2024 Ford Lightning
Ford has been having some trouble persuading people who want to buy a truck to buy an electric truck.
While sales of the F-150 have...
2024 Buick Enclave
It takes awhile for things to change - and sometimes, not for the better. One of the things that hasn’t changed - yet -...
2024 Nissan Titan
It is not a coincidence that the Nissan Titan is the last new half-ton truck you can buy that comes standard with a V8...
2024 Mazda CX-90
When "entry level" cars come standard with what were once luxury car features such as climate control AC, good stereos and power everything (just...
2023 Honda Accord
Sedans - which used to be the best-selling vehicles - have become a harder sell since the early 2000s, chiefly because crossovers (and SUVs)...
2024 Jeep Renegade
Most crossovers have - or offer - all-wheel-drive.
Most SUVs have - or offer four-wheel-drive. Both systems drive all four wheels, but AWD is usually...
2024 Lexus RC
When something that used to be readily available no longer is, it makes what’s still available even more desirable. Especially when it may not...
2024 Genesis GV70 EV
How much is one second less worth to you?
It might depend on how much time - as well as money - it costs you.
Submitted...
2024 Chevy Trax
You've probably read about the average new vehicle selling for nearly $50,000. How about one for about a third that much?
Chevy makes one like...
2024 Toyota Tundra
Toyota’s Tundra will soon be the only new half-ton truck that isn’t made by one of the Big Thee - GM, Ford or Ram....
2024 Mazda3
The Mazda3 offers something that’s become uncommon . . .
Variety.
It does not come just one way - with just one engine. Or just one...
2023 Ford Escape Plug-in Hybrid
How much are you willing to spend to save on gas?
That's the question presented by the Big Three hybrids in the compact crossover class,...
Classic Cars
Twice-Plus As Much
Thirty years ago, when I was young guy in his 20s, I bought the Great Pumpkin - my 1976 Trans Am - for $5,400....
The Motor Gods Smiled
Some of you may have seen the Viking funeral I gave my '76 Trans-Am's rear tires - which were both very old and nearly...
It Works . . . Even if it Needs Work
Old cars - those made when cars were still mostly mechanical things - would sometimes just stop working. Just as modern, electronically encrusted cars...
Viking Funeral!
Sometimes, a picture - or a movie - is worth a thousand words. Here's a little visual vignette to show you what you could...
One of the Small Things
Little things sometimes have a lot of significance.
One of those things happened the year after my '76 Trans-Am was built. The next year, 1977,...
Tires for the TA
When an 8 ounce package of butter costs almost $6, it seems extravagant to spend $400 on a pair of tires for a car...
The Analog Antidote
Today, they dropped off another EeeeeeVeeeee... so I took this for a drive, instead!
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If you like what you've found here please consider...
30 Years of Stagnation
I began test driving new cars some 30 years ago, so I have driven thousands of them over the years. Many of them are...
Pontiac is Racist
The Washington Redskins no longer play football; instead a "football team" from "Washington" does.
That, at least, is what the ex-Redskins were called until someone...
The Wages of Sin . . .
A battleship in service is ready for service, usually. But a battleship on static display may not even float - on account of the...
Meyers Manx Memories
Yesterday, I saw a Meyers Manx - a kind of car that used to be common that has become so uncommon that when you...
Motorcycles
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . ....
Helmet Laws
If you ride a motorcycle, "the law" - that is to say, busybody people who write them - probably requires that you wear a...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over...
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...
Latest Radio: Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith 12/08/2023
Here's the audio of last night's talk with my friend Gard Goldsmith, host of the Liberty Conspiracy podcast. My segment starts just after the...
The Why Behind the Push
Why are they pushing EVs so aggressively?
The "climate crisis" stuff is the excuse, of course. But what is the reason? Well, it's fundamentally the...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED FM 12/07/2023
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels up! segment with my friend Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR!
. . .
If you...
The Price You’ll Pay for a $34k EV
When Sergio Marchionne was running Fiat, he advised people to not buy the electric version of the 500, Fiat's "Italian Job" micro-car. Why? Because...
Twice-Plus As Much
Thirty years ago, when I was young guy in his 20s, I bought the Great Pumpkin - my 1976 Trans Am - for $5,400....
40 Percent to Not Move the Thing
While test driving an EV recently, I came upon an interesting display (inside the EV) that tells us a lot about EVs. It tells...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 12/05/2023
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 No...
No Cash for Your “Clunker”
At least the Obama-era "cash for clunkers" program was voluntary.
People were paid to have their older vehicles - these were characterized as "clunkers" to...
Diaper Report: 12/04/2023
Seinfeld used to say, who are these people? How about what's wrong with these people?
People such as Mandy Cohen - chosen by the Biden...
The Motor Gods Smiled
Some of you may have seen the Viking funeral I gave my '76 Trans-Am's rear tires - which were both very old and nearly...
When Half Full is Almost Empty
One of the reasons why the public is beginning to become hesitant about buying into battery-powered vehicles is the disingenuous manner in which they've...
The Existential Threat Hits Home
Nearly 4,000 Ford dealers have publicly pushed back against the push to cram EVs down their (and our) throats. This is good news -...
Cycles
Mad Max on Two Wheels
I am often asked what I think is the best kind of car to own if things get really bad. I think the best...
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . ....
They’re Coming for Bikes Next . . .
Most people who ride motorcycles do it because they want to. A motorcycle is - usually - not the primary instrument of transportation. It...
A Casualty of Revenue Collecting
They say "speed kills." Here is a case-in-point.
A cop driving at very high speed struck and killed a motorcycle rider who had the bad...
Helmet Laws
If you ride a motorcycle, "the law" - that is to say, busybody people who write them - probably requires that you wear a...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over...
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...
New Car Reviews
2024 Ford Lightning
Ford has been having some trouble persuading people who want to buy a truck to buy an electric truck.
While sales of the F-150 have...
2024 Buick Enclave
It takes awhile for things to change - and sometimes, not for the better. One of the things that hasn’t changed - yet -...
2024 Nissan Titan
It is not a coincidence that the Nissan Titan is the last new half-ton truck you can buy that comes standard with a V8...
2024 Mazda CX-90
When "entry level" cars come standard with what were once luxury car features such as climate control AC, good stereos and power everything (just...
2023 Honda Accord
Sedans - which used to be the best-selling vehicles - have become a harder sell since the early 2000s, chiefly because crossovers (and SUVs)...
2024 Jeep Renegade
Most crossovers have - or offer - all-wheel-drive.
Most SUVs have - or offer four-wheel-drive. Both systems drive all four wheels, but AWD is usually...
2024 Lexus RC
When something that used to be readily available no longer is, it makes what’s still available even more desirable. Especially when it may not...
2024 Genesis GV70 EV
How much is one second less worth to you?
It might depend on how much time - as well as money - it costs you.
Submitted...
2024 Chevy Trax
You've probably read about the average new vehicle selling for nearly $50,000. How about one for about a third that much?
Chevy makes one like...
2024 Toyota Tundra
Toyota’s Tundra will soon be the only new half-ton truck that isn’t made by one of the Big Thee - GM, Ford or Ram....
2024 Mazda3
The Mazda3 offers something that’s become uncommon . . .
Variety.
It does not come just one way - with just one engine. Or just one...
Latest Radio: Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith 12/08/2023
Here's the audio of last night's talk with my friend Gard Goldsmith, host of the Liberty Conspiracy podcast. My segment starts just after the...
The Why Behind the Push
Why are they pushing EVs so aggressively?
The "climate crisis" stuff is the excuse, of course. But what is the reason? Well, it's fundamentally the...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED FM 12/07/2023
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels up! segment with my friend Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR!
. . .
If you...
