Reader Question: Best How-To Manual?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Eric writes: I have very little knowledge of cars. I can troubleshoot some problems just because I have dealt with them in the...
The Changing Climate
It's a shame there isn't more global warming - in my neck of the woods, at least. We could use some. Even though it is early summer, it feels like late...
Little Stinker Emerges!
Yesterday was one of the first warm/dry days we've had up here in The Woods of southwest Virginia, so I decided to step away from the keyboard and unshroud Little Stinker...
AMC Matador, 1971-1978
By the mid-1970s, American automakers were under the gun to reduce both the size and the fuel consumption of their offerings. Gas shortages, price spikes - and the growing presence of...
The Electric Suicide of Harley-Davidson
Imagine a Harley that doesn’t vibrate. No bark through the straight pipes when you push the starter button. No nothing through the pipes - which aren't there anymore.
There is no starter...
Vidcast: The Disappearing Passing Lane
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...
GRAND JURY POWER
Career politicians and legal professionals have done all they can to estrange the Grand Jury from the People they exist to protect. The resulting lack of accountability continues to be instrumental...
What The Government Really Thinks About Gas Mileage
All this hubbub over how much gas cars burn and the government won't even synchronize traffic lights.
How much gas does that waste?
An interesting study was done by a Stanford University researcher...
What Goes Up . . .
Tesla got a lot of press recently for lowering the asking prices of its electric cars. The first time this has happened. It was touted as a sign that the cost...
“Shared Responsibility” Update
I am now officially an Obamacare Outlaw - the deadline for sending in my “shared responsibility” penalty/tax whatever-it-is having come - and gone. Without my having sent them a burnished penny...