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Posted
Sep 22 2007, 07:39 AM
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Karen Datko
Money Blog: Smart Spending Blog - MSN Money
Carpooling for work often isn't practical. So look for other ways to combine trips and save time, gas money, and wear and tear on your car.
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Oct 02 2007, 09:42 PM
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Karen Datko
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A cost comparison by a frugal blogger shows it's usually cheaper to drive than to fly, but that's not always the case. Use the AAA Fuel Cost Calculator and an online airline ticket service like Priceline to compare, and figure in other costs like meals, hotels and taxis. The comparison offers other tips, like how to save on car rentals.
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Oct 05 2007, 11:17 AM
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Karen Datko
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Today it's official. Blogger Dollar Buy Dollar begins a month of living car-free as part of Seattle's One Less Car Challenge . DBD appreciates the Car Challenge incentives, including $50 in Flexcar credits and a discount membership with the Cascade Bicycle Club , not to mention better health and fitness, and money saved. We'll keep track of DBD's progress. The next step in Seattle's challenge: selling or donating your car and not replacing it for a year.
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Oct 09 2007, 07:46 AM
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Karen Datko
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Flexo at Consumerism Commentary recently played American Public Media's online game, Consumer Consequences , and found out that his footprint is quite large: It would take the resources of seven planet Earths to support the world's population is everyone lived the way he does. He got brownie points for using CFL bulbs and not buying a lot of clothes, but other activities like commuting alone offset his good behavior. He asks, " How many Earths would it take to support a world consisting of 6.6 billion yous?"
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Oct 30 2007, 07:43 AM
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Karen Datko
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This post comes from partner blog Blueprint for Financial Prosperity . One thing I don't like about typical gas-saving posts is that they give great tips you'll never use. They're great tips you will absolutely, without a doubt, 100%, take-no-prisoners ignore until you're blue in the face. You'll ignore them because you don't like the tips. Here are four tips you'll ignore, and why you (and I) ignore them. Then I'll follow with some tips I think you won't ignore, because they're easy. Drive 55 mph. This tip is by far the one you'll ignore the most because we all like to get where we're going as quickly as possible. In fact, despite studies showing an increase in fuel efficiency at 55 mph, the bottom line is that when the feds adopted that speed limit because of the 1973 oil crisis, gasoline consumption dropped only 1% . You are most likely to ignore this rule because the speed limit on most highways is now 65 mph, and many drivers exceed that. Driving at 55 mph puts you at risk as aggressive
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Dec 21 2007, 05:10 PM
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Karen Datko
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Blogger Fellowes at Dollar Buy Dollar announced several months ago that he planned to pursue a car-free lifestyle. Well, folks, he turned in the leased car, and is now a man on foot or riding public transportation. He anticipates a total net savings of $603 a month, and that's after subtracting the $125 a month he may spend using the car-sharing service Flexcar for real emergencies. (His employer provides a free bus pass.) He figures he'll also have indirect savings -- from not overspending at the supermarket because he has to carry everything home, and from not eating out as often. He concedes this plan might not work for everyone.
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Mar 07 2008, 06:11 PM
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Karen Datko
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What's the most you've ever paid to fill your gas tank? Nickel at Five Cent Nickel set his personal record when he spent more than $50 to fill 'er up on the way home from a vacation last weekend. "It was a bit unsettling to stand there and watch the numbers scroll by until they settled just shy of $58," he said. Welcome to the era of $100-plus for a barrel of oil. In recognition of his milestone, Nickel asked readers to take a survey about the most they've spent to fill up their personal vehicles. Zero people spent less than $20, and two spent $20 to $29.
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Mar 17 2008, 07:37 AM
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Karen Datko
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It seems as though everyone and their uncle have tips for saving on gasoline as prices inch closer to the $4-a-gallon milestone. Short of getting a car with better gas mileage, there are plenty of ways to use less gas. We've looked at lots and will pass on our favorites in an effort to save you money. Best possible tip: Drive less. You don't have to pay for gasoline if you don't use it.
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Apr 16 2008, 05:16 PM
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Karen Datko
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People often seek to make a statement with the vehicles they drive. Sometimes people try to convey a point with the cars they vandalize. Was that the case when vandals damaged six Priuses (aka Prii) in Petaluma, Calif., over a two-week period? Those events, reported by the Santa Rosa Press Democrat, prompted a bit of outrage and lots of speculation, silly and otherwise, in the blogosphere about what motivated the criminals. As Treehugger.com exclaimed, "The Petaluma Prius killer is on the loose." (Oh my!) In the back of each writer's mind were those attacks on Hummers over the last few years, sometimes by so-called eco-vandals. Of course, some of the commentary was tongue-in-cheek. Domenick Yoney wrote at AutoblogGreen, "Although the motivation for the vandalism is unknown at this time, it is highly unlikely to be linked to pre-emptive attacks designed to protect blind pedestrians from the dangers these silent vehicles might present."
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Apr 23 2008, 02:00 PM
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Karen Datko
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"Story Girl" at My Money and My Life -- and plenty of other people who will drive a little farther to get a good deal -- are sick and tired of hearing this: "You only saved $5 by going to another store? That's not even worth the price of the gas." Maybe it's the tone of the speaker or the dissing of her frugal efforts. "Or perhaps it's just the fact that they're generally wrong," Story Girl writes.
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