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Is Alloy Your Ally?

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You may have read about 2015 Ford F-150, which will have an aluminum rather than steel body. It will be significantly lighter than the same truck made of steel, aluminum weighing...

Event Horizon

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Here's perhaps the single most important thing to know about any modern car (computer-controlled and fuel-injected; so mid '80s and newer) no matter the make or the model: It will probably last a long time...

Vidcast: The Disappearing Manual Transmission

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Here are a few thoughts about the slow-motion extinction of the manual transmission: If you missed the previous Vidcasts, they're here and here. Site news: The new EPautos stickers will be arriving next...

Radio Gig 1

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Here's a link to yesterday's talk radio gig: http://mickelson.libsyn.com/tuesday-october-7-2014 Direct Download: http://traffic.libsyn.com/mickelson/mickelson-2014-10-07.mp3 I'll be on the Tom Woods show again today - 10:30 east coast time. PS: I am still stuck on the stickers thing....

Vidcast: The Disappearing Passing Lane

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Have you noticed? That formerly legal passing zones are systematically being painted over double-yellow? But it's not just that. Safe, efficient passing as such has been targeted for termination - whether...

Questions

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Following my recent interview on the Tom Woods show (here, for those who missed it) I received several car-related questions... via e-mail.  I'd like to reply to these questions. But not via...

Government and Your Car: Tom Woods Talks to Eric Peters

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http://tomwoods.com 12th September 2014 I talked to Eric Peters of EricPetersAutos.com today, and the conversation was fantastic. An expert on cars who’s also a Rothbardian libertarian — not a common thing, I don’t...

Sports Fans

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Sports “fans” – most of whom are white – disgust me. The world is literally falling apart and all that matters to these dough heads is… the gaaaaaaaaaaame. Did “we” win last night? “We” are...

The Old Trans-Am vs. The New Camaro

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I've owned my '76 Trans-Am for more than 20 years. It used to be an incandescent gas hog relative to the new cars. It's not anymore. I have driven several during the...

Your Car Isn’t

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You paid for it - possibly making payments on it for years. It's your car now . . . right? Maybe. But the data it contains effectively belongs to someone else. Don't believe me?...
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