Paying for your free tickets, and other new airline charges
Airlines are hurting pretty badly because of rising fuel costs. Each $1 rise in the cost of oil causes an annual rise of tens of millions of dollars for fuel for a typical airline. And we’ve seen a...
View ArticleAre there any good options in vehicular transportation?
With $4 gas nicely entrenched now in the US — and higher fear premiums brought on by recent Iranian missile tests — driving around is starting to suck. (Well, at least the filling-up part.) Ah well,...
View ArticleA 75-year emergency fund?
One of No Credit Needed’s posts asked people about what exactly constituted six months’ worth of expenses, which led naturally to a discussion about emergency funds. The last of four questions he asked...
View ArticleI don’t care how much Exxon makes per second!
Today Exxon Mobil announced an $11.68 billion profit for the second quarter of 2008, which works out to about $1,500 per second, as the media are reporting. This statement reminds me of the kind of...
View ArticleSeven of my favorite ways to save money on driving expenses — and one I don’t...
My tachometer, my friend. Not all vehicles have one of these but it is a helpful monitor of gas consumption. The relationship between gas consumed and revolutions (cycles) per minute isn’t exactly...
View ArticleHow much is solar panel power going for these days?
A friend at work mentioned a few days ago that he was interested in getting some solar panels. He’s already taken a few steps to make his family more self-sufficient and less reliant on public...
View ArticlePlz send me the codes, Chrysler
The check engine light went on Friday in our 2005 Town and Country. It wasn’t the gas cap this time but we found out why the engine light was on before taking it to the dealership. One commenter on...
View ArticleGas prices are sneaking up. But why?
Think Your Way to Wealth is noticing the same thing that I’ve noticed: Gas prices are sneaking back up. For a while they were down in the low-$2 range here (yeah that qualifies for low now) and now...
View ArticleBuying a cheap gas guzzler may backfire
With dealers starting to refuse gas guzzlers for trade-ins, monster, expensive-to-power vehicles are going to drop in price. Buying someone else's problem can make for a good deal for the buyer. But...
View ArticleA great high gas price indicator
My mother-in-law has a friend who works at a gas station, and her friend has an indicator on when gas prices are truly getting high: She doesn't think gas prices are high yet, because people are still...
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