2025 Buick Envision
Can you envision a Buick that is made in China?
It's more than just that, too. Buick - as a brand - probably owes its...
How They “Clunkered” Us
It's important, as the saying goes, to remember the past - in order to understand the present. Why are cars - specifically, used cars...
2025 BMW 5 Series
Mid-sized luxury sedans aren't what they once were - especially BMW's mid-sized 5 Series sedan. Like its main rival, the Mercedes E-Class sedan, the...
2025 Mazda3
Mazda is one of the few brands still selling a sedan - and it's one of the even fewer sedans that's also available as...
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...
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...
Latest Radio: Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith 05/16/2025
Here's the audio (and video) of last night's appearance on the Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith! We talked about Red Hat dissonance - REAL ID...
What’s Wrong With HOV Lanes?
When the government got into the business of owning the roads - which it does, because it is the government that controls the roads...
Subaru Walks Back its “Commitment” to Devices
Subaru has announced it is reconsidering its "commitment" to battery powered devices - i.e., EVs. I like to use battery powered devices because it...
Latest Radio: Wheels Up! With Bill Meyer KMED FM 05/15/2025
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels up! segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We talked about the end...
A Question for EV Buyers
Here's a question for people considering the purchase of a battery-powered vehicle: Would you buy one if you had to pay full price for...
Why the Tax on Property is the Worst Tax
Taxing income is morally despicable because it's your money - and that means it does not belong to anyone else. That means if it...
The End of ASS?
It's an interesting thing to observe that while literally no one seems to have wanted what is styled automatic stop-start "technology" almost every new...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 05/13/2025
Here's the audio of this week's talk with Bryan Hyde, host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about the weirdly dissonant...
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 Buick Envision
Can you envision a Buick that is made in China?
It's more than just that, too. Buick - as a brand - probably owes its...
How They “Clunkered” Us
It's important, as the saying goes, to remember the past - in order to understand the present. Why are cars - specifically, used cars...
2025 BMW 5 Series
Mid-sized luxury sedans aren't what they once were - especially BMW's mid-sized 5 Series sedan. Like its main rival, the Mercedes E-Class sedan, the...
2025 Mazda3
Mazda is one of the few brands still selling a sedan - and it's one of the even fewer sedans that's also available as...
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...
Latest Radio: Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith 05/16/2025
Here's the audio (and video) of last night's appearance on the Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith! We talked about Red Hat dissonance - REAL ID...
What’s Wrong With HOV Lanes?
When the government got into the business of owning the roads - which it does, because it is the government that controls the roads...
Subaru Walks Back its “Commitment” to Devices
Subaru has announced it is reconsidering its "commitment" to battery powered devices - i.e., EVs. I like to use battery powered devices because it...
