2023 BMW Z4
A sports car without a manual transmission is kind of like a roadster without a soft top.
Oddly enough, there are two such - each...
2023 Genesis GV60
The saying used to be that speed is just a question of money - how fast do you want to go? With EVs, it’s...
2023 Toyota Sequoia
Until just now, the Toyota Sequoia - being a big SUV - has always come standard with a big V8. The just-redesigned Sequoia no...
2023 VW ID.4
How much is not having to buy gas worth to you?
That question can be answered by comparing the VW ID.4 electric crossover with VW’s...
2023 Mazda Miata
Sports cars come - and (usually) go.
Not because they aren’t appealing - or even because they’re impractical. Mostly - historically - they have left...
2023 Mazda CX-50
What’s the difference between Mazda’s CX-5 and the new CX-50?
One is a little bit more than the other. A little larger, longer and wider...
2023 VW Jetta/GLI
If there were more cars like VW’s Jetta, there would probably be more cars (as opposed to crossovers) for sale.
Because more people would want...
2023 Lexus RX350h
The Lexus RX used to come standard with a V6. Hence RX350 - the numbers after the letters denoting the size of the V6...
2023 Toyota Camry Hybrid
It wouldn't take a mandate - or subsidies - to get people to buy an electric car that could go almost 700 miles, that...
2023 Ford Bronco Sport
The Ford Bronco is one of the most capable - and powerful - 4x4s you can buy right now. The thing can go almost...
2023 Genesis G80 Electric
When the Toyota Prius hybrid came out more than 20 years ago (yep, it’s been that long ago) it made a point of not...
2023 Mercedes-Benz EQE
One of the biggest problems besetting electric vehicles is their cost. It doesn’t matter how much you like something if you can’t afford it...
Classic Cars
The Last Pontiac V8
GM's Pontiac division ceased to be some 13 years ago. Because by that time, it had become a marketing facade for other GM vehicles,...
Rats and Mice
What's the difference between a mouse - and a rat? If you know cars, you know the answer. If not, here it is -...
Why Did it Fail?
The original 1964 Pontiac GTO was a huge success. Pontiac's attempt to bring the GTO back in 2003 was a massive fail.
Why? How could...
Barchetta Musings
Imagine if you had to use a scan tool to figure out why your toilet won't stop running. You don't have to do that,...
Interesting Cars . . .
To see what we're in the process of losing it's helpful to go and see it.
We did exactly that yesterday. By going to see...
What Corvette Was – and Should Be, Again . . .
A 2023 Corvette costs almost twice as much - in real terms - as a 1969 Corvette cost. The latter listed for $4,781 when...
The Entirety of What Once Was
I like carburetors, chiefly because I like mechanical things - which I like because you can see their workings and adjust/fix them, by hand....
A Glance in the Rearview . . .
Here's a story for those under 40 - of what it was like to be seventeen 40 years ago.
We got our licenses at sixteen....
What You Can’t Buy for $2,700 Anymore
I have a model of a '71 Dodge Demon 340 Wedge - which is all I can afford these day. A real '71 Demon...
A Look Back for a Company With no Future
For the second year in a row, GM is selling nostalgia about the cars it used to make and hoping that will translate into...
What Happened to Pop-Ups?
Before there were pop-up ads, there were pop-up headlights. When they weren't on, you couldn't see them - because when they were off, they...
Motorcycles
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
The Air Bag You Wear
People ride motorcycles because they aren't cars - and this goes much deeper than the obvious.
Motorcycles are free of almost all of the crap...
Some Therapy
Sometimes brakes stop you - from going.
It happens when the brake calipers clamp onto the rotors and don't let go. This happens, typically, because...
Hardly Able
People who ride motorcycles still care about motorcycles - as opposed to all-too-many-drivers, who view cars as appliances. Who have been conditioned to view...
Waiting for Spring
When the priests sealed the door on King Tut's tomb, the Pharaoh was left to sleep for the next 3,000 years. Spring often feels...
A Meerakuhl!
It’s helpful when your old bike breaks down at a buddy’s garage. Especially when your buddy happens to be an old bike fetishist, too....
2023 BMW K1600 GTL
Spend $50k on a new BMW car and you get a four cylinder engine. Spend half as much on a BMW bike and get a...
This BMW Still Has a Six
Actually, it still comes standard with one - and for about $26k to start. Most BMWs come standard with a four - and for...
A Little Therapy . . .
Owning a motorcycle is about more than just riding it. Caring for it is a big part of it.
There are sound practical reasons for...
The Kz and the EV
Yesterday I did something I doubt anyone will be doing 46 years from now - at least, not with anything that's new right now.
That...
More News You’ve Probably Not Heard
It’s hard to know what’s really going on when it’s not being reported.
Much less explained.
One example of this is the not-reported news - which...
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
The Five Year Plan . . .
GM's CEO Mary Barra said the other day that it is not possible to sell a profitable EV for less than $40,000 and that...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 06/06/2023
Here's the audio of this week's talk with my friend Bryan Hyde - host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about...
Diaper Report: 06/05/2023
It is probably safe to assume that the people still wearing the "mask" are doing so for political and religious rather than health reasons.
As...
How Much Does Gas Mileage Cost Us?
"Penalties" are what you're forced to pay when you've done nothing wrong - as opposed to something criminal. Like selling cars to people who...
When Everything is Quick
Electric cars tout quickness - because what else can they tout?
They certainly cannot tout the things new cars used to tout, such as being...
Requiring What’s Already Standard . . .
The federal "safety" apparat intends to mandate - that word, again - that all new cars be fitted with automatic emergency braking "technology" within...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED 06/01/2023
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels up! segment with my friend Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Oregon! We talked about the...
Unsustainability
One of the interesting things about this hard-push to power everything - especially cars - electrically is that a critical material (lithium) isn't renewable...
Scanned by Your Car
First there were fobs. Now there are fingerprints - and face scans.
This is how you can unlock - and start - the 2023 Genesis...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 05/30/2023
Heres' the audio of this week's talk with my friend Bryan Hyde, host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about the...
Diaper Report: 5/30/2023
There are people who still don't get it.
Like this person, for instance:
"You have no evidence that mask mandates were the lynchpin of Covid scaremongering."...
Cycles
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
Sorry, it Isn’t . . .
It's important to be clear about what we're talking about - whether it's men and women or motorcycles and scooters.
The other day I read...
The Air Bag You Wear
People ride motorcycles because they aren't cars - and this goes much deeper than the obvious.
Motorcycles are free of almost all of the crap...
The Irony of Saaaaaaafety
It is said - we are told (lectured) - that "speeding" is "unsafe." This dictum is regularly enforced by cops who "speed."
Often, they "speed"...
Some Therapy
Sometimes brakes stop you - from going.
It happens when the brake calipers clamp onto the rotors and don't let go. This happens, typically, because...
Zero . . .
Naming an electric scooter a Zero is at least editorially honest.
Of course, Zero - the manufacturer of electric scooters - likes to pretend that...
Waiting for Spring
When the priests sealed the door on King Tut's tomb, the Pharaoh was left to sleep for the next 3,000 years. Spring often feels...
What’s in the Box?
Normally, my old bikes start right up - even if I haven't started them in awhile. This latter being a regular thing during the...
A Meerakuhl!
It’s helpful when your old bike breaks down at a buddy’s garage. Especially when your buddy happens to be an old bike fetishist, too....
This BMW Still Has a Six
Actually, it still comes standard with one - and for about $26k to start. Most BMWs come standard with a four - and for...
A Little Therapy . . .
Owning a motorcycle is about more than just riding it. Caring for it is a big part of it.
There are sound practical reasons for...
New Car Reviews
2023 BMW Z4
A sports car without a manual transmission is kind of like a roadster without a soft top.
Oddly enough, there are two such - each...
2023 Genesis GV60
The saying used to be that speed is just a question of money - how fast do you want to go? With EVs, it’s...
2023 Toyota Sequoia
Until just now, the Toyota Sequoia - being a big SUV - has always come standard with a big V8. The just-redesigned Sequoia no...
2023 VW ID.4
How much is not having to buy gas worth to you?
That question can be answered by comparing the VW ID.4 electric crossover with VW’s...
2023 Mazda Miata
Sports cars come - and (usually) go.
Not because they aren’t appealing - or even because they’re impractical. Mostly - historically - they have left...
2023 Mazda CX-50
What’s the difference between Mazda’s CX-5 and the new CX-50?
One is a little bit more than the other. A little larger, longer and wider...
2023 VW Jetta/GLI
If there were more cars like VW’s Jetta, there would probably be more cars (as opposed to crossovers) for sale.
Because more people would want...
2023 Lexus RX350h
The Lexus RX used to come standard with a V6. Hence RX350 - the numbers after the letters denoting the size of the V6...
2023 Toyota Camry Hybrid
It wouldn't take a mandate - or subsidies - to get people to buy an electric car that could go almost 700 miles, that...
2023 Ford Bronco Sport
The Ford Bronco is one of the most capable - and powerful - 4x4s you can buy right now. The thing can go almost...
2023 Genesis G80 Electric
When the Toyota Prius hybrid came out more than 20 years ago (yep, it’s been that long ago) it made a point of not...
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
The Five Year Plan . . .
GM's CEO Mary Barra said the other day that it is not possible to sell a profitable EV for less than $40,000 and that...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 06/06/2023
Here's the audio of this week's talk with my friend Bryan Hyde - host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about...
