During your lease, you are expected to honor your monthly payment obligations. Any failure to do so will result in late-payment charges. You have to pay any traffic tickets, emission and safety inspections and ongoing maintenance costs. Ending your lease early will result in substantial early termination charges. At the end of the lease, expect to pay any excess mileage costs, charged at 10 to 20 p a mile. Any incidental damage done to the car, and deemed to be above normal, will result in excess tear-and-wear charges. Finally, if you choose not to purchase the vehicle, then you have to pay a disposition fee.

Sure enough, more and more people are opting to own one unit of these alternative fuel vehicles. One thing is that they would be getting much on savings. Fuel prices may have gone down but the alternative sources of energy for a vehicle to run do cost much, much less. Plus, maintaining them is not that difficult for many replacements parts for these alternative vehicles are readily available in the market along with other partslike Pontiac performance parts. The auto world is now opening up their arms to these alternative fuel vehicles so much so that keeping them in good condition now becomes an easy and economical task. Webber even further adds, “Every model of auto is available today with some kind of fuel efficient technology, such as variable valve timing, continuously variable transmissions, and cylinder deactivation. We urge all consumers to check out these fuel efficient options on dealers’ lots today.” The list of fuel efficient vehicles in the market includes hybrids like the Honda Insight, the Toyota Prius, the Ford Escape Hybrid, and the Toyota Sienna Hybrid. About the Author: As a former news correspondent for an auto-related website, Stacey has gathered extensive knowledge and experience in the automotive industry. This 34 year old mother of two from Memphis is a genuine car lover. 

Don Mays, the senior director of Consumer Reports on product safety and consumer science, further emphasizes the point of blind spots by stating, “Consumer Reports findings illustrate that the danger of vehicle blind zones correlates with the use of large SUVs, minivans and pickup trucks as common family vehicles. Consumers must be cognizant of this danger – and the value of rearview cameras – when going out to purchase a new vehicle.” Indeed, the large the blind zone, the greater the chances of the vehicle to accidentally run over small items – from bikes to pets to children. According to a safety group, Kids and Cars, they are able to estimate that more than a hundred children lost their lives because drivers of vehicles could not very well see what was behind the vehicle and in the blind zone. Those are the statistics for deaths but the cases for injuries are greater. Perhaps if only children and bikes are easily replaced like Lincoln Versailles parts, then everything would be much simpler. But this case is not. Sally Greenberg is Consumers Union’s senior product safety counsel for the area of Washington, DC, and she believes, “Unfortunately, the few vehicles that now come with the technology that enables drivers to see what’s in their blind zones are higher end models, and most devices are available as an extra cost option – often requiring the purchase of other equipment like an expensive navigation system. We believe that backup technologies, such as rearview cameras are essential, and should be a requirement by federal law. Their cost is small compared to the cost of a child’s life. And once this technology becomes standard equipment in vehicles, systems will become more economical for manufacturers to produce.” About the Author: Pamela Hewitt is marketing consultant of a successful auto body shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This 39 year old is also a prolific writer, contributing automotive related articles to various publications. She is also an offroad enthusiast.