Automobile Fuel Economy
http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/findacar.htm
Find the miles per gallon in a city and on the highway, annual fuel cost, and emissions for various makes, models, and years of cars.

Autosite
http://www.autosite.com/
Provides repair and maintenance tips, and lists book values for used cars and dealer invoice prices for new cars, trucks, and vans.

Edmund's Cars
http://www.edmunds.com/
Has road test information and prices of domestic and foreign-made cars - also values for used cars, trucks, sport utility vehicles, and vans.

GTE Super Pages - Consumer Guide
http://www.consumerguide.com/
Consumer guides to new and used cars and to the best buys in consumer products for home and personal use.

Insurance Institute for Highway &  Safety Loss Data Institute
http://www.hwysafety.org/
Crash test data, auto accident fatalities, and even statistics on car thefts can be found here.

Kelley Blue Book
http://www.kbb.com/
Reports new car prices and values of cars made during the past 20 years. Also includes trade-in and retail values of used street bikes, ATVs, scooters, mopeds, personal watercraft, and snowmobiles.

N.A.D.A. Appraisal Guides
http://www.nadaguides.com/
Has values for cars (1930-2000), motor boats (1965-1999), recreational vehicles (1986-1999), aircraft (1945-1999), and trucks, motorcycles, snowmobiles, and personal watercraft (1985-1999).

California Energy Commission Appliance Efficiency Database
http://www.energy.ca.gov/efficiency/appliances/
Look here for comparisons of the energy efficiencies of central and room air conditioners, refrigerators, freezers, heat pumps, and gas furnaces.

Consumer Information Center
http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov/cars.htm
The federal government publishes dozens of informative consumer information booklets on cars, children, education, employment, federal programs, food, health, housing, money, small business, travel, and other topics. These can be read online by selecting a publication and clicking on "HTM".

Consumer Search: Home 
http://www.consumersearch.com/xp6/ConsumerSearch/home.xml
Reviews of consumer electronics, cameras, computers, sports, leisure, health and fitness equipment, kitchen and home appliances, autos, office equipment, personal products, lawn and garden equipment,  and more.

Consumer World
http://www.consumerworld.org/
Links to more than 2,200 consumer-oriented websites.  Click on "New Sites" to get an idea of the variety of consumer information links available - among them  the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, bargain PC's, health product price comparisons, stain removal guide, and listings of foreclosed homes for sale.

Dollar Stretcher
http://www.stretcher.com/index.cfm
This weekly newsletter, with many articles contributed by readers, has a lot of good ideas for saving money, buying smart, and living well on a limited income.

GTE Super Pages
http://www.consumerguide.com/
"Best Buys" guide to cameras, computers, appliances, personal products and more.

Info-U Scripts : Family and Farm Finances
http://www.extension.umn.edu/titles.html?areaid=2&categoryID=17
These one-page handouts include information on "Obtaining Your Credit Report", "Keeping Track of Expenses", "Cost of Raising Children", and "Telephone Privacy Concerns". The University of Minnesota Extension Service also offers this information on its toll-free INFO-U line at 1-800-525-8636.

Internet Consumer Recycling Guide
http://www.obviously.com/recycle/
Tells which materials are recyclable and what to do with those hard-to-recycle items like old computers, floppy disks, and styrofoam packing "peanuts", and how to cancel unwanted mail.

Outlet Bound - Search Outlet Centers By Location
http://www.outletbound.com/searchbyloc.html
Search by state, then click on the name of the outlet center for the stores located there and the hours that they are open.

U.S. Consumer Gateway
http://www.consumer.gov/
Full-text of helpful government publications, including ones on food, product safety, health, home and community, money, transportation, children, technology, careers and education.

Consumer Price Index
http://stats.bls.gov/news.release/cpi.toc.htm
The most recent CPI for U.S. cities and for the nation as a whole is available from this U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics site.

What's A Dollar Worth?
http://woodrow.mpls.frb.fed.us/economy/calc/cpihome.html
Calculator that shows inflation/deflation of money by comparing the value of a dollar in any two years. This site also lists the real or estimated Consumer Price Indexes and inflation rates from 1801 to the present.

Better Business Bureau Business and Charity Reports
http://www.bbb.org/reports/
Search for information about businesses in this national database of Better Business Bureaus in 35 U.S. cities. There are links to databases in 24 more cities which can be searched individually.

CBBB Philanthropic Advisory Service Reports: Index
http://www.bbb.org/reports/charity.asp
Search for or browse an alphabetical listing of charities which have or have not supplied information about how they spend the donations they collect.

Charities
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/charities/char_srch.asp
Provides financial data on charities registered with the Charities Division of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office.

Consumer Home
http://www.ag.state.mn.us/consumer/Default.htm
Information from the Minnesota Attorney General's Office about purchasing a car, avoiding fraudulent schemes, buying a home, personal finance, and scams directed at senior citizens.

National Fraud Information Center
http://www.fraud.org/welcome.htm
Find out how to avoid scams and use this site to report telemarketing and Internet frauds.

Internet Safety Menu - The Police Notebook
http://www.ou.edu/oupd/inetmenu.htm
Explains what information should not be transmitted over the Internet and offers advice on keeping children safe in cyberspace, spotting Internet hoaxes, the dangers of online romances, and shopping safely on the Internet.

U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
http://www.cpsc.gov/
Click on "Recalls/ News" for monthly press releases on product recalls.