Guides

The questions we get asked most, answered properly. These are about buying a used car in Minnesota generally — not about us. We update them when the facts change and not otherwise.

• What you pay at the lot, and what you pay the state

  Minnesota motor vehicle sales tax, the $10 in-lieu rule for older cars, title and transfer fees, and which of those are ours versus the state’s.

• What a Minnesota winter does to a used car

  Where road salt actually does its damage, what to get underneath and look at, and what we check before a car goes on the lot.

• AWD or front-wheel drive for a Minnesota winter

  The honest comparison, including the part most people have backwards: tires matter more than drivetrain.

• What used cars actually cost in the north metro

  Real price bands, counted off our own lot and dated, rather than a national average that describes nowhere.