want.

somehow this doesn't surprise me. I find the show entertaining, but their total antipathy to anything not gas-guzzling gets very grating.

I hate left turns. (both bike AND car) Now I have justification for avoiding them. :)

"The local zoning required a two-car garage, but Tom didn't need both spaces. So instead of enclosing the space, the garage is open with a permeable gravel patio that accommodates an extra car when necessary." good looking, too.

"I'll try to be as brief as possible, but I had an ALMOST-perfect car buying experience recently. I'll post what I did, and then throw in blurbs where I felt I could have improved. It's long, but I needed to type this up for a friend who's about to buy a car anyway. Take it all with a grain of salt." Need to remember this.

"As my 77-year old father (who also drove the car) said: "This is the car of the future!"" so jealous.

some research to do. (honestly, I hate washing the car, although I like how it looks when I'm done.)

"Honda’s president has said he wants to hold below $20,000 for the base model"

calculates gas cost for a trip, given a specific car. (it's 50% more for us to take the truck to LA vs the kia, for example!)

from pb & mathowie! (I've tried to do this a few times with a spreadsheet. let's see if I'm any better with a pretty web app.)

Edmunds on some common gas-saving tips. Best advice: drive chill, turn it off when waiting a long time. (Patience continues to be a virtue. News at 11.)

hmmmm. I'm pretty sure the Kia gets paid off in 2009. we'll probably put up with it for a while, but I wouldn't mind a little looking around....

I have to figure out how to do this to my truck.

jeez. we ended up getting a better price on my (much-loved) little red truck by calling a friend and having him do some research. it also didn't help that C threatened to leave and actually stood and started walking away. I ::heart:: C.

"And one study of Olympia, Wash., found that parking and driveways occupied twice as much land as the buildings that they served." via OlyBlog. (Don't get me started about strip-mall parking.)

OMG, electric car dealership in Portland...including used cars. This may be the place where we replace the Kia.

alas, we are going to be going to a friend's house for a day of gaming, and it's nearly impossible to get there, on a Saturday, w/out a car!

I would so very much like to get something like this going here.

By next spring, I would like to get rid of the kia & get either a smart car or an ev. We'll see.

one copy for each car, and one for my bike, too.

would be nice to see this in Oly.

another reminder of things I need to do....

windshield tip will definitely come in handy

for future cheap-bastard-age.

for future reference.