Reduce Car Costs 1.1.3

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• Price: Free to try (14-day trial); $15.00 to buy
• Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008/7
• Date added: December 09, 2009
• Total Downloads: 31
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Reviewed by: CNET staff on October 28, 2009

For many, their car is second only to house payments as their biggest expense. Add in "extras" like fuel, maintenance, and insurance, and the car sometimes edges ahead. Most car owners know they'd probably save money if they paid closer attention to where it was all going. The aptly named Reduce Car Costs helps you organize and track your vehicular expenditures so you can throttle back on the cash flow. It'll show you just what you're spending your money on, and when, where, and how, too, so that you can see where you can cut back, what to budget for, and whether you're getting all the performance and mileage you should be from your car, truck, or motorbike. When it's time to shop for a new car, Reduce Car Costs will compare your choices with performance figures.

The program's interface features a clean, businesslike layout with colorful 3D graphics that liven up the look. Tabs simplify access to major features like Car Costs, Gas Station, and Consumption. It's easy to centralize your car finance, insurance, fuel, and maintenance expenses. Under the Gas Stations tab, you can enter local gas prices and it'll pick the station that saves you the most time and money. It also has tips on reducing daily driving expenses, maintenance, and more.

Reduce Car Costs from AB-Tools is free to try for 14 days but costs only $22.08, which it can save you in no time. It's ready to go with Windows 7, too.

Publisher's description

Save money by always having your car costs under control with this program: Fast and simple collection of all expenditure for your car/motorbike. Collect your insurance costs, car tax, repair costs and also your fuel costs. With only a few mouse clicks you can have a well-arranged and graphical analysis generated. You thus always have your eye on your car costs. In addition, this program can collect the fuel prices of as many gas stations as possible. In the process, the program works out - for either one or all kinds of fuel - which gas station has the most favorable prices on average. You can also have the program show you the development of fuel prices acroos each individual gas station for whatever period you want. If you are thinking about buying a new car/motorbike, you will like the car purchase function: It can compare the various cars with regard to their performance data. It goes without saying that you can decide the weighting of each individual criterion yourself. In addition, there are many tips on the topic of cars and saving money, which can reduce your car costs in an instant. Features of Reduce Car Costs at a glance: - Possibiltity to collect all car costs as well as gas stations. - Collection and analysis of fuel consumption. - Car rating function for buying a new car. - Many well-arranged, graphical analyses available. - Each data collection as well as all analyses can be printed. - Many tips all around the topic car and saving are included. - Integrated help system. - Automatic program updates (deactivation is possible). - Multilingual (at the moment English and German). - Intuitive program interface. - Free e-mail support in case of problems or questions. - Minor updates of full version for free.

CNET Editor's Note: This software comes with eBay toolbar, that can be installed or uninstalled at the user's choice.

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