2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz
Until three years ago, you couldn't buy a small truck in this country. And you still can't.
But you can buy a small pick-up that...
2025 Honda Pilot
In a few years from now - maybe as soon as a year from now - we may look back upon the 2025 Honda...
2025 VW Taos
What is the difference between VW's Taos - and the better-known Tiguan?
About $5,000.
There's more to it than that, of course. But also, less.
What It...
2025 Toyota Prius
Imagine going back in time to the heyday of the V8 muscle car in the late 1960s and early-'70s with a brand-new Prius hybrid...
2025 Chevy Malibu
At one time, you had multiple options if you were interested in a mid-sized family sedan and didn't want to spend more than about...
2025 Audi A4 Allroad
If you're interested in driving car that isn't like pretty much every other car (and crossover) on the road, you might be interested in...
2025 Kia K4
Kia's forte is undercutting its rivals (and then some) on price - without cheaping out. If anything, the new K4 sedan - which replaces...
2025 Nissan Murano
Practically every car company has been trying to maintain the power/performance of the smaller engines that have been replacing larger engines - in order...
Classic Cars
Final Edition – Again?
People who are into cars - and history - already know about this one. But for those who don't, a history lesson is in...
Half Off This Device
Do you remember the device made to look like a motorcycle? It is called Zero - a play on zero emissions, which assumes in...
If You Had $5,100 . . .
Here'a a trippy thing to do - and it doesn't require getting high to do it. Imagine you have about $5,100 to spend on...
An Analog Look Back
Here's a blurry look back at what it used to be like to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle - as opposed to...
The Unappreciated Greatness of the Aztek
People - at the time - made fun of the Pontiac Aztek. They made fun of it as recently as 2008, when Breaking Bad...
A New Camaro?
GM management has apparently thrown the kill switch - on a new Camaro.
The iconic pony car - it wasn't a muscle car - had...
When Turbos Were Power Adders
If you watched the Super Bowl, you probably saw the 1987 Buick Regal Grand National that was part of the show. This car was...
Post Peak Cars
There's not much else that can be done to make new vehicles better - given government constraints.
They cannot, for instance, be made lighter -...
Motorcycles
Some Therapy
One of the things we can do to mitigate the stress of everything feeling like it's spiraling out of control is to take on...
The Disposable Bike
A riding buddy of mine urges me to buy a disposable bike - though of course he does not call it that. He means...
Missing Two Strokes
There's only one kind of gas-burning engine we're allowed to have, which is a shame for reasons that go beyond the obnoxious effrontery of...
When There’s no Room Left in the Garage
Getting another bike is never a problem; it's all-too-easy to get another bike. They sometimes seem to just show up, like a stray cat...
Have Bike Will Travel
If you were to distill mechanized transportation down to its core essentials, you'd end up with something like the dirt bike - or its...
Insurance Incongruity
Having to buy car insurance - motorcycle insurance, in the case at hand - is bad enough. No one ought to be forced to...
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...
Mazda’s Last Car?
Did you know Mazda is down to selling just one car? Well - technically - one sedan that's also available as a hatchback'd sedan....
Latest Radio: Wheels Up With Bill Meyer 04/24/2025
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels Up! Segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We talked about external airbags...
Law Enforced
A person close to me got stopped the other day by a law enforcer. Note that the sentence says nothing about anyone having caused...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 04/23/2025
Here's the audio of this week's talk with Bryan Hyde, host of The Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about making government more...
Air Bags For People Not in the Car
It is not enough, apparently, to have air bags built into the dash, door panels and seats of a new car. Because what about...
What Does DOGE Matter?
We are supposed to be grateful that Elon Musk's Whiz Kids have discovered so much "government waste" - as for example at USAID. But...
An Eye Opening Event
If we're lucky, we begin to understand - even if incompletely. We will not - we cannot - know everything. Not in this life....
Cycles
The Last Thing Anyone Who Rides Needs
Would you believe - say it like Don Adams from Get Smart - that they are beginning to make hybrid motorcycles? Kawasaki, specifically. It...
When One is None
Every now and then you have to relearn a hard lesson. Such as always having at least one spare key for your old bike....
The Disposable Bike
A riding buddy of mine urges me to buy a disposable bike - though of course he does not call it that. He means...
Why Helmet Laws are Silly and Tyrannical
I wanted to remember what it was like to live in a free country - remember when people used to say that? - so...
When There’s no Room Left in the Garage
Getting another bike is never a problem; it's all-too-easy to get another bike. They sometimes seem to just show up, like a stray cat...
Have Bike Will Travel
If you were to distill mechanized transportation down to its core essentials, you'd end up with something like the dirt bike - or its...
Insurance Incongruity
Having to buy car insurance - motorcycle insurance, in the case at hand - is bad enough. No one ought to be forced to...
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...
New Car Reviews
2025 Hyundai Santa Cruz
Until three years ago, you couldn't buy a small truck in this country. And you still can't.
But you can buy a small pick-up that...
2025 Honda Pilot
In a few years from now - maybe as soon as a year from now - we may look back upon the 2025 Honda...
2025 VW Taos
What is the difference between VW's Taos - and the better-known Tiguan?
About $5,000.
There's more to it than that, of course. But also, less.
What It...
2025 Toyota Prius
Imagine going back in time to the heyday of the V8 muscle car in the late 1960s and early-'70s with a brand-new Prius hybrid...
2025 Chevy Malibu
At one time, you had multiple options if you were interested in a mid-sized family sedan and didn't want to spend more than about...
2025 Audi A4 Allroad
If you're interested in driving car that isn't like pretty much every other car (and crossover) on the road, you might be interested in...
2025 Kia K4
Kia's forte is undercutting its rivals (and then some) on price - without cheaping out. If anything, the new K4 sedan - which replaces...
2025 Nissan Murano
Practically every car company has been trying to maintain the power/performance of the smaller engines that have been replacing larger engines - in order...
Mazda’s Last Car?
Did you know Mazda is down to selling just one car? Well - technically - one sedan that's also available as a hatchback'd sedan....
Latest Radio: Wheels Up With Bill Meyer 04/24/2025
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels Up! Segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We talked about external airbags...
