The next time your car breaks down, you might expect to pay a few hundred dollars for a fix. But as drivers are keeping their vehicles longer, they're finding those car repair costs keep going up.

The cost of car repairs in America is increasing due to several industry factors. Soon, the cost of buying a used and new car could skyrocket because of some of the same factors. Car repair costs are ...

As a former claims handler and fraud investigator, Jason Metz has worked on a multitude of complex and multifaceted claims. The insurance industry can be seemingly opaque, and Jason enjoys breaking ...

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Car repairs are stressful enough without getting hit by an unexpected auto repair tax. Each state in the U.S. sets its own rules on whether repair jobs are taxed, and some states that don't tax ...

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