It’s been an annual ritual for my wife Jane and I to visit Port Elgin, which is a town of about 17,000 in southern Ontario that has a great public beach and some interesting stores and restaurants. Normally we do it early in summer to hopefully take advantage of the weather, though this time we […]
From 2021 to 2023, the new car industry in Canada faced unprecedented challenges. Dealerships struggled with supply chain disruptions, chip shortages and a scarcity of new vehicles that sent ripples through the entire automotive market. During the height of the shortage, dealerships found themselves in an unusual position. With new and used cars in high […]
John Chisholm and his wife, Sophia, had visited Monaco as tourists, and they liked the atmosphere. Still, in 2024, they expanded their interests in the beautiful Mediterranean Principality by attending the Grand Prix de Monaco for the first time. John is Vice President for Dealer Solutions Mergers & Acquisitions Canada (DSMA), which brokers their clients’ […]
It’s been said a car is a piece of machinery, but a classic car is a work of art, and never was that truer for me than during a recent trip to Port Elgin, Ontario for the Labour Day weekend. On Friday night, the main road through town did not have much traffic, and after […]
Today, most new car dealerships and manufacturers offer payment solutions for every buyer, some who figure they get paid once per month and therefore Monthly Payments work best for them. Many buyers get paid twice per month, on the 15th and 30th, so they figure Semi-Monthly Payments make more sense. The majority of people, however, […]
The answer is yes, you should do it. While there is a degree of rust protection that come from the factory when the car was made, the biggest expense now under the vehicle for rust besides the body panels themselves are break lines and fuel lines. It used to be we did rust protection to […]