Reader Rant: The Rise of Octane!
Here's the latest reader rant - along with my reply!
Greg writes: Watched an invest speech on lithium batteries. Guy who originally worked on the battery for the 2.5 pound Motorola Brick back...
Reader Question: Injecting Old Cars?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Bruce asks: I'm just wondering why you seem opposed to installing a fuel injection system (e.g., the FAST throttle body unit) on an...
Building Cars For Which There’s No Market
Automakers with ambitious plans to roll out more than a hundred new battery-powered models in the next five years appear to be forgetting one little thing: Drivers aren’t yet buzzed about...
Latest Reader Questions (Jan. 24, 2018)
Here are the latest reader questions, along with my replies:
Clyde asks: All cars sold in 2018 are data miners, certainly. How about older models? When did mining start?
My reply: GM began equipping...
Reader Question: Fixing it Again, Tony?
Here's the latest reader question - along with my reply!
Lake asks: I really want a 124 over the Miata for the reasons listed in your review - but I can’t get...
4 AGWs Kick Burning Man
Here's recap video of a horrific case of Hut! Hut Hutting! that occurred last year. AGWs were pursuing one man, who crashed his car into another man's car. A fire broke...
New Chimp Same as the Old Chimp
The Obama Regime Has No Constitutional Scruples
By Paul Craig Roberts
Misreading the fight over military detention
During an interview with RT on December 1, I said that the US Constitution had been shredded...
Plastic Not-So-Fantastic
I miss glass headlights.
They didn't yellow and haze over like a 90- year-old man's rheumy eyes - like modern plastic headlight "assemblies" always do after just three or four years. Then...
A Small Thing Can Lead to Big Trouble
Let's say you're unlucky enough to live in a state that has a mandatory "buckle up for safety" law. But you prefer not to wear a seat belt - for any...
The Elon Mordita
Extortion is illegal provided you call it that. If you call it something else - “emissions credits,” for instance - then it’s ok.
Tesla just extorted several hundred million dollars from FiatChrysler...