Reader Question: Are Volvos Still “Safest”?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Beth asks: Interested in your views on Volvo cars. Are they still considered safest vehicles?
My reply: Volvo will get mad at me, probably -...
Reader Question: Accept VW’s Buyback Offer?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Kathleen asks: Eric, I've followed your articles on the VW diesel scam since its beginning. I'm the proud owner of a VW TDI; but...
Latest Reader Question (Dec. 1, 2017)
Here is the latest reader Question, along with my Reply:
Darren asks: Long time reader and down under Clover hater here. For some time, car makers have obediently followed the automotive fatwas to...
Latest Reader Q (Sept. 19, 2017)
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply:
Ray asks: Went to a Walmart today to have new tires put on vehicle. Employee came out to vehicle with a hand held computer...
Putting the Blame Where it Doesn’t Belong
In a strange take on William Burrough’s famous quip about gun control advocates - who want to take guns away from people who haven’t shot anyone - lawyers for explode-in-your-face air...
Reader Qs (July 14, 2017)
Here are the latest Reader Qs, along with my answers:
Jay asks:
I have a 2004 Saturn Ion which still runs well but the body and plastics are falling apart. I would like...
More Reader Qs (6/22/2017)
Here are some more reader Qs - along with my answers:
Berl asks:
I was wondering what you think is the cost impact to consumers of the state laws that prohibit auto manufacturers...
The Black and Blue Bill
Naturally, the solution to the problem of police abusing their authority is to hold them less accountable when they do exactly that.
Leave it to “law and order” Republicans such as Texas...
Texas “hero” Murders 15-Year-Old.
BALCH SPRINGS, Tex. — A "hero" in a Dallas suburb was charged with murder on Friday, six days after he fired his rifle into a car full of teenagers leaving a party,...
A Tire That’s Too Good to be True . . . ?
You can’t inflate it - and you can’t puncture it. It always runs flat. Potholes don’t faze it - and there’s no possibility of bending the wheel because there isn’t one to...