Reader Question: Slippery Cars
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
John asks: Your article (about obese cars, see here) was spot on! However the other important factor is air drag. The slipperier the...
Reader Rant: On This Gas Mileage Business . . .
Here's the latest reader rant, along with my reply!
Ray writes: It's not really a question only responding to the article about gas mileage. I have a 2017 Lincoln MKC and I can't...
“In This Day and Age” Armed Government Workers in TN
Here's a video taken by a man standing on a public sidewalk - an act every law enforcer (as they style themselves) ought to know isn't against the law - who...
Reader Question: Diesel VWs in Storage
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Larry asks: You mentioned a large number of VW diesels are sitting in undisclosed areas until a decision about how they will be disposed...
The Other Diesel Fatwa
Everyone knows about the drawing and quartering of VW over the “cheat” software embedded in the inscrutable labyrinth of code, deep within the “affected” cars’ computers. The code tweaked the engines...
Expert Driving on Display
Here's a video taken by a cyclist of an armed government worker crashing into him. And not just that. The armed government worker - on his sail fawn - makes a...
Sadist Government Worker Tazes… Taxpayers Pay His Victim
Here's a video which shows an armed government worker gratuitously escalating a trivial parking ticket into a $98,000 settlement to his victim.
A man had parked his car illegally on the sidewalk...
Reader Question: TDI Diesel Longevity?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Steve asks: Eric, you have clearly stated your position that turbocharging an everyday car is a bad practice because it increases the stresses on...
Their Zippers Bust, Their Buckles Break . . .
You’ve heard the story about teaching a pig to sing? It wastes your time and annoys the pig. So said Mark Twain, at any rate.
But how do you deal with cars...
Video Rant: New Cars Own Us
We don't own cars anymore; they own us - ownership defined as being in control of a thing. Well, our cars more and more and more control what we're allowed to...