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The Bandit is Gone . . . And Not Just That

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Burt Reynolds is gone and with him a different America. He was in his early 40s when Smokey and the Bandit appeared back in 1977 - at first, regionally. The flick was...

Now That Hybrids Have Become Popular…

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They're going to tax them, too. You knew this was coming - right? That they were not going to let you get away with evading paying your "fair share" of motor vehicle fuels...

Metastasis

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Cancer is never cured - it merely goes into remission. You think it’s over and then . . . Just so, the apparently never-ending diesel emissions “scandal.” Mercedes-Benz, now. It has become the...

The Bio-fuels Boondoggle

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If something's desirable it ought not to be necessary to force people to buy it. Chipotle, for instance, doesn't need to spend millions in de facto bribes ("campaign contributions") to wheedle Congress...

The Modern Mayflower?

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Living in a van down by the river has become a cultural catchphrase - it was part of a hilarious Chris Farley Saturday Night Live skit back in the '90s about...

“Driving”…

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H.G. Wells wrote his novel, War of the Worlds, in 1898 - when a “driver” was someone who drove horses, as in commercially.  In italics  for a reason.  Or rather, a definition. Today, we...

Cadillac Says Good-Bye to the V-8

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Cadillac was built on big engines - from the V-16s of the art deco era to the big V-8s of the '50s, '60s and '70s. But within a year, for the...

Always On High Beams

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High beams used to be usually off. You turned them on if you needed them - which wasn’t usually. That’s about to be turned on its head if a new “safety” proposal...

How Virtual Should Cars Be?

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Driving a simulated car - as in a game - is becoming more and more like driving an actual car - in reality. At least in terms of the inputs. The car in...

“Indignities to an AGW”

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There is a law on the books to cover pretty much everything, but when there isn't, just make one up to suit. It covers all the bases and makes de facto what...
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