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Reader Question: Buy This Mini?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 27, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Jane asks: We need a car ASAP and are looking at a used Mini Cooper hardtop for about $6k with 139 miles on...

Reader Question: The Virginiabahn?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 27, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Fred writes: Speeding - and getting away with it? I invite you to join us on I95 during a non-holiday weekend. Traffic between...

Reader Question: Greed and Trucks?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 27, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Bill asks: I read your article regarding the demise of the Chrysler 300 and I think you may be barking up the wrong...

Reader Question: ’83 Honda Maintenance?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 26, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Tom asks: Thank you for your post about the Honda GL650. I'm looking at one right now, and wondering about maintenance needs and...

Reader Question: Autobahn Speeds?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 26, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Dana asks: I definitely remember reading that our highways were designed to handle traffic flow speeds of 80 mph in good weather. Am...

E-Rant: 2020 Kia Telluride

News/Other Stuff eric - August 23, 2019

Here's a look at something unusual ... not the crossover SUV part. The engine in this crossover SUV part! Also: EPautos "NoClovers" lapel pins - a first - are here! First batch...

Reader Question: Avoiding Uncle-ized New Cars?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 23, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Jim asks: Quick question combining cars with politics. I probably will be in the market for a car in a couple of years,...

Reader Question: Vouch for Corolla?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 23, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Terri asks: I heard you on the Bill Meyer show; you talked about the Toyota Corolla as one of the best cars to...

Reader Question: Why do I Buy It?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 21, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Graham asks: OK the hybrid sounds like a credible alternative for the short term (arbitrarily 10 years or until the last 7 year...

Reader Question: Tech for its Own Sake?

News/Other Stuff eric - August 20, 2019

Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply! Richard asks: Your recent column reminded me of something that happened - either because I no longer have a key but a button...

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Mark3: Probably my 1986 Mustang LX 5.0 supercharged with a methane tank in the trunk. The guys at the car shop say its the fastest car...
Anonymous: I reckon … I don’t throw rocks at grizzly bears, either. I’ve got enough trouble with the drug addict across the...
Anonymous: It’s becoming obvious that any modern car is going to have serious issues within 10 years. The over complicated...
Eightsouthman: As a young man, waiting for the next year model meant something to me. Now I wait 30 years till I know that’s a good...
Eightsouthman: chiph, I have a Samsung Galaxy S5 that quit charging. In fact, when you hooked up the charger, you could watch the battery...
Eightsouthman: eric, I got an email yesterday from Elio where they answered some FAQ’s. As for EV, they said that technology...
Eightsouthman: The insurance companies are complicit in this, refusing to sell you full coverage on an older vehicle. Monday I met a 57...
Eightsouthman: dread, you’re quite the good little soldier. If one stops me on my bike he’s not getting anything. This is a...
Eightsouthman: It will mainly be rural vs. urban from what I’ve seen. Art Acevidos, the top cop in Houston who was run out of...
eric: Hi AF, This is a capital idea! If I still have the writer’s email, I will send him a note to inquire.
Anti Federalist: Just came across this…Eric, how about a “chip in” or “go fund me” drive to purchase and...
Brandon: At least in the case of the state itself. People can leave and move to another State. It is harder when dealing with the Federal...
Marcus Aurelius Tarkus: To focus on just one or your points: Our best hope in re the BeatOff, uh, Beto-style confiscation scenario is...
Eightsouthman: As of 2010 there were 3974 people living in this county. There are many less now and would be even less if the Hispanic...
Eightsouthman: I fear we’re well beyond reviving the A of C. I also fear we’re approaching a civil war involving more than...
Mark3: the ovens / range / sinks / bathrooms in my moms house have to be 50 years old. Still work fine.
Marcus Aurelius Tarkus: “California compliant” is the real problem. When manufacturers of anything–including...
Steve: Conservation of Energy doesn’t allow that. That energy has to come from some where. Regenerative braking works because you...
chiph: Jim – I agree. I’ll be putting about $3k worth of repairs into the 15 year old Lexus this year. “Runs &...
dread pirate anonymous: Well, I dunno … I generally get along with the cops okay, even though I think they are mostly worthless and do...
ReadyKilowatt: The problem with replacing the battery pack is that it isn’t a monolithic slab like in a cell phone. The batteries...
MarkyMark: When someone says your car is only worth X dollars, that’s only if you’re trying to SELL IT! If you look at it...
Nunzio: Detectives, in trying to find the likeliest suspects for a crime, used to ask themselves “Who stood to gain from this...
Tionico: True enough. When California ratified the US Constitution and became a state in 1859, they endorsed, agreed to, and committed to...
Nunzio: C’mon, Walt…we’re talkin’ CA.! The state is on the verge of bankruptcy, despite being the world’s...
Anonymous: similar model and *chassis* condition.
Anonymous: I don’t think it matters much either way now. Modern ICE are too complicated and I would guess they will...
Spazatron5000: “The feminist-liberal tit-less androgynous blob with the bobbed hair, living amidst the cultural splendor of the...
Bostwick9: Keep that EV. I’ve got at least another 15 years of use left in my 05 ION with 72,000 miles on it. And it supports my...
Anonymous: One of my “careers” was riding along with a truck driver to help load hay bales on a flatbed semi. On the way back...
Eightsouthman: It’s the reason I want the first nukes to land in DC. If the terror attacks had been done by terrorists, the Capitol...
Eightsouthman: I’ve lost a lot of time dodging scales and state checkpoints. It’s worth it in N.M. and La. Nearly impossible...
Anonymous: Here you go, [img]https://revolution-green. com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04 /wind-powered-cars.jpg[/img]
Walt: I wonder what would happen if the auto manufactures just stopped selling cars in CA. I betca the would fall into line with every...
Nunzio: This is why I could never buy ‘voting for the [slightly] lesser of two evils”. Which tyranny is preferable: The...
Ernie: Typical 38% at the power plant x94%(6% line losses)× x75% li ion charging efficiency x85% typical electric motor efficiency. You...
eric: Hi Jim, I’d rather avoid the EV that’s going to require a $3,000 (or more) “investment” years before most...
eric: Hi JdL, You’re right, of course – and I feel bad for the people of CA; especially those opposed to all of this.
Eightsouthman: swamp, I’m afraid you’re right. It WILL get ugly if that happens.
eric: Hi Thomas, Sadly, you are probably right. This disease of control freakism is completely out of hand; it afflicts most people as...
JdL: “But CA ought to be free to burden itself.” Translation (??): California politicians should be able to dictate to...
Jeremy: Thanks Jason, I’d never seen that before. Cheers, Jeremy
richb: The irony of of losing longer lasting cars, appliances, other house parts (like windows hvac and water heaters) and consumer...
Anonymous: Nothin’ bothers me tonight. I can dodge all the scales all right.
Jim Henshaw: Re this: “But it makes no sense at all to put a $3,000 battery in a 10-year-old EV that’s worth $6,000”...
Jason Flinders: Jeremy, I always preferred the Weird Al version… https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=0WPzFnZkZmI
Jeremy: Hi Anon, To paraphrase Dire Straits, you can’t “get your current for nothing or your watts for free”. Cheers,...
Eightsouthman: It would appear the tree of liberty died under the onslaught of political Roundup.
WFJacoby: All batteries lose performance in the cold. What’s that have to do with cycle life?
WFJacoby: Where did you find 22% efficiency?
Jason Flinders: I suggest you acquaint yourself with a little ditty known as the “Second law of thermodynamics”. In brief,...
Nunzio: Unfortunately, John, they have the most powerful enforcement agencies ever known to man: Public schools and the Zionist media....
Eightsouthman: X, it’s probably middle-aged white females that eat that shit up the most, then the guys next. They’ve been...
Thomas Chase: Politicians are parasites and have no real redeeming qualities. Most are sociopaths. Trump draining the swamp is like a...
Eightsouthman: ICC is checkin on down the line. I’m a little overweight and my log book’s way behind. And now the big...
Anonymous: Hi anon, I have done NO research in this topic. And know very little, but it seems feasible to me that some form of generator...
Anonymous: “I don’t see why these EV’s can’t be outfit with energy regeneration devices that could replenish power as you...
john T Morzenti: The formerly United States is well on the path to dissolution. Think it can’t happen? It happened in the old USSR,...
Nunzio: ***”Government will never save us from government.”*** ^This!!!!!!! You just summed-up my last 200 posts in 7 words!...
Nunzio: Amen, Tom! If I may add: Trump can’t stop the corruption too, because he is just as much a part of it as anyone else (We...
Ernie: Since the total energy efficiency of the electric is LESS than that of a gas and much less than that of a diesel, there is...
dread pirate anonymous: Some old guy in a 4 door Sierra drove up past our barn and up to the two neighbor houses and right back down...
Thomas Chase: Death of our industry and form of Constitutional Representative Government is exactly what they want to destroy so that the...
Anonymous: Batteries including in Teslas have been found to have less than 50% charge in the cold. Also here in MN the 120v...
Nunzio: Hey Eric! O-Kkkkkkk…… How is acting like Dishonest Abe a good thing; even if it’s against CA.? I thought that...
Nunzio: How the hell did MB go from that…to making the over-priced plastic-laden short-lived garbage that they sell here in the US...
WFJacoby: Once again you clearly have no idea how battery chemistry works. Cell phone batteries last around 500 cycles. Thermally managed...
Anonymous: I don’t see why these EV’s can’t be outfit with energy regeneration devices that could replenish power as you drive. Like use...
ken: Have a 1998 Regal…. NADA claims its average value is $2300. (lol) Good luck getting that from people today that allegedly...
Brutus Anti Federalist: Do a bit of research on the Interstate Commerce Act and you will find warnings that it will give the gubment...
swamprat: Texas is falling fast. I predict in less than 2 years, it will be controlled by the loony libs that came from cali as well as...
Anonymous: I am, by no means, an EV proponent, but if they could have a refurbishment situation, that’d be kinda neat.. and probably a...
Tom M: All of this foolishness because of Marxist sanctioned “fake” global warming being caused by man. This has become a...
eric: Thanks, Charles – and, amen! I keep telling my friends here – I’m talkin’ to you, Nunz! – that the...
Charles Clifford Burgess: As a Southerner, I loved this article. The author is spot on. He is right that the Federal government is now,...
Tionico: The 126 Turbodiesle Benz get well above 30 mpg, are large, comfortable, beautoful cars wiht excellent handlng, and have been...
Tionico: this is a good start.. NOWHERE are FedGov granted authoirty to regulate any characteristic or quality of any piece of machinery....
libertyx: …”don’t the actions of California violate the Interstate Commerce Act?” Here’s the Violation: Tenth...
ReadyKilowatt: Every week we have a team meeting, and every week we’re reminded to take our lunch hour. Never mind that we get a...
X: Yeah, but when are the rest of the “middle-aged white guys wearing white guy clothes” gonna start figuring out that cops...
Eightsouthman: It’s not unique nor in one area. I see(since I’m out all day every day)countless chemtrails that take a long...
Eightsouthman: About 25 years ago, a local high school that was right off I 20 was constructed. It was nearly identical to a prison 50...
Eightsouthman: Recall that Obumer almost immediately said “White men over 40 are domestic terrorists.”. No exceptions. Oh,...
Eightsouthman: Like the story of Amazon thieves from people’s front door. I was asked about it. Lessee, seems like I mentioned...
Eightsouthman: eric, there will always be a place for it until those idiots get their asses thrashed by everyone they meet. I hear my...
Eightsouthman: Kinda like the time I offended this bitch doing DOT drug tests by saying my Eucalyptus lozenge would show me drunk. She...
Eightsouthman: They don’t want to offend the Pope. They’d rather just give him their kids for his entertainment.
Doug: Ignoring the fact Regulations violate Article 1, Section 1 of the Constitution, don’t the actions of California violate the...
Ernie: Sounds like you know the trouble points. The most annoying one for me is that German sense of humor where you make an economy car...
Nunzio: Heck, Ernie, I’ve always wanted a 300D…. Now THAT’s an economy car! Trouble is, only ones people seem to part...
Ernie: Im pretty sure Le CarCass came from the land of the edible snail already disabled… But that C111-3, 200mph for 1000 miles at...
Nunzio: I’d rather have a Renault Le Car than a Tesla! At least the Le Car can be refueled in 2 minutes, and go further than the...
OppositeLock: You’d be surprised how cheap a broken car can be if you’re willing to fix it yourself!
Ernie: See my expansion below- way ahead of ye slick!
Ernie: So I just did the math and a little DuckDuckGoing. Can’t help it, Im an engineering geek and always will be. Our gasoline...
FarmerChet: Except that many of the off-road capable vehicles since 2010 are not designed for anything other than Very Light off-road...
anarchyst: Electric motors may be more efficient, but battery power is NOT. Try driving an electric car in the middle of a Michigan...
Nunzio: Oh! Oh! [-Arnold Horshak], Eric! ‘Lectric motors are clean! That is: The feminist-liberal tit-less androgynous blob with...
Ernie: Electric motors are more efficient. Which entirely misses the point after generation efficiency losses, transmission efficiency...
John G.: Douglas, on my periodic drives from San Diego to NorCal, I see lots of white haze. To me, it appears to be settled/settling...

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