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2 months ago | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on June 2, 2022. Recently, a woman called into my weekly radio talk-show, “Earl on Cars,” and told us of a bad experience her young son had in purchasing a new car. He purchased a new Kia and brought it home for his mother to see. She asked him how much he’d paid for the Kia, but he was “kind of vague” about the numbers. She asked him to show her the “paperwork” from the purchase, vehicle buyer’s order and installment sales contract.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on July 7, 2022. I’ve learned a lot from my lawyers and my customers in the last 52 years of being a car dealer. I don’t get sued much anymore, but back before I became a “Recovering Car Dealer,” I did. There’s something to be said for “The Law School of Hard Knocks.” One thing is that you tend to learn your lessons well and rarely forget. Here are five tips, which, if followed by you, can make your car buying experience a lot safer.
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Jan 2, 2025 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on February 3, 2022. Online buying has given you, the consumer, more options than ever before to shop for the lowest price. The convenience of not having to drive to the store and have almost everything you buy delivered to your home is a huge time and cost saver. Before COVID, almost all new cars were bought from dealers’ inventories.
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Dec 1, 2024 | 
kevinmd.com | Miguel Villagra |Earl Stewart |Homer Moutran |Caline El-Khoury
In the rapidly evolving landscape of health care, the urgent need for innovation has never been more critical. As a physician, you are uniquely positioned to drive transformative changes that can improve patient outcomes, enhance care delivery, and reduce costs. However, despite the opportunities, stepping into the realm of digital health and health care innovation can seem daunting.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on January 27, 2022. You probably know that new and used car prices are at historic highs. In previous columns I’ve recommended that you don’t buy a new or used vehicle today, because waiting until the microchip shortage abates and supplies of vehicles rise will see prices drop by thousands of dollars. This advice is particularly aimed at those who don’t have another car to trade in.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on January 20, 2022. Most of the “skullduggery” Florida car dealers use to trick you into overpaying for the vehicles they sell is illegal. Florida Statute Title XXXIII, REGULATION OF TRADE, COMMERCE, INVESTMENTS, AND SOLICITATIONS, 501.976 regulates “actionable, unfair, or deceptive acts or practices” in trade and commerce. If you want to read the whole text, just visit www.FloridaLawProtectingCarBuyers.com.
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Nov 7, 2024 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on November 17, 2022. 1. Choose the right vehicle for you, utilizing Consumer Reports, the most reliable, accurate and totally unbiased source of auto quality, reliability, safety, and value. 2. Shop ONLINE for the lowest, honest price. Communication by phone and text also are useful. The lowest, honest price (aka out-the-door price) is the amount you can write your check for, present it to the dealer, and drive your car home.
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Oct 24, 2024 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on September 15, 2022. Servicing your car is just as scary as it probably was buying it, but you only must buy a car every four or five years, maybe even longer. During the time between buying one, you should bring it in for service at least a dozen times, and that doesn’t even count repairs. Car dealers make more money servicing your car than they do selling you one. The more service they sell you, the more money they make.
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Oct 17, 2024 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on September 8, 2022. You probably already know that you can’t buy a new or used car for the advertised price — the out-the-door price always ends up thousands of dollars higher. Car dealers are the only retailers who routinely trick their customers like this, at least to the degree that car prices are understated. Have you ever wondered why? Imagine that you owned a dealership in Southeast Florida.
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Oct 10, 2024 | 
palmbeach.floridaweekly.com | Earl Stewart
This article first appeared in Florida Weekly on June 23, 2022. Fewer than 1 out of 5 vehicles involved in crashes are repaired at a dealership certified by the manufacturer of that vehicle. Most insurance-owned body shops and independently owned body shops will use the cheapest fenders, bumpers, roof and door panels and other crash parts to repair your car. These parts aren’t made by the manufacturer of your car and often are imported.
