"Dumping Your Car" - When to sell your car

When is it time to sell your car and buy another one? This article offers great advice on how to make that decision and when.

Dumping Your Car - Forbes.com: "NEW YORK - For many of us, especially those with a Y chromosome, a car becomes as comfortable as an old pair of shoes, and dumping a beloved clunker is tougher than kissing a girlfriend goodbye.

This is irrational. But knowing it's irrational doesn't make it any easier to end a long-standing relationship with The Red Bomb, The Purple Passion or The Thing--especially if it's paid for. Relax, help is on the way.

'A car is almost an appliance,' says David Claeys, purchasing manager for CarMax (nyse: KMX - news - people ) in Richmond, Va. 'It gets you from point A to B. A car depreciates, so it's not an investment. But next to a house, it's the most expensive purchase most of us make. We personalize our cars, and many of us become emotionally attached to them.' "