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Drive or Metro?

One major change that I’m making upon my move is my method of getting to work.  Currently, I walk the ten minutes to the Metro, ride the Metro downtown, then walk from the Metro to my office (less than ten more minutes).  But once I move, things won’t be as convenient.  I have two options [...]

Car Repairs

To add insult to injury, after I got home from my vacation, still not 100% healthy and feeling pretty disappointed over not running my half marathon, I got a phone call from my apartment management office saying that my car had been hit in the parking lot and they had all the other driver’s insurance [...]

Tire Update

On Friday, I decided to venture out and go buy some new tires.  I had the recommendation of a chain that people were happy with, and there was a store not far from my apartment, so it seemed like a foolproof plan.  They sold the tires I wanted and I knew what they cost.  Easy [...]

Tell me about tires

So it’s time for me to buy some new tires for my car.  And I am not ashamed to admit that I know nothing about buying tires.  Well, I know that I don’t want retreads, and that I don’t need off-roading tires, so I need something sort of middle of the line.  And that they [...]

Vehicle Expenses

I have a car.  I bought it in the summer of 2004, and I own it outright.  I can’t say that it gets a whole lot of use though.  When I bought it, I was living in the midwest, going to law school and living in a city with not so great public transportation.  Plus [...]