I got this awesome email and these sweet pics from JR.

“We call this the Ouch Mobile…

Car: 1990 Ford Escort
Price: $500.00
Miles: 105,000

I drive it 600 miles a week back and forth from Grand Rapids to Cleveland.

The greatest part. I have two Compassion kids and gonna get a third.

JR.�

Here’s the second part of Mike’s interview on the Dave Ramsey Show.

I was pretty pumped when a producer from the Dave Ramsey show contacted me a few months back and asked if Mike would like to appear on the show to talk Junk Pride! I said yes for him! Anyway, I’ve since moved back to Australia — but I managed to track down Mike’s interview online. It’d be great to hear from all of you who have ended up here as a result of watching the interview — and if you missed it, well, here it is…

Tommorow night I am going to be on the Dave Ramsey Show. I am excited to be a guest on Dave’s prime time television show on the FOX Business Channel.

He is going to be interviewing me about the Junky Car Club and our mission of living with less so we can give more. I will be Twittering the entire adventure which starts tommorow morning. I will be doing a LIVE remote interview from the FOX studios in LA. You can follow here.

Dave Ramsey is an incredible guy and the guru of all things financial. He is a huge inspiration to me and millions of others. I’m pumped about this opportunity and so grateful to Dave and his team for setting this up.

The show is on at 8pm EST.

I read this over at Yahoo. According to these stats, I better start locking my 1993 Camry’s doors.

Once again, the 1995 Honda Civic was the most stolen car in America, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau.

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In its annual “Hot Wheels” report, the NICB said the ‘95 Civic was followed by the ‘91 Honda Accord, the ‘89 Toyota Camry and the ‘97 Ford F-150 as the nation’s most stolen cars in 2007.

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 credit card!” “If I amortize the price of these shoes over the number of times I know I’m going to wear them, they’re practically free!” “I just returned three rolls of shelf liner, ‘freeing up’ $22.02 to spend on candles!”

Just say no to fuzzy math.

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)

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 official Junky Car Club banner. This was his report from Sunday.

“We had a great car show and enlisted 34 families into the JCC this weekend, and sponsored 3 more Compassion kids.”

Great job Andy and all the great folks at Rivertree.

You can read Greg Nettle’s blog post about the day.

If you’re interested in featuring the Junky Car Club at your church or event email us at Info@JunkyCarClub.com

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 need 40,000 square feet?” asks real estate agent Stephen Shapiro of the Westside Estate Agency. “No, but these are our current-day aristocrats and feudal leaders . . . and this is what they want.”

Real estate experts give various explanations for the continuing popularity of mega-mansions including people spending more time at home and the need for comfort. Real estate agent Drew Fenton said that no one sets out to build a mega-house; it just “happens.”

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.