Pros and Cons of Alternative Fuels
At the dawn of the automobile age, gasoline was the up and coming "alternative fuel" - vying with electric batteries and steam power. Gas ultimately won out, of course. But now...
Car Buying Tips You May Not Have Heard About
Search around the Net and you'll find page after page of car-buying tips; many are good - some you may already know. Here are a few that you might not have...
2011 Lexus GX460
Why would anyone spend fifty grand on a 4WD luxury SUV?
It seems nutty to some of us. After all, you might scratch the paint or get dirt on those nice thick-piled...
Hitler’s Mercedes…
Here's a classic car with one not-so-careful former owner whose historical logbook is blacker than the tires.
In the days of the Third Reich, Adolf Hitler preened and waved at the faithful...
What’s Gonna Happen. . . ?
How do you think this - the current crisis - is going to play out?
Will the economy "recover" and everything go back to normal?
Will the economy continue to deteriorate, even collapse...
Classic Car “Accessories”
Last weekend I took my old Pontiac to a car show. It's a pretty reliable beast given it's pushing 40 years old. But it is pushing 40 years old and stuff...
Maybe Those Old 85 MPH Speedos Made Sense….
What's the point of all these 160 mph speedometers?
Almost every new car I test drive (including four-cylinder economy cars) has a speedometer that reads to at least 120 mph.
140 is common;...
Crappy TV & Movie Cars…
Steve McQueen's Highland Green "Bullitt" Mustang is a pop culture icon. But how about the automotive Omarossas? Which movie and TV cars were the worst ever?
Here's a list of possible nominees:
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GM To Sell Stock Again – Should We Be Cheering?
Someone help explain this to me...
GM has paid back not quite $7 billion of the $50 billion tab it sandbagged taxpayers with last year - and we're supposed to cheer the...
Why Satellite Radio Sucks….
Satellite radio - Sirius and XM - was supposed to be a breath of fresh air. Freedom! No FCC censorship; wide-open programming.
Well, sort of.
There's no censorship - but lots of commercials....