The biggest news of the week came yesterday, when I bought my first car, a 2007 Hyundai Elantra. I’ll go into more detail next week about the experience and some of the lessons I learned from it. I hope this car lasts me about 30 years because I’ll need about that much time to recover from the process. And I need a bit of time away from the used car salesmen.
I’ll go into more detail next week about the experience and some of the lessons I learned from it. I hope this car lasts me about 30 years because I’ll need about that much time to recover from the process. And I need a bit of time away from the used car salesmen.
Even with all the running around I’ve been doing while looking at cars, I’ve had enough time to look at some of these great articles from my fellow bloggers:
How to Get Rid of Bees (via WiseBread)
Three Strategies to Make It Easier to Pick Up the Pieces after a Natural Disaster (via Mom’s Plans)
Why The Contingent Workforce Is Growing, And What That Means To You (via Faithful With A Few)
Tightwad’s Ways to Save on Wedding Food (via Yes, I Am Cheap)
Emergency Funds – Are They Essential? (via My Personal Finance Journey)
My latest money-saving technique is… laziness (via No Debt MBA)
7 Tips to Marital Money Bliss (via Prairie Eco-Thrifter)
It Is difficult to live frugal but not hard (via One Cent At A time)
10 Money Saving Tips for Your Home (via Prairie Eco Thrifter)
Tips on Saving Money for the Future (via My Personal Finance Journey)
How a Small Business Can Perform Like Wynn Resorts (via Investor Junkie)
I was also included in the following carnivals this week:
Best of Money Carnival hosted by Prarie EcoThrifter (Editor’s Pick!)
Totally Money Blog Carnival hosted by Money Cone (Editor’s Pick!)
Festival of Frugality hosted by RothIRA.com (Editor’s Pick!)
Also, I want to introduce you all to Merchant Warehouse. There’s a widget of theirs in the left sidebar, and they are my newest advertiser, so be sure to check them out!
Ha, you’re a true los angelenean now with your own car! Hope you got a good deal.
@Jeff @ Sustainable life blog, Got a pretty decent deal, used cars have skyrocketed lately because of high demand and low supply (nobody has been buying cars lately!). Still, I know this car will last me more than a few years and I can be proud of it.
I know what you mean about car salesmen! Hope you enjoy the car now.
The salesmen were the worst part of the car buying experience for my wife and I. Of course, they hated the fact that I had my laptop with me, taking notes and checking their math in my spreadsheets! I actually caught them trying to sneak in a few thousand dollars at the end.
Oh, and I want to thank you for including my article! I guess I got so caught up in thinking about car salesmen, I forgot!
Congrats on the new car. It’s exciting.
Thanks for including my post about emergency funds!
Thanks for including my post on frugality
Thanks for the inclusion Daniel!