Archive for the ‘Cars’ Category
Clunker vs. Hybrid?
Loved this post about 7 Ways My Clunker Is Smarter than a Hybrid. I see quite a few people driving new hybrids around, and while I support green technology, I have often wondered what they traded in to get the hybrid, and how the real energy/greenhouse gas equation really worked out. I think would think [...]
May 3, 2010
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Posted in: Cars
Benefits of Living Close to Work
I’ve been thinking more about the benefits of living close to your work. I’ve written about this a bit before, but this is more of a benefits breakdown….in no particular order. 1) Free time : The most important one to me. By living close to your work, as noted in a previous post, you can reclaim [...]
April 28, 2010
· Bob · 2 Comments
Posted in: Cars, Commuting
Another reason to not to own a car
Disclaimer: yes, we own two cars. That being said, a few days back I posted this story about how cars are stealing our retirements. Truth is, they are stealing a lot of our current income too. Over 20 years of marriage, we have not bought a lot of cars. Really, I guess, we have purchased [...]
April 12, 2010
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Tags: car insurance, Cars, cars suck · Posted in: Cars
The Problem of Commuting – or Getting Your Life Back
When I started this blog, I really intended to avoid writing stuff about personal experience, preferring instead to use more of a “hard research” approach. But as I begin to write about how to live better in the suburbs I simply can’t avoid my own experiences with commuting, and how mostly eliminating our commutes made our [...]
April 2, 2010
· Bob · 2 Comments
Tags: Commuting, time mananagement · Posted in: Cars, Commuting
How cars rob Americans of their retirement.
A few years ago, I heard a relative comment that since she would always have a car payment, she didn’t worry about it and just traded in cars when she wanted and drove what she liked. This got me thinking. Are car payments really inevitable? The answer of course is “no”. Just because transportation is [...]
March 25, 2010
· Bob · 6 Comments
Tags: Cars, Personal finance, retirement planning, Transportation · Posted in: Cars
