Tagged: car

August 3, 2018

How Much More Are You Paying For Gas This Year?

Current gasoline prices nationwide are the highest they’ve been since 2014. The AAA site will give you the current day to day average, and it was $2.86 when I wrote this post. Time magazine created a cool calculator that will...

geography and geoarbitrage

July 10, 2018

The Cost Of The Big Three Expenses By State

One of the key rules for smart money management is to focus on the “big three”. What are the big three? For the vast majority of households the three biggest expenses are housing, transportation, and food. If you save the...

finances / geography and geoarbitrage / spending

May 4, 2018

The Cost Of Car Ownership By State

If you’ve spent time on my blog you probably know I’m not the biggest fan of driving and America’s obsession with cars. There’s the 40,000 deaths it causes every year (more than 100 every day…). There’s the smog and carbon...

spending

February 9, 2018

What Cars Do People Keep?

With the absurd average transaction price of a new car in America at around $34,000, it’s important for you financial warriors to get the most out of a car if you want to get to financial independence. The good news...

spending

January 26, 2018

FREE With Car Purchase – Confirmation Of Your Bad Judgement!

“There ain’t no such thing as a free lunch.” So true. According to Wikipedia the origins of the phrase are unknown, but has been found in references dating back to the 1930s. Wikipedia said it, so truth speaks. A little...

Turnip Fire!

November 14, 2017

Executive Demands Executive Limo

WASHINGTON D.C. – According to local reports, hot-shit executive Brandon Wythe has demanded executive limo service for his trip to the airport tomorrow. Wythe was apparently still livid about his last limo service which was advertised as executive, but sources...

spending

November 4, 2017

Don’t Sweat Petty Stuff, and Don’t Pet Sweaty Stuff

In my journey to FI if I learned one thing it’s that the big stuff will kill you. This is true across many aspects of life – objects falling from the sky, bears & moose, and “if-you-can-finish-this-4lb-cheeseburger-you get-it-free” offers. When...