2011 Honda Odyssey
Minivans started out as inexpensive family trucksters. A 1984 Plymouth Voyager - the grand-daddy of them all - had a sticker price of about $8,200. Even adjusted for inflation, that's still...
Drunk driving and “pre-crime”?
Pre-crime used to be a sci-fi literature concept. But it's already our everyday reality. The fallout from the shooting in Tucson is going to make that very clear, very soon.
But first,...
Cloveritis. . .
I think the Flouride in the water has done its thing... .
Almost every time I go out, I come up on a car that's doing either just barely the limit -...
Rambler American Cross Country Wagons, 1954–1969
It's not well-known, but AMC's Rambler line actually surpassed Plymouth as the number-three brand of car in America (in terms of total sales) by the early 1960s, under the inspired leadership...
2011 Toyota Camry
People like McDonald's.
What's that got to do with a car review? Well, it depends on the car.
Understanding why the Quarter Pounder With Cheese is the country's favorite hamburger - and has...
What Happened?
Watch old movies - you know, from the '80s - and you'll get a few snapshots in passing about how free we used to be, only 25 years ago - even...
“Driver’s” Licenses: Throw ’em in the Woods?
Why do we bother with driver's licenses at all?
They're certainly not a measure of even minimal competence as a driver. You take a written (now digital) test that Forrest Gump could...
Plastic and “Planned Obsolescence”
Remember "planned obsolescence"?
Decades ago - in the '50s and '60s - the car companies were accused of deliberately planning to make new cars old almost as soon as they were sold...
2011 Ford F250 Super Duty Powerstroke
"Super Duty" sounds heroic, larger-than-life.
And the Ford F250 Super Duty is all those things and more besides.
A six-foot-three man needs a step ladder to get up to the bed (Ford thoughtfully...
Where We’re Headed…
I have a feeling that Refusenik types like me will be the next crop to be harvested. (The first being overt "threats" to the government.)
Everything's already in place; the circle is...