The Politics of Myanmar

Have you been keeping up with the news from Myanmar (also known as Burma)? What are your thoughts about the military regime's response to the Cyclone Nargis disaster, or lack thereof? How do you think we as individuals can help? The following is a post by Ash Barker …

Free Cars For Life

The following video has been floating around the web for the past few days. I saw Mike had posted it recently on Deadly Viper and I thought it would be great to post again here. It's a short video Ken Coleman did for financial guru Dave Ramsey on car payments. Check it out.

Super Mansions

I read this in the LA Times this morning about these huge mansions that are being built in LA. Anyone who assumed that the construction of mega-mansions would grind to a halt as the economy worsens must not be familiar with the customs of the very rich.

"Does anybody …

Junky Car Club At Rivertree

This past Sunday Rivertree Church in Ohio had their annual Father's Day Car Show. Included for the first time this year was the Junky Car Club.

Andy Russell from Rivertree Church headed up getting the JCC involved. We sent him stickers, membership cards, and the …

Junky Car Club Hero: Edith Macefield

Rest in peace, Edith Macefield of Ballard, Washington (1921-2008).

Read why she is awesome here.

Be amazed at the photo below, and note the car.

Thank you, Edith. (H/T: Longbrake)

How To Curb Spending

I found this over Yahoo. They gave some tips on how to trick yourself into spending less.

Tip 1: No fuzzy math. There are lots of ways we convince ourselves that buying is better than putting back on the shelf. "I get miles or cash back for this when I put it on my …

Michael Trent's Junky Funeral

Michael Trent's 1990 Mazda 929 was laid to rest today in a junk yard just outside of Birmingham, AL. Meredith the Mazda leaves behind her husband, Henry the 1987 Honda, and more memories than can be typed without developing carpel tunnel syndrome. Meredith served the …

KEVON'S JUNKY CAR

"My name is Kevon and this is my clunker. I bought it from my ex for $300. I have other paid-for cars but I love this one the most. The last car I sold was a 745 BMW and I am saving $1,000 a month. This is a great thing you doing and I would love to help the …

A JUNKY MYSPACE

The Junky Car Club is now on Myspace!

This a great opportunity to spread the message of living with less and giving more. We'll have a huge re-design happening in the coming months, but for now we've got a pretty sweet little page going on. There'll be videos, pics …

BLOGGING?

We were just reading Longbrakes blog and he mentioned the Junky Car Club calendar. You can check it out at www.TheLongbrake.com/blog. Thanks Longbrake for supporting the cause.

If you've been blogging about the Junky Car Club we would love to send people your way …

WE ARE IN VEGAS TO HELP THE CORPS

We are in Las Vegas today working with the Corps of Compassion and getting a first hand look at how they are helping homeless children in the city. We also brought a stack of 2008 Junky Car Club calendars to give to them. We will be preparing the backpacks for the kids …

PRE ORDER THE 2008 JUNKY CAR CLUB CALENDAR!

You can now pre order the official 2008 Junky Car Club Calendar. It's $12 and 100% of the proceeds go to help homeless children living on the streets of Las Vegas. The calendar ships October 30, 2008 but you can pre order right now!! Follow this link. …

RICK WARREN JOINED THE JCC

Last week Rick Warren, author of the Purpose Driven Life, officially joined the Junky Car Club. We got a really nice email from him last week telling us he loves what we are doing. He drives a truck that is paid for and is doing some amazing social justice work …

FOR SALE: 1995 HONDA CIVIC WITH 939,899 MILES

Jonathan at AutoBlog posts:

There's high mileage, and then there's this. A 1995 Honda Civic is for sale in Atlanta with, count 'em, 939,899 miles. That's 200+ miles a day. Every day. Including Sundays. For 12 years. It even has a Carfax report from when the car had …

THE OFFICIAL 2008 JUNKY CAR CLUB CALENDAR

This October we are going to be releasing the first official Junky Car Club calendar benefitting the Corps Of Compassion. It is simply amazing and loaded with sweetness.

If you have any questions or comments contact us at: Info@JunkyCarClub.com

Here are the big …

OUR 300TH VIRBER MEMBER: ISSAC DOWNING

We would like to welcome Issac Downing as our 300th VIRB Junky Car Club member. This is a time to celebrate and throw a fiesta. Who is bringing the salsa and guacomole? I will bring the Cherry Coke, the Star Wars flicks, and the Homer Simpson Pinata filled with candy. …

A COOL STORY FROM TERESA

We always love to hear your stories and we thought this one from Teresa was pretty cool and thought we would share it with all the club members. Peace and Happy Driving.

My name is Teresa and I am happy to be a junky car club member. I was in the process of trading …

TIPS FOR SAVING MONEY ON VACATION

I discovered a psychological phenonmenon while I was on vacation these past 2 weeks. While on vacation, prices of things don't matter. I think that is why you find a lot of art stores and high end shopping centers in resort destinations. That is why meals are more …

JCC TRAVELS THIS WEEKEND AND GET INVOLVED

This weekend(August 11 and 12) the Junky Car Club will be signing people up and helping get kids in need sponsorship at a couple different places. On Saturday night we will be hanging at Riverbend Commons which is a group of people living in community. It's a very cool …

SOME MORE BENEFITS OF DRIVING JUNKY! WHAT ARE YOUR THOTS?

Here are a few more benefits of driving the clunkers and the junkers. I would also love to hear more about what you think are some of the advantages of driving the lemon love.

Jeremy Mitchell (http://virb.com/jeremymitchell) says "I enjoy driving a junky car because …