Latest Reader Question (April 5, 2018)
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply:
John asks: Thanks for all your automotive insights. Do you know the status of Elio production? I took a look at their website but...
Four Star General “hero”
This is a video of a press conference given by NY armed government workers following the shooting of an apparently bipolar man who was pointing a pipe that looked like a...
“hero” Hassles Trucker Because He Hasn’t Made His Bed
Here's a video made by a trucker who got pulled over by an armed government worker who took issue with the fact that the trucker's bed wasn't made. Apparently, there is...
Latest Reader Question (April 5, 2018)
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Mark asks: Enjoy your auto stories. You wrote about highway deaths going up in 2016 and 2017. You hinted you maybe thought it may...
A Lump Under the Rug
The other day, GM announced it would no longer report monthly sales figures. Instead, it would hold on to those numbers internally and only reveal them publicly at the end of...
Warring on Some Drugs
An irony of the War on Some Drugs is that legal drugs - most notoriously, the pain medication oxycodone - are more of an objective threat to people’s health than illegal...
NJ “heroes” Dig for Brown Gold
A New Jersey man who was driving on Burlington Road in Southampton had a very personal run-in with armed government workers who claimed they smelled marijuana on him, according to a report.
It...
Bring Back a Real Car-Truck!
VW’s new truck - if they build it, which hopefully they will - won’t be the first one.
For a couple of years back in the early ’80s, you could buy a...
Feel The Burn
Even long cons can only run for so long.
Elon Musk’s electric car con may be on the verge - finally - of coming unglued. This week, he’ll be forced to reveal...
Video Rant: 2018 VW Passat
Here's a quick look at the 2018 VW Passat - which no longer offers VW's excellent TDI diesel engine but still has some cards to play:
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