Every three months, i try to clean up my car to have it run more efficiently. From ridding the car of trash, receipts, and an ocassional french fry that escaped being eatten to 3 month maintenance on the car: oil changes, fuild checks, tire rotations, and light car detail.

 I started with the fuild checks: oil, brake fuild, steering fuild, transmission, coolant, and battery water levels. From dip sticks to visually checking the levels, it was systematic and simple. Easy 10 minutes checks can tell a driver how much eth car has been used and if any other parts needs to be looked into.

Ultimate Auto Detailing Projects author: David H Jacobs Jr asin: 0760314489

I havent been using my Kent folding bike for a while and decided to bring it out and oil its gears. I oiled my other bikes as well as they were rusting on my paito.  The gears on the Kent were still oiled and so I filled it up with some air and took it for a spin around the block. It was fun to bike down the street with the wind in my face and a compact bike under my legs. 

My neighbor was biking too. So i catch up with her and we rode to McDs for a soda and fries. --- yes --- healthly food for all the exercise we are doing going down hill.

Kent Ultra Light Magnesium Compact Folding Bike asin: B000H6G146

I am in the market for a 25-30 thousand dollar, fuel efficient auto mobile to commute to work with. However, after test driving various hybrid vehicles, I noticed the cost of the vehicle to the comfort level. While I want to be environmentally friendly, something in the back of my head is urging me to test something with a bit more car for the money.  A week back, I wrote the excitment i had with driving during flex time and being able to enjoy the speedy low traffic of commuting off rush hour schedules. The feeling of freedom opened my curiousity about the type of comfortable commutting vehicle i can buy for the price of a hybrid vehicle.

The Car Design Yearbook 7: The Definitive Annual Guide to All New Concept and Production Cars Worldwide (Car Design Yearbook) author: Stephen Newbury,Tony Lewin asin: 1858944198

I am starting to wonder which is more worth while : carpooling or flex time? One saves gas and the other saves time.

Work From Home Handbook: Flex Your Time, Improve Your Life (USA TODAY/Nolo Series) author: Diana Fitzpatrick,Stephen Fishman asin: 1413307019

Three weeks ago, I was driving to meet friends to watch the new comedy, Tropic Thunder, when my AC went out on the freeway. I later brought the car to the dealership for repairs and borrowed brand new econo box rental: a 2009 gold metallic Ford Focus SE 4 door sedan.

I have driven many small econonical cars and rentals in the past. To my surprise the new 2009 Ford Focus was pretty impressive in terms of MPG and usefulness.

High-Performance Ford Focus Builder's Handbook (S-A Design) author: Richard Holdener asin: 1884089895

Last week,I ordered Sunsei Solar 2-watt 12-volt charger for fun. It turned out to more useful as I used it more. I got it directly tapped into the Nissan Altima's battery via the fuse box, so the charger can power my battery during the 10 hours of the day it was parked. Read more...

DISCLAMER: ***You should seek a professional electrician or auto installer to do this as it involves electricity and the potential to get injured or damage your car. Attempt at your own risk.***

Sunsei Solar 2-Watt 12-Volt Charger #SE-135 asin: B000BTCKYY

In Southern California there is many things: beaches, mountains, deserts, urban sprawl, sky scrapers, and a lot of sun. In fact, SoCal is a desert and the majority of the day is filled with sunshine. I had a thought of harnessing the mightly energy of the sun with a solar panel. I ordered Sunsei Solar 2-watt 12-volt charger for fun.
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Sunsei Solar 2-Watt 12-Volt Charger #SE-135 asin: B000BTCKYY

I have been saving lots of money by maximizing my carpool driving and driving alone only when required by work.
Recently, started to figure out more ways of saving gas and but it took more prep time. I decided to bicycle to my carpools house! Read more...

E-Zip Mountain Trailz Electric Bicycle asin: B000MSDKOI

With scooters all the rage, it would be great to find a faster electric scooter to get to point A to the point B and point C which is for food. I found a neat scooter which can go 20 mph from the box rather than moding a chained version to go fsater. Really cool and all functions built-in, such as AC power charging, motors in the wheels . and long lasting batteries. The Go-Ped ESR750H seems to have all that in order.

Go-Ped ESR750EX Electric Powered City Scooter (Multiple Colors) asin: B000VM4CLA

With gas at $4.60, it pays to hyper mileage, carpool, and use public transportation. As I have wrote before i carpool with 3 other coworkers and drive about once a month. The gas usage still hits my wallet at about 4 gallons a day during the week which i drive and 1 gallon for the week i just need to drive to my carpool meetup locaton.  However, i have been considering other forms of transportation Read more...

Haynes Techbook Scooters: Automatic Transmission 50 to 250cc (Hayne's Automotive Repair Manual) (Paperback) asin: B000GHJKJE

Schwinn 500S Electric Scooter asin: B000MSDKN4

Go-Ped ESR750EX Electric Powered City Scooter (Multiple Colors) asin: B000VM4CLA