Everything in one place

Workbooks, free tools, and a written second opinion.

Grouped by what you are trying to do rather than by what it costs, because the question is almost never "what is cheap" — it is "which car, which repair, and am I being told the truth".

You're buying a car

Before the money moves

The decision is made in an afternoon and lived with for years. This is the part where a process beats a gut feeling.

Workbook · 46 pages

The Used-Car Buyer's Inspection System

$19

Seven parts, six fill-in worksheets, two question scripts, and a weighted scorecard that produces one number and one decision.

  • Ten pages of eyes-on checks, car on the ground
  • Question scripts for private sellers and for dealers
  • A test-drive route and a noise log
  • The walk-away list, written before you get attached

Free: the 5-Minute Pre-Purchase Inspection

A short walkthrough checklist for looking over any used car, sent to your email. No tools and no mechanical experience needed. It is the first slice of the same method the 46-page system runs end to end.

Get the free checklist

You're facing a repair

An estimate is in your hand and you have a day to think

Start free. If the numbers are close, or the diagnosis does not sit right, there is a paid read at the end of the list.

Workbook · 16 pages · Free

The Repair Estimate Decoder

Freeemailed to you

How to take a repair estimate apart line by line — parts, labour hours, shop supplies, diagnostic fees — and work out which lines are safety, which can wait, and which need a second look.

  • What each line on an estimate actually means
  • Where the numbers usually drift
  • What to ask before you authorise anything
  • Fix or Replace calculator

    Enter your numbers and get a fix-or-replace read in about two minutes. Run the tool

    Free
  • Should I Fix or Replace My Car?

    A printable decision checklist covering the factors a mechanic would weigh. Get the checklist

    Free
  • 7 Red Flags at the Mechanic Shop

    What the pressure tactics sound like, and what a straight answer sounds like. Get the guide

    Free
  • Repair-Quote Second Opinion

    Send the estimate, get a written read on it within 24 hours. If the quote is fair I say so — same price as when it isn't. Book a second opinion

    $49
  • Strategy Session and Deep Research

    Longer engagements for a purchase or repair decision with more moving parts than one estimate. Scope and pricing are on the advisory page. See the tiers

    Advisory
You're keeping the car you have

The unglamorous part that saves the most money

Nothing here is urgent, which is exactly why it gets skipped. A documented car is worth more at resale, cheaper to diagnose, and much harder to overcharge.

Workbook · 30 pages

The Complete Car Owner's Toolkit

$17

Every record your car should have, in one binder. Print it once and it lasts for years of ownership.

  • Maintenance log, about seventy entries
  • Repair history with warranty expiry tracking
  • Annual cost table and true cost per mile
  • Shop visit worksheet and shop directory
  • Repair or replace, with the arithmetic
  • Resources hub

    Curated reference links — valuation, history reports, recall lookups. No commission is taken on any of them. Open the hub

    Free
  • The Driver's Survival Guide

    The long-form book. Not on sale yet; the waitlist is open. Join the waitlist

    Coming soon
  • Fleet Program

    Annual membership for people running more than one vehicle. Pre-launch; pricing and terms are on the page. Join the waitlist

    Waitlist
Where to start if you own a car and have no records

Today's mileage, today's date, and whatever receipts you can still find. Two years of real records beats ten years of nothing, and the cost-per-mile pages start working after four entries.

Both workbooks

The Complete Driver's Bundle

The 46-page Used-Car Buyer's Inspection System for choosing the car, and the 30-page Complete Car Owner's Toolkit for the years after. 76 pages, one download, print at home.

$29 $36 bought separately
Get the bundle →

Each workbook is a one-time payment, yours to keep, with a 30-day refund if it doesn't help. Email me and I'll send the money back.

Start with whatever is free.

The free tools are the same method as the paid ones, in smaller pieces. If they help, the workbooks will. If they don't, you have lost nothing, which is the point of putting them first.