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The High Cost of Speeding

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

When you speed, you have less control over your car. You tend to ignore safe stopping distances, tailgating non-speeding cars. While it is irritating to come up on a car going slower than you are, should you really ride the bumper of the car in front of you, trying to intimidate them into going faster? Do you speed?

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It’s Harley Time – But Is It Worth the Cost?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

According to a Bloomberg Business Week article in 2011, the average age of Harley riders is now 47 (as opposed to 35 in 1987). A Harley can cost more than a car – some in the range of $36,000. They can get to places you can’t in a car. They are not as safe as most cars. No Cost Refinancing – Pros and Cons.

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Yakezie Carnival October 16, 2011- Growth Edition

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

This was the first opportunity to highlight articles from the newly formed Yakezie network. Yeah, There’s a Calculator for That Refinancing your mortgage to a lower rate and paying the same amount is an interesting sound-byte from Personal Finance Bloggers – but has anyone really run the numbers? Thats better, isn’t it?

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