drive an exotic car, or achieve

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Let’s talk about investment cars today. In particular, the five investment cars no one is talking about that have BIG upside because no one is buying them right now.The “right now” part is important, because eventually the market will catch up to these, and they will never be available at today’s prices again.​​Here they are (in no

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The simplest way to predict the future value of any car is to research the market.  Frankly, I’ve been doing this long enough that “I just know”.. but that’s not an acceptable answer. If I was starting from scratch with no car knowledge and I had to learn all over again, here’s how I would

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For the sake of “hacking” we are going to be talking about the BMW X5 M in the F85 era from 2014-2018. Evolved from the 2009-2013 X5 chassis, this F85 predecessor is something that we in the ECH community consider a fan favorite. The BMW X5 M is a great choice for a mid-size SUV

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