Interesting...that's a nice way to handle it.

The best reward is not having a credit card at all. Ugh.

Nice article!!

I know nothing about racing, and I'm not trying to excuse Stewart at all...

Hate you guys right back, and Kingsbury would be a great "get". Anyone with prior head coaching success would be good. No more on the job training folks with no experience, please.

Dammit, Foley. If you want to sell some tickets, fire that jackass we have as a coach.

I've looked into this before, but reviews on the units I looked at always pointed out longevity problems, where it would just stop working after a while. Any idea on which units are the most robust?

I'd be surprised if there weren't similarities. Any up and coming pro athlete is going to study film of the best guys who came before at their position and try to pick up some of their tricks.

Woodworking in general is always good. Stuff like building out a shop on the cheap, tool reviews, etc.

There's an IFTTT recipe to backup files and uploaded photos from Dropbox to Drive. I'm sure there are recipes for other providers as well.

For smoking, get a BBQ Guru temperature control system. You can set it at 225 degrees (or whatever temp) and forget it. It works with kettle grills, smokers, BGE's, whatever. I think their cheapest unit is around $140 now. Seriously, that's the number one best tip far and away for smoking.

Yup...this is me. I'm actually colorblind in both ways....whatever they are. I can't see crap on any of those dot picture things.

You're right...in your situation the numbers would probably work out better to buy. Having a super long commute is what puts me over the top.

I just charge off the 110v line, and its fully charged by the next morning. I did look at installing an EVSE at one point. I got a quote for around $150 for an electrician to install a new 240V circuit going to a plain 240V socket. And then the EVSE itself is around $500 or $600 for a 30A model.

The battery should last well past a 3 year lease, but it will be down to less than 70% capacity sometime between years 5 and 10, and replacements cost around $5500, currently. Once you factor that in, buying the Leaf isn't as attractive as leasing one. Something to watch for that when looking at off-lease units. …

That sucks. Why is it so much more? The exchange rate from Canadian to US dollars isn't anywhere near that bad.

My commute is 28 miles each way, so the Volt's electric range wouldn't have been enough to zero out the gas expenses and make the numbers work.

You are supposed to put down $2000 to get the deal, but I traded in my old '98 SUV that had a KBB of around $1200. I didn't have to put anything down other than the trade-in.

I normally would say the same thing, but buying a gasoline car means that after 3 years there's even more money down the drain in gas expenses. And I don't think the reliability and battery lifetime/costs are to the point where you want to buy an electric and expect it to last 10+ years like gasoline cars.

Yeah, I'm old enough that I don't care what it looks like. Its a total Dad car.