Don’t Speed in Indiana . . .
Principles can be very dangerous things.
A terribly dangerous principle was accepted, years ago, when it became legal - though no less loathsome - for armed government workers to simply take people's...
Understandable Derangement
Today - Monday - may be the day the Orange Man is dragged feet first out of the White House. Even if not, the day is coming when his die-hard supporters...
Heterogenous Cars
As the dreary trend toward the Universal Transportation Appliance - the crossover SUV, soon to be rendered even more drearily homogenous via electrification - waxes, it might be worthwhile to look...
They Don’t Just Look the Same . . .
It's often said - correctly - that modern cars (mostly crossovers now) all look pretty much the same. But it goes deeper than that.
Modern cars are mostly the same. Literally.
Beneath their...
The Unmuscular Car . . . and More
The first bad news of the new year is that it's official. Dodge will no longer be making muscle cars after 2023. As distinct from making Chargers and Challengers - which...
Air-Cooled vs. Water-Cooled Bikes
Lots of interest in motorcycles now - for practical reasons. They are a way of dealing with the doubling of the price of gas - by doubling or even tripling your...
The Opportunity Cost of Cloverism
The other day I was waiting at one of those lights that never changes - or at least, takes a really really long time to change. Of course, there was no...
“Drivers” Who Aren’t . . . Who Gets the Bill?
Another auto-piloted Tesla has crashed into another car - two cars, actually - over the weekend. The Tesla’s “driver” - in quotes to ironicize the obvious - was reportedly “checking on...
FRED Says . . .
Imagine a red light that never goes green - unless you obey.
The speed limit. Whatever it is.
And sends you a ticket via mail if you don't.
Say hello to FRED - feu...
Hollow Words
We go through the motions - often, because it’s the easiest thing to do. Inertia. We celebrate anniversaries without meaning. Wedding days in marriages gone cold.
And, of course, the Fourth.
That vapid...