How to Get a Used Nissan Leaf for Free!

Nissan Leaf
March 13, 2019

How much would you pay to enter a raffle for a free used car? What would the odds have to be to get you to give it a shot? What if the entry fee was simply to give a loan to a friend that you were sure would be paid back and the odds that you’d win the raffle were 100%? Sounds like an insanely good deal that can’t be…

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Eight Money Saving New Year’s Resolutions That Also Save The Planet

Path
January 3, 2017

It’s 2017 and that means it’s time for some money saving New Year’s resolutions. All of these are free or cheap to do so they’ll save cash quick. Having some more dough won’t hurt your bank account, and the energy they’ll save will help the planet too. Doing everything below could save you thousands of dollars a year, but even if you only do the Good option for a few you’ll still save…

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Car Free Tempe Baby

Father and son biking past the Tempe Center for the Arts
December 20, 2016

Getting started When I first learned that we were moving to Tempe, Arizona I figured we’d take our car along with us. We’d be moving there at the start of August, when temperatures could easily break 120 F. I’d done a fair amount of non-car travel in my past, but we’d have our 8 month old baby with us in this harsh desert, so of course we’d have to have a car,…

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The Toyota Mirai is a Joke

October 20, 2016

I got an e-mail from my dad the other day. It was terse and somewhat cryptic. Subject: I like the Toyota Mirai Body: I wonder how safe it is. As someone who’s read a lot about the massive dangers of climate change I’m a big proponent of clean cars. I didn’t know much about the Mirai, so I decided to do some research. I quickly found out that the Mirai would…

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