Reader Question: FWD vs. RWD-based AWD?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Charles asks: I’m curious about the pros & cons of various AWD systems. In the past 15 years I’ve owned a Jetta, a...
Undercover AGW Sold Buds…
This video is a cheery one for a change!
An undercover armed government worker poses as a buyer of arbitrarily illegal drugs (maaaaan). He ends up buying a bag of buds, all...
2017 Fiat 500
The market for really small cars like the Fiat 500 has never been really big in this country - land of (usually) inexpensive gas and super-sized SUVs.
And BMW’s Mini got there...
Heroes And Their Dogs
Don't consent to a probable cause-free search? They'll manufacture the probable cause via a dog:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITJ502jbh0Y
Can't cross-examine the dog. The dog can "alert" for any number of reasons - including a subtle...
Video Rant: 2019 Subaru Ascent
What to make of the biggest, heaviest-ever Subaru? And it's packing an engine the same (small) size as the Legacy's!
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2011 GMC Acadia
GMC is GM's upscale SUV and truck division - up a notch from Chevy, not quite as high-end as Cadillac.
Until just a couple of years ago, GMC only sold trucks -...
Cat Con Snatching
When they first appeared in the mid-'70s, gearheads in search of more power wanted to get rid of catalytic converters and often replaced them with sections of straight-through tubing - the...
Fork Oil Change How-To (and Why-To)
A fairly simple, fairly easy-to-do routine maintenance chore that's sometimes not done routinely is changing out the fork oil in a bike's front forks. It's a job that's easy to neglect...
Video Rant: 2019 Hyundai Ioniq
Here's a look at what is arguably a better Prius - built by Hyundai!
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The Sound of Gas Pumping
I can't take credit for this one - I just wish I could!
A reader, writing in response to my article of a couple of days ago about the Gay Muscle Car,...