2022 Nissan Leaf
Well, the price is less.
Nissan’s Leaf electric car is now the least expensive electric car available in the United States - and the only...
2022 VW Taos
Sometimes, a car company will bring out a new model so appealing it winds up costing sales.
This new Taos from VW, for instance.
It’s less...
2022 Chevy Malibu
GM’s Chevrolet division was once the American family car division.
Baseball, hot dogs apple pie and Chevrolet.
Remember that?
Today, it sells just one car - other...
2022 Mercedes S-Class
The measure of luxury used to be amenities - things like climate control AC, power everything, leather seats (heated, even) and, of course, power...
2022 BMW 4 Series Soft-Top
Retractable hardtops have their virtues - the chief one being that when the top isn’t retracted, you have a solid roof over your head....
2022 Lexus ES350
There aren’t many luxury sedans on the market anymore. There are lots of luxury-sport sedans.
It’s not a small difference.
Luxury-sport sedans have the amenities -...
The C40 Retard
The word is not politically correct, of course - but it does convey an important meaning. One retards the ignition timing, for instance.
Or, progress.
Volvo’s...
A Look at the Other Bronco
Here's a look at the other new Ford Bronco . . . probably not the one you've read about!
There's more, here.
. . .
Got a...
2022 Land Rover Defender
The iconic Land Rover Defender - the one most people know from safari shows - had an aluminum body, didn’t have carpets - or...
Super Duty vs. Super Duty
Earlier this year, Ford sent me a new (2021) F-250 pick-up with the also-new 7.3 liter monster motor to test drive; this week, I...
2022 Mitsubishi Outlander
The Nissan Rogue is one of the best-selling compact crossovers on the market. It’s also sold - for less - by Mitsubishi.
With more.
The Outlander...
2022 Jaguar E-Pace
A Jaguar crossover SUV is a strange cat. What’s next? KISS releasing a country record?
But then, no one wants to see Gene Simmons in...
Classic Cars
Remember the Service Station?
We have gas stations now.
We used to have service stations.
These were places were you could buy gas and repairs. They had bays and racks...
Silver Linings Amid Darkening Clouds
Every dark cloud has a silver lining, it’s said - and there is truth to it. Much of it, of course, depends on your...
Doomed: Cord 810/812 (1936-1937)
The saying has it that there’s not much new under the sun. To which one might add: But a great deal has been forgotten.
Front...
Heterogenous Cars
As the dreary trend toward the Universal Transportation Appliance - the crossover SUV, soon to be rendered even more drearily homogenous via electrification -...
Reminiscing . . .
You don't see a lot of things in new cars that were once common to almost all cars. It can be fun to remember...
Doomed: Lincoln Continental (2017-2020)
The ‘80s rocker Eddie Money had a hit song titled I Wanna Go Back - which could serve as the funeral dirge for Lincoln’s...
Doomed: Studebaker Avanti (1963-1964)
If you’ve ever hunted deer, you know that a dead deer can run for a surprising distance before it realizes it’s dead.
So it was...
Doomed: Mitsubishi 3000 GT (1990-2000)
Did you know the Japanese built a GTO?
It wasn't in 1964 - and it didn't have had three deuces and a four-speed. Or a...
New Car Options That Aren’t – but Ought to Be!
It's a shame the government - rather than the market - is the driving force behind what's standard in new cars. Imagine, given the...
Doomed: Jaguar X-Type 2002-2011
American car companies - GM and Ford especially - get heckled a lot and justly for repackaging their economy cars and trying to sell...
Black Plastic
I hate plastic engine covers, which cover practically all new car engines. They serve the purpose of making all engines look the same. Of...
Motorcycles
2022 BMW R18 Transcontinental
Time machines do exist. They are called motorcycles.
Like this 2022 BMW R18 Transcontinental, for instance. It’s brand-new - but it could be 1932.
Until you...
The Emergency Bike
I've written before about the soundness of owning - of getting if you don't already own - a motorcycle in order to remain mobile...
Old Bike Asterisk *
Ever try finding a firing pin for an Iowa Class battleship's 16 inch guns? They probably didn't make very many - and the ones...
Reader Question: The Grom?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Zane asks: Wondering what you think of the Honda Grom/Monkey? Its been a decade, and tons...
New Wheels Without All The New “Features”
There is a way to get a new vehicle without getting all the new “features” such as an engine that turns itself off every...
The Deadwire Departs
Harley—Davidson just admitted that a Harley without an engine is like a beach without the ocean. Not many, apparently, want to go there.
So the...
Spring Bike Pre-Flight
Motorcycles have something in common with lawn mowers and weed whackers: It's common for them to just sit for months during the off season....
Why The King Died
No, not Elvis.
This old Kawasaki motorcycle I've got sitting in my office. It has a neat little engine of a type you don't see...
Indoor Motorcycle Storage
After my divorce, I realized I needed a new companion. The problem being, “she” was living in the garage.
I refer to my much-beloved and...
Reader Question: Mummified ’83 Silverwing?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Kyle asks: I am having my grandmother ship a 1983 Honda GL650 Silverwing to me. It...
Enter the ZRX
I started one of my bikes yesterday after it had been sitting for the past six months - the time it took for me...
You Might be Shocked – and Soon Will Be
Since the government is determined to force you to buy an electric car, it might be good to know what you’re in for.
What they’re...
Something Creepy This Way Comes?
I'm not sure what to make of this. Have a look - and tell me what you make of it.
As I was monologuing about...
Choices Made for Us . . .
When you’re not free to choose, you take what you get. More precisely, you get what those who’ve taken away your choices decide you’ll...
Diaper Report 12/4/21
I know a guy who is adamant that everyone be “vaccinated” - which is to say, forced to take drugs that palliate symptoms of...
We’re All “Drunks” Now . . .
You may not have voted for it - but they intend to give it to you.
As part of what is styled the Biden Thing’s...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED Oregon 12/2/21
Here's the audio of this week's chat with Bill Meyer over at KMED radio in occupied Oregon, where Diapermania waxes and the sickness psychotics...
Diaper Report 12/2/21
Second chances shouldn’t be missed.
The first chance was, unfortunately.
Our chance - about a year ago - to put stop strips under the runaway tires...
No $4,500 Electric Car For You!
If electric cars are so very necessary to prevent “climate change” - that imminently looming apocalypse - then why is the government that’s pushing...
Are They Stupid – or Just Bought?
CNN's Jim Cramer has joined the chorus of idiots - or worse - demanding that the Biden Thing impose needles at bayonet-point, "by, say,...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 11/30/21
Here's the audio of this week's chat with fellow Wrongthinker Bryan Hyde, who hosts the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah!
. . .
Got a...
Let Them Eat Volts!
Once upon a time - it wasn’t all that long ago - the Democrat Party was at least nominally a populist party, ostensibly opposed...
Cycles
2022 BMW R18 Transcontinental Walk Around
Here's a look at what I used to love about new cars... on two wheels:
Full review will be up in the next day or...
The Emergency Bike
I've written before about the soundness of owning - of getting if you don't already own - a motorcycle in order to remain mobile...
Don’t Forget to Remember
When you're down, it's time to get out.
I remembered this important axiom of mental health yesterday. Or rather, I was reminded of it, by...
Old Bike Asterisk *
Ever try finding a firing pin for an Iowa Class battleship's 16 inch guns? They probably didn't make very many - and the ones...
Bridging the Supply Gap
Getting around may become harder in the months - and years - ahead. What good is a car without gas? Or a motorcycle without...
Reader Question: Old Bike Retrofit?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Ira asks: I'm in the market for a motorcycle dated earlier than 1980. I'm in NYC...
New Wheels Without All The New “Features”
There is a way to get a new vehicle without getting all the new “features” such as an engine that turns itself off every...
Spring Bike Pre-Flight
Motorcycles have something in common with lawn mowers and weed whackers: It's common for them to just sit for months during the off season....
The Electrocution of Motorcycles
A car is fundamentally an appliance.
While a few are bought and kept for the fun of it or because the buyer likes the looks...
Why The King Died
No, not Elvis.
This old Kawasaki motorcycle I've got sitting in my office. It has a neat little engine of a type you don't see...
Reader Question: Mummified ’83 Silverwing?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Kyle asks: I am having my grandmother ship a 1983 Honda GL650 Silverwing to me. It...
New Car Reviews
2022 Nissan Leaf
Well, the price is less.
Nissan’s Leaf electric car is now the least expensive electric car available in the United States - and the only...
2022 VW Taos
Sometimes, a car company will bring out a new model so appealing it winds up costing sales.
This new Taos from VW, for instance.
It’s less...
2022 Chevy Malibu
GM’s Chevrolet division was once the American family car division.
Baseball, hot dogs apple pie and Chevrolet.
Remember that?
Today, it sells just one car - other...
2022 Mercedes S-Class
The measure of luxury used to be amenities - things like climate control AC, power everything, leather seats (heated, even) and, of course, power...
2022 BMW 4 Series Soft-Top
Retractable hardtops have their virtues - the chief one being that when the top isn’t retracted, you have a solid roof over your head....
2022 Lexus ES350
There aren’t many luxury sedans on the market anymore. There are lots of luxury-sport sedans.
It’s not a small difference.
Luxury-sport sedans have the amenities -...
The C40 Retard
The word is not politically correct, of course - but it does convey an important meaning. One retards the ignition timing, for instance.
Or, progress.
Volvo’s...
A Look at the Other Bronco
Here's a look at the other new Ford Bronco . . . probably not the one you've read about!
There's more, here.
. . .
Got a...
2022 Land Rover Defender
The iconic Land Rover Defender - the one most people know from safari shows - had an aluminum body, didn’t have carpets - or...
Super Duty vs. Super Duty
Earlier this year, Ford sent me a new (2021) F-250 pick-up with the also-new 7.3 liter monster motor to test drive; this week, I...
2022 Mitsubishi Outlander
The Nissan Rogue is one of the best-selling compact crossovers on the market. It’s also sold - for less - by Mitsubishi.
With more.
The Outlander...
Reader Question: Keep the ’19 Taco – or Buy the ’20...
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Greg writes: My lease for a 2019 Tacoma TRD Pro runs out in February. I was...
Reader Question: Affordable Chinese EVs?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply:
Andrew writes: Interesting article - about the $4,500 Chinese EVs Americans aren't allowed to buy. Thank...
Reader Question: Sticking Brakes?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Cyndi asks: I recently had brake work done by my boyfriend. He had the rotors machined...
