2017 Toyota Tundra Walk-Around
Here's a rainy-day walk-around of the 2017 Toyota Tundra - which (ironically) still comes standard with a V8 . . . while the domestic-brand trucks all come standard with puny sixes!
It's also...
Georgia “hero” Arrests and Cages Sober, Not Stoned Woman
When a Cobb County, Georgia, "hero" pulled Katelyn Ebner over in April 2016, the 23-year-old figured she had nothing to be worried about. She’d just gotten off a waitressing shift at...
Mazda’s New Diesel is Almost Here . . . Maybe . . .
Despite the VW debacle, Mazda is going ahead with plans to offer a diesel engine in the CX-5 at least and - depending on how it goes - perhaps other Mazda...
Georgia “Hero” Shows His Willy
According to a police report, DeKalb County sheriff Jeffrey Mann exposed himself and began walking toward another "hero" in a section of Piedmont Park known explicitly for “sexual acts after dark.”
The report...
Measuring What We Can’t Do
Almost every new car I test drive - even the humblest hybrid - has a speedometer that reads to at least 120 mph.
140 is common; 160 not unusual. Some cars have...
Not-Good News For Toyota
Toyota Motor Corp. President Akio Toyoda speaks of an impending "sense of crisis" as profits at his family founded company spiral downward.
Operating profit tumbled 20 percent to 438.9 billion yen ($3.94 billion) in...
Tennessee “hero” Diddles Inmates
The sheriff of Fentress County, Tennessee, pleaded guilty today to three counts of honest services fraud and one count of deprivation of rights under color of law.
Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth...
On Air With Bill Meyer 5/09/17
Here's the audio clip of my appearance on Bill Meyer's radio show the other day. We mostly talked about the Corn Con but also got into some other things, including the...
Mitsubishi is Doomed…
Mitsubishi Motor Corp.'s operating profit plunged 94 percent in the latest fiscal year, the result of free-falling sales, foreign exchange losses and costs from a fuel economy scandal.
Operating profit sank to...
Despite their Worst Intentions
Cars are so much better than the government had intended that one can only imagine how good they might have been had the government not been involved at all.
In the first ...