2025 Toyota Crown Signia
When Toyota created Lexus, it did so not because people weren't buying Toyotas. It was done to get people who had more money to...
2025 Lincoln Nautilus
There used to be luxury brands. Most of them have morphed into luxury-sport brands. The distinction is important - if you don't especially want...
2025 Ram 2500
They say a college BA is what a high school degree used to be. In the same way, a 2500 is what a 1500...
2025 Range Rover Sport
How much is not having a third row worth to you? How about $24,200? That is the difference - in base price - between...
2025 Ford Explorer
There are lots of crossovers that look like SUVs but aren't. Few can pull more than 3,500 lbs. and none are built on a...
2025 Subaru Forester
The Forester is one of Subaru's most important models - to Subaru, in that it is one of Subaru's best-selling models. For this reason...
2025 Infiniti QX80
Until recently, big vehicles - big SUVs especially - generally came with big engines. The Infiniti QX80 was no exception. Since its 2004 debut...
2025 GMC Canyon
There are no small trucks anymore. They've all been replaced by "mid-size" trucks like the 2025 GMC Canyon and its competitors - which are...
Classic Cars
This is How Cars Were Made 40 Years Ago . ....
The video that follows is interesting - but not entirely for the reasons intended. A mechanic does a walk-around of a 40-year-old time-capsule Toyota...
The Engine Cover Conspiracy
One of the reasons people who like cars go to old car shows is because they like to look at the engines. It's why...
I Think She Loves Me
There are some old cars - sometimes - that seem to care about you. They break down in convenient places. Or they let you...
Will VW Ruin the GTI?
First, they took away the manual transmission - which took away much of the fun of driving the VW GTI. That the now-standard automatic...
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...
Motorcycles
Lane Split Death Sentence
A guy riding his motorcycle was nearly killed a couple months back by another guy - in a car - who doesn't like motorcycle...
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 . . ....
Which is Worse?
There are two equally hideous explanations for Trump's meltdowns over being asked questions about the doings of Jeffrey Epstein and those who associated with...
Oh, Thank You Massa Noem!
We are supposed to be grateful to the overripe Kristi Noem, who is Trump's "secretary" (such an innocuous word!) of the Department of Homeland...
Lane Split Death Sentence
A guy riding his motorcycle was nearly killed a couple months back by another guy - in a car - who doesn't like motorcycle...
First Look: 2025 Mazda CX50
Here's a quick look at some of the good things about the '25 Mazda CX50 I'm test-driving this week. Amazingly, there are some. Meanwhile...
“Trump’s New Law May Mean Thirstier Engines”
Is it too early to start drinking?
I read the headline of this Automotive News (sic)Â article - which is the headline of this one...
Weird Email From X . . .
I got an email yesterday from what I am beginning to think may be a Bot. A Bot from X, which, if it's so,...
Latest Radio: Wheels Up! With Bill Meyer/KMED FM 07/11/2025
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels Up! segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We got into the Epstein...
Zero! Zero! Zero!
Ford has fluffed up its "sales" numbers by temporarily giving away vehicles to people who don't understand there's no such thing as a free...
Cycles
Lane Split Death Sentence
A guy riding his motorcycle was nearly killed a couple months back by another guy - in a car - who doesn't like motorcycle...
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...
New Car Reviews
2025 Toyota Crown Signia
When Toyota created Lexus, it did so not because people weren't buying Toyotas. It was done to get people who had more money to...
2025 Lincoln Nautilus
There used to be luxury brands. Most of them have morphed into luxury-sport brands. The distinction is important - if you don't especially want...
2025 Ram 2500
They say a college BA is what a high school degree used to be. In the same way, a 2500 is what a 1500...
2025 Range Rover Sport
How much is not having a third row worth to you? How about $24,200? That is the difference - in base price - between...
2025 Ford Explorer
There are lots of crossovers that look like SUVs but aren't. Few can pull more than 3,500 lbs. and none are built on a...
2025 Subaru Forester
The Forester is one of Subaru's most important models - to Subaru, in that it is one of Subaru's best-selling models. For this reason...
2025 Infiniti QX80
Until recently, big vehicles - big SUVs especially - generally came with big engines. The Infiniti QX80 was no exception. Since its 2004 debut...
2025 GMC Canyon
There are no small trucks anymore. They've all been replaced by "mid-size" trucks like the 2025 GMC Canyon and its competitors - which are...
Which is Worse?
There are two equally hideous explanations for Trump's meltdowns over being asked questions about the doings of Jeffrey Epstein and those who associated with...
Oh, Thank You Massa Noem!
We are supposed to be grateful to the overripe Kristi Noem, who is Trump's "secretary" (such an innocuous word!) of the Department of Homeland...
Lane Split Death Sentence
A guy riding his motorcycle was nearly killed a couple months back by another guy - in a car - who doesn't like motorcycle...
