Missing the Cordoba
"I know my own needs," said Ricardo Montalban. "And what I need from an automobile, I find in this new Cordoba." He went on to explain the various virtues of this...
Red Barchetta Glows Orange
Rush - not Limbaugh, the rock band - had it almost right.
The song, Red Barchetta, was about a dystopian future time in which engines - not motors - had been outlawed.
My...
Kyle Reese… and Reinhard Heydrich
In the original Terminator movie, Reese - the heroic resistance character sent to our present from a horrific future in which machines tyrannize humanity - displays a bar code embedded on...
Gas is Getting “Cheap” Again
In my area (SW Virginia) regular unleaded can now be purchased for less than $3 a gallon. Most people are smiling - the smile of the simple-minded. Or the dazed. Or...
The “Honda” That Isn’t
Once upon a time, General Motors had divisions such as Pontiac and Oldsmobile that sold Pontiacs and Oldsmobiles. When they began trying to sell repackaged Chevys, people became less interested in...
Solo Diapering
Yesterday, I saw another Solo Diaperer. An old lady in her Buick, all by herself . . . except for her Diaper.
Which made me wonder: Have these people become so habituated...
The Inevitable Arrives
The inevitable usually happens - and so it has come to pass (literally) in the state of Washington, where a bill has just been passed that outlaws the sale of non-electric...
Passivity in Passing
Oner of the reasons why traffic is so bad has to do with so many drivers being so bad at passing it.
Passing used to involve something called acceleration - a thing...
Not Another One
Sometimes, I feel like Higgins in the old Magnum, PI TV show.
Magnum - who was living in the guesthouse of an estate owned by the mysterious novelist Robin Masters, looked after...
The Upside to $4 a Gallon Gas . . .
Gas prices seem to have stabilized - at last temporarily - at the New Normal of about $3.40 or so per gallon for regular unleaded.
But $4 gas did have its upsides....