2020 BMW X2
Crossover SUVs are popular because they have everything . . . except style.
They’re great in bad weather, space-efficient and more versatile than cars. You...
2020 Toyota Camry TRD
Stock car racing used to be based on stock cars - production cars you could buy, modified to race.
Today, it’s the reverse.
The race cars...
2020 Toyota Sequoia
Sometimes, new and improved isn’t.
Improved, that is.
The 2020 Toyota Sequoia isn’t new - but that’s because it doesn’t need much improving. Toyota has been...
2020 Lincoln Continental
It took about 25 years to sink in.
The best-selling Lincoln of the modern era isn’t a car. It’s the Navigator - Lincoln’s version of...
2020 Mazda CX-30
When small and medium isn’t quite what fits, maybe something in-between will.
That’s Mazda’s idea in bringing out the CX-30, the company's newest but not...
2020 Lexus GX460
If you want to really go off-road - as opposed to off into the grass - and be really comfortable - without being too...
2021 VW Atlas
How much difference does three feet - and 50 years - make?
It’s the difference between a 1970 VW Beetle - that could carry four...
2020 Hyundai Kona
Crossovers are so popular, they’re getting smaller.
Examples include the Honda HR-V, which was one of the very first subcompact crossovers - and also the...
2020 Fiat 500L
If you ever wanted to buy a new Fiat . . . without going to Italy - this may be your last chance.
Fiat isn’t...
2020 BMW Z4
Some things go together like bagels and cream cheese - and sports cars and manual transmissions. As a rule, sports cars used to come...
2020 Ford Edge
The Ford Edge has enough room for a third row . . . but it hasn’t got one. What it does have is almost...
2020 Mercedes CLA
TV evangelists tell us meerakuhls happen. Maybe so. Actually so, when it comes to the seemingly limitless power being pulled out of limited displacement...
Classic Cars
First They Came for the Muscle Cars . . .
You had to be there to remember - and to understand - so here’s a refresher.
In 1964, group of young Pontiac engineers created the...
Reader Question: Second Gen Trans-Ams?
Here's the latest reader question, along withmy reply!
Huy writes: I was watching your old clip with the AMSOIL for the 2nd generation Trans-Am. I'm...
Less Need for Speed
When it no longer makes sense to do something, people tend to stop doing it.
One such thing is hopping up used cars, something people...
Buying a Used Performance Car
Buying a used car is one thing. Buying a used performance car is an additional thing.
You should assume that the car has been run...
The Last Real Trans-Am
Let's dial back the clock 40 years and return to the early days of the Reagan Era - when Pontiac made a last-ditch effort...
Doomed: Buick Reatta 1988-1991
Did you know that Buick once made a two-seater? With pop-up headlights, even - just like a Corvette?
It’s not well-known, probably because Buick only...
The Pros and Cons of the Old . . . in...
It is far from a bad idea to consider buying an older car given the “new normal” descending. But - as with most things...
Quadrajet Metering Rod Trick
One of the more intimidating aspects of tuning a Rochester Quadrajet carburetor is getting the air horn back on without damaging the primary metering...
The Mysteries of Mechanical Fuel Delivery
If you’re under 40 and thinking about buying a car that’s older than you are, there are some things you may not know about...
Buying Orphaned Cars
McDonald’s isn’t successful because of its food. It is successful because of the availability of its food. Whether in LA or NYC, McDonald’s is...
Toyota’s Z-Car: The Celica Supra
Nissan's Z-car may have been the first Japanese sports car to make a real splash in the United States back in 1969 - but...
Motorcycles
First Bikes
Bikes are not unlike shoes in that you want one that fits.
If you're a big guy, there are bikes that won't. And if you're...
No Helmet, no Diaper . . .
It's hard to not get down when you see what's going on all around. The poltroonish passivity of the populace. Stay safe!
Diaper up!
So I...
The DeadWire
People aren’t getting much of a charge out of Harley’s first electric motorcycle, the LiveWire . . . literally.
Owners - and there aren’t many -...
Reader Question: Home for Old Kaw?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Fred asks: I've been a reader for years (but a slacker on donations). I used to...
Cycle Therapy
There are sound, practical reasons for owning a motorcycle that transcend fantastic gas mileage and low buy-in cost. I speak of the therapeutic aspects of...
Little Stinker Emerges!
Yesterday was one of the first warm/dry days we've had up here in The Woods of southwest Virginia, so I decided to step away...
Motorcycles in the Saaaaaafety Crosshairs
Motorcycles are the last vehicles still largely free from Uncle’s asphyxiating grasp. That is about to change.
The unelected regulatory apparat known as the National...
Does Biker Deserve Death Sentence?
You may have seen the video below that documents a road rage incident which occurred the other day in California.
A motorcyclist is riding adjacent...
2018 BMW K 1600B
Motorcycles aren't subject to Uncle's fuel-efficiency fatwas.
Not yet.
Which explains why BMW is putting its sixes in its bikes . . . while removing them...
Motorcycles Can’t be Automated
What happens to motorcycles in a world of automated - not autonomous - cars?
Don't you hate that slippery shuck and jive? "Autonomy" means independent;...
The Not-Disposable Bike
Just as there was a sweet spot for cars - a moment in time when they were just modern enough to start perfectly every...
Armed Citizens Confront Corona “Case” Seekers
According to the Pioneer Press, a team of state and federal health workers were recently confronted by armed residents who were conducting random coronavirus testing...
Supermarket Math – The Lost Skill
Lower operating costs do not mean lower ownership costs - but it takes a person able to perform supermarket math to be able to...
Encouragement
A reader sent in the following, which I reprint in whole because it's wholly worth reading. For the buck-up it gave me and may...
First They Came for the Muscle Cars . . .
You had to be there to remember - and to understand - so here’s a refresher.
In 1964, group of young Pontiac engineers created the...
Why Diaper the Healthy?
One of the strangest things about the disease plaguing America - sickness psychosis, not the WufFlu - is not the wearing of literal Diapers...
A Maverick, Literally
And the children shall lead us - since the adults, apparently, won’t.
One such is 17-year-old Maverick Stow of Long Island, NY. He decided to...
Diaper Report 9/17/20
Diapering has become almost universal in many areas despite the absence of medically sound reasons to Diaper. This assertion can be proved by pointing...
AGW Fails to Ticket Himself
On my way to my Undiapered dentist appointment, I came across an armed government worker - a "law enforcement officer" - openly flouting the...
Benz Gets Dieseled
It's not just VW's diesels that were targeted for termination. Mercedes has also found itself in the crosshairs - allegedly for the same reason,...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED 9/16/20
Here's the audio of my weekly chat with Bill Meyer over at KMED Radio in Oregon!
When No Means Yes but Not Really
Now we know who’ll be held criminally accountable when a “self driving” car kills someone.
It will be the person who wasn’t driving it.
Rafaela Vasquez...
Shopping Amongst the Diapered
I went shopping at Kroger today; everyone but me was Diapered. It's unsettling not seeing so many faces. So many people afraid of the...
Cycles
Reader Question: Some Bike Advice?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Sam writes: On Wednesday I saw a guy riding a green and white Kawasaki Super Sherpa...
First Bikes
Bikes are not unlike shoes in that you want one that fits.
If you're a big guy, there are bikes that won't. And if you're...
Reader Question: 1980 Harley Starting Problem?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Jon asks: I hope you can point me in the right direction. I saw your video...
Two-Wheeled Post-Corona
Old motorcycles, like old cars, are probably going to experience a resurgence in interest as people become interested in low-cost transportation again.
There may be even...
Rueing the Sherpa
As hysteria about Coronavirus spreads - faster than the disease and possibly more dangerous than the disease - I’m really regretting having sold my...
Reader Question: Is Motorcycle Culture Dying, Too?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Dex asks: I think Harley is dying because Harley riders are dying. Whenever I see a Hog,...
Reader Question: Air-Cooled Bikes in the South?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Bill asks: I hope you'll take a moment to answer this question for me. For many...
The DeadWire
People aren’t getting much of a charge out of Harley’s first electric motorcycle, the LiveWire . . . literally.
Owners - and there aren’t many -...
Reader Question: New Motorcycles?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Kenny asks: I haven't seen anything much by you about the latest bikes. Have you given...
Pharaonic Totems
I had an older friend once who owned a couple of classic cars he never had time for. He worked, so they sat -...
Reader Question: Home for Old Kaw?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Fred asks: I've been a reader for years (but a slacker on donations). I used to...
New Car Reviews
2020 BMW X2
Crossover SUVs are popular because they have everything . . . except style.
They’re great in bad weather, space-efficient and more versatile than cars. You...
2020 Toyota Camry TRD
Stock car racing used to be based on stock cars - production cars you could buy, modified to race.
Today, it’s the reverse.
The race cars...
2020 Toyota Sequoia
Sometimes, new and improved isn’t.
Improved, that is.
The 2020 Toyota Sequoia isn’t new - but that’s because it doesn’t need much improving. Toyota has been...
2020 Lincoln Continental
It took about 25 years to sink in.
The best-selling Lincoln of the modern era isn’t a car. It’s the Navigator - Lincoln’s version of...
2020 Mazda CX-30
When small and medium isn’t quite what fits, maybe something in-between will.
That’s Mazda’s idea in bringing out the CX-30, the company's newest but not...
2020 Lexus GX460
If you want to really go off-road - as opposed to off into the grass - and be really comfortable - without being too...
2021 VW Atlas
How much difference does three feet - and 50 years - make?
It’s the difference between a 1970 VW Beetle - that could carry four...
2020 Hyundai Kona
Crossovers are so popular, they’re getting smaller.
Examples include the Honda HR-V, which was one of the very first subcompact crossovers - and also the...
2020 Fiat 500L
If you ever wanted to buy a new Fiat . . . without going to Italy - this may be your last chance.
Fiat isn’t...
2020 BMW Z4
Some things go together like bagels and cream cheese - and sports cars and manual transmissions. As a rule, sports cars used to come...
2020 Ford Edge
The Ford Edge has enough room for a third row . . . but it hasn’t got one. What it does have is almost...
Reader Question: Mustang II?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Mike asks: I caught your lengthy reply to the guy who asked about old Trans-Ams and...
The One Big Thing About the Kia Telluride
THere's one thing about the new Kia Telluride - and its cousin, the Hyundai Palisade - that makes it different (in an important way)...
Reader Question: Second Gen Trans-Ams?
Here's the latest reader question, along withmy reply!
Huy writes: I was watching your old clip with the AMSOIL for the 2nd generation Trans-Am. I'm...
