Tipping Point?
The work-to-reward ratio has been in steady decline for decades, but may have shifted decisively and perhaps irreversibly since the bottom fell out in 2008. It's bad enough (but still tolerable)...
Muscle Cars Were Slow . . . Part II
I wrote a column a couple years ago (see here) that mentioned an unspeakable truth: Relative to now - classic muscle cars were slow. Back in the day, when the typical passenger car...
Saw The Weirdest Thing …
Sunday evening, the wife and I went for a walk along the Blue Ridge Parkway. As we were leaving, a guy on a newish Harley rolled into the overlook parking lot....
Don’t Be That Guy. . .
You know - Clover.
It's actually pretty easy.
The Don't Do's:
* Don't pull out in front of people - and then fail to accelerate quickly enough such that the driver you pulled out...
Inside Track Interview
Automotive writer Eric Peters joins Franzi in the first half hour. The Southern Arizona News-Examiner is one of the many publications that carries his columns and new car reviews.
http://insidetrackaz.com
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Gorillas, Humans . . . and the NAP
Sometimes I entertain the thought that those who have awakened to the NAP are the leading cohort of what might be called a fifth turning - or more profoundly, perhaps they...
The Beetle as Speedster
VW has changed New Beetle back to just "Beetle" again. I think both names are the wrong names for this car. A much better name would be Speedster.
Perhaps New Speedster.
Just not Beetle...
Volt Double Down
The Volt electric car has been a fizzle for GM - and that's putting it kindly. Only a small handful have sold - and that's putting it euphemistically, given the massive...
More Hut! Hut! Hutting! Heroes
As reported by The New American, a toddler is in a medically induced coma after a Cornelia, Georgia, SWAT team tossed a flash-bang grenade into his crib during the execution of a “no-knock”...
What Made The Light Go On?
The "light" goes on for different reasons - and at different times.
I entered young adulthood a "small government" conservative, probably because it appeared to jibe with my instinctive dislike of being...