We all know that good tyres are essential to driving safely. They can affect steering, ride and handling, emergency braking stopping distances, acceleration and our car's fuel consumption. The Law Did you know that you could be fined and receive 3 penalty points on your license if you have: - Car tyres with tread worn to below 1.6mm. - A mix of radial and cross ply tyres. - Over or under-inflated tyres. - Tyres with cuts, lumps, bulges or ... Read More

It has been months since I replace virtually every incandescent light bulb in my house with the new energy saving compact flourescent (CFL) lights. Lighting accounts for nearly 20% of the total energy we use in our homes and that is quite a bit. If we want to save money we must start thinking about cutting this expense down. CFL's on average will use 60%-75% less energy than a regular incandescent light bulb and will last 10 times longer ... Read More

There was an ad in our local paper the other for a company that would come over and free of charge they will take your old engery wasting refrigerator away and recycle it. A perfect idea for a blog post on saving money. How much of a difference does an old refrigerator make? An article on CNN today oddly enough gives the straight facts. If you ditch your pre-1993 fridge, you'll save enough on energy costs to buy coffee for nearly ... Read More

I came across this the other day and I thought it might interest you. It's called Kill-A-Watt and is from ThinkGeek Gadgets. The Kill-A-Watt allows you to connect your appliances and assess how efficient they are. A large LCD display counts consumption by the Kilowatt-hour, just like utility companies. You can figure out your electrical expenses by the hour, day, week, month, even an entire year. Monitor the quality of your power by displaying Voltage, Line Frequency, and Power Factor. ... Read More

It's come down to this, people are turning to Scooters to fight the high cost of gas. With gas prices hitting $4 - $5 a gallon motor bike and scooter sales have been reported to be brisk this spring. Why not? If you can get 75-120 miles per gallon it makes perfect sense. Low end Scooters can be picked up for as low as $800 and range up to $8,000 for a top of the line model. Certainly something nice could be ... Read More

I have a bachelor friend that is constantly complaining about the number of phone soliciters that call him. I suggested that he cancel his line and get a cell phone. When I think about it, my tip was also a good one to save him money. You can get cell phones with services pretty cheap these days. Cell phone companies are fighting for your business. When is the last time your phone company offered you a good deal when your term ... Read More

We all know that one of our biggest payments in our life is going to be for our car. That is why finding the best possible car loan rate is very important to saving money. We found a site that makes getting Used Car Loans easy. Basic Car Loans that makes obtaining a car loan at the best possible rate a snap. They offer services for both new and used vehicles and offer low and competitive interest rates no matter what your ... Read More

Something my other half just started doing made me realize how much extra money she is spending each and every day. She started to stop at the local corner store every morning and buys a copy of the local newspaper. The same copy which I read later on when she brings it home. If you are one of those that can't get enough news online and need the print, follow these three tips to save yourself some money. By ... Read More

A quick scan around some of the majors news sites on the web today I saw a few articles talking about proposed electricity rates coming this summer. Not only are you paying more at the pumps for gas but the high cost of fuel is also going to mean higher electricity rates. "Dominion Virginia Power announced yesterday that it would seek permission to raise electricity rates 18 percent this summer to make customers pay for part of the increased cost ... Read More

I have been surfing around the internet looking at lots of different sites and I am seeing threads on forums, blog posts and journal enteries detailing what they are going to spend their stimulus check on. Sure it's free money and a good chace to pick up that LCD TV or that iPod or that top of line Cell Phone. Those that are looking to save some money or get themselves out of debt shouldn't be looking at what they ... Read More

When you Google must have plugins you will find a million of different blog posts telling you which ones are important. There is no one answer on which plugins you should have installed but these are a few that have helped me develop my blog and make the task easier.  1. Google XML Sitemaps - This is a simple tool to use. It creates sitemaps to submit to  Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. If you are going to blog submitting your sitemaps ... Read More