Reader Rant: Damned Ethanol Gas!
Here's the latest reader rant - along with my reply!
Gary writes: Just wanted to give you a heads up on my switch to ethanol-free gas. My 1987 Cougar with a V6...
The Cost of a Time Machine
The good news first.
You can legally buy a brand-new car without a single air bag or any of the saaaaaaaaafety equipment mandated by the government since the late 1960s.
No back-up camera,...
Reader Question: Hi-Lux or Amarok?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Patrick asks: I am planning a purchase of a pick-up truck in the near future. I moved to Europe a few years ago...
Mistakes and Accidents
Avoiding an accident is actually pretty easy - because most “accidents” aren’t.
They are the result of mistakes.
In other words, avoidable things.
Here are a few common mistakes that can lead to an "accident."
Too...
The Speeding Exemption
In Orwell’s other book - Animal Farm - we read about a mutiny against the farmer by the livestock, who draw up a kind of Declaration of Rights premised on the...
Video Rant: 2019 Toyota Sienna
Here's a look at the 2019 Toyota Sienna - which may be a minivan, but don't let that fool you!
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Latest Radio: On With Bill Meyer (Dec. 5, 2018)
Here's the audio of my talk earlier today with Bill Meyer over at KMED in Oregon!
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EVs, the Internet and Missed Possibilities
Electric cars are kind of like the Internet. Both had tremendous possibilities - especially to free people from the shackles that restrained them for decades.
In the case of the Internet, the...
Cadillac Clover!
Here's today's Clover - "driving" (if you want to call it that) a Cadillac crossover. The Clover surges - speeds up, the slows down - for no clear reason. He (she?)...
Another Bloated Bulletheaded AGW
Here's video showing the arrogance, entitlement - and bloated belly - of another AGW.
This one felt entitled to ignore the Work Zone signs and drive right on through - over freshly...