2024 Genesis GV70
Crossovers have become like belly buttons in that it looks like everyone - just about - has one.
Probably because everyone sells one. And because...
2024 Kia EV9
The Telluride has been a great success for Kia, probably because the Telluride is one of the most appealing mid-sized crossover SUVs on the...
New Car Review: 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
The typical EV costs about 40 percent more than an otherwise comparable vehicle with an engine. Plus, it costs a lot more (about $50,000...
2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6
How'd you like to own a Mercedes EQE for half as much as Mercedes wants for an EQE - the company's mid-sized electric sedan?
Well,...
2024 Lexus RX500h
The first luxury crossover - the Lexus RX - is now one of many. When it first came out - way back in 1998...
2024 Honda Ridgeline
Not everyone needs a truck - but it can be handy to have a bed, to haul stuff that won't fit inside (and that...
2024 Audi A5 Coupe
There used to be a kind of car called the personal luxury coupe. These were mid-sized two doors with four usable seats and a...
2024 Mazda CX-5
Sometimes, a new model is sold alongside the model it was meant to replace - chiefly because the old model is still selling well....
Classic Cars
When More Power’s Not Enough
It's interesting that - on the one hand - car manufacturers are making vehicles more powerful than any that have preceded them. GM, for...
OJ’s Bronco vs. Today’s
Now that OJ's in the news again, hopefully for the last time, it might be worth going back in time again - to remember...
Why Manuals Matter
The manual transmission has become something of a rarity, even in vehicles that used to commonly come standard - play on words intended -...
How Times Have Changed
Not only did cars used to have ashtrays - they often had several. My '76 Pontiac Trans-Am has three. One up front for the...
Are Old Cars Practical As Daily Drivers?
This is an addendum to the Precious Metals story the other day; I thought it was worth going into the subject more deeply because...
Precious Metal Investing
Lots of people buy precious metals - gold and silver - to retain the value their paper dollars would otherwise be losing by not...
What Most of Us Don’t Do Anymore
The other day, I started up my old muscle car. This involves something more than pushing the "start" button - which is how you...
The Decontented Car
Everyone has heard about muscle cars - but how many remember decontented cars? Often, such cars were both.
Examples include the "5.0" liter iterations of...
Motorcycles
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...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over...
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
The Air Bag You Wear
People ride motorcycles because they aren't cars - and this goes much deeper than the obvious.
Motorcycles are free of almost all of the crap...
Some Therapy
Sometimes brakes stop you - from going.
It happens when the brake calipers clamp onto the rotors and don't let go. This happens, typically, because...
Hardly Able
People who ride motorcycles still care about motorcycles - as opposed to all-too-many-drivers, who view cars as appliances. Who have been conditioned to view...
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 05/08/2024
Here's the audio of this week's talk with my friend Bryan Hyde, host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about "anti-semitism,"...
The “Hybrid Boom”
Automotive News posted an interestingly disingenuous item the other day about the "hybrid sales boom," the headline touting a truth that hides a falsehood.
Yes...
Vets Co-Opted
Our dog needs flea meds - so I went to the vet yesterday to get them. The vet would not sell me the flea...
Problems With Touchscreens
Smartphones - which are only incidentally phones - have touchscreens and that's ok (so far as it goes) because phones are throw-away devices. No...
The Cost of Predators
Eggs are getting to be as expensive as steak used to be - and may become unavailable - which is part of the reason...
The Economics of “Clinging” to a “Clunker”
There is more incentive than ever to "cling" to your "clunker" - as almost anything that's old and paid-for is derisively styled by the...
Latest Radio: Knights of the Storm 05/5/2024
Here's the audio of yesterday's appearance on Knights of the Storm; we went nearly two hours!
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If you like what you've found here...
When More Power’s Not Enough
It's interesting that - on the one hand - car manufacturers are making vehicles more powerful than any that have preceded them. GM, for...
Cycles
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...
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . ....
They’re Coming for Bikes Next . . .
Most people who ride motorcycles do it because they want to. A motorcycle is - usually - not the primary instrument of transportation. It...
A Casualty of Revenue Collecting
They say "speed kills." Here is a case-in-point.
A cop driving at very high speed struck and killed a motorcycle rider who had the bad...
Helmet Laws
If you ride a motorcycle, "the law" - that is to say, busybody people who write them - probably requires that you wear a...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over...
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
New Car Reviews
2024 Genesis GV70
Crossovers have become like belly buttons in that it looks like everyone - just about - has one.
Probably because everyone sells one. And because...
2024 Kia EV9
The Telluride has been a great success for Kia, probably because the Telluride is one of the most appealing mid-sized crossover SUVs on the...
New Car Review: 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
The typical EV costs about 40 percent more than an otherwise comparable vehicle with an engine. Plus, it costs a lot more (about $50,000...
2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6
How'd you like to own a Mercedes EQE for half as much as Mercedes wants for an EQE - the company's mid-sized electric sedan?
Well,...
2024 Lexus RX500h
The first luxury crossover - the Lexus RX - is now one of many. When it first came out - way back in 1998...
2024 Honda Ridgeline
Not everyone needs a truck - but it can be handy to have a bed, to haul stuff that won't fit inside (and that...
2024 Audi A5 Coupe
There used to be a kind of car called the personal luxury coupe. These were mid-sized two doors with four usable seats and a...
2024 Mazda CX-5
Sometimes, a new model is sold alongside the model it was meant to replace - chiefly because the old model is still selling well....
Latest Radio: Bryan Hyde Show 05/08/2024
Here's the audio of this week's talk with my friend Bryan Hyde, host of the Bryan Hyde Show in Utah! We talked about "anti-semitism,"...
The “Hybrid Boom”
Automotive News posted an interestingly disingenuous item the other day about the "hybrid sales boom," the headline touting a truth that hides a falsehood.
Yes...
Vets Co-Opted
Our dog needs flea meds - so I went to the vet yesterday to get them. The vet would not sell me the flea...
