The Almost Muscle Car: Chevy Monza, 1975-1980
The '70s (and early '80s) were Weird Years for the car industry. The muscle car era of the '60s was fading fast, but the fumes still lingered… what would come next?...
An Old VW For Everyday Use?
My friend (and web ninja master of EPautos) Dom asked me the other night what I thought about getting an old VW to replace his modern car as his everyday driver....
The Pros – and Cons – of Keyless Car Keys
Many new cars don't come with keys.
At least, not a traditional physical key that goes into an ignition switch that you then turn to start the engine. Instead, you get...
Going Deep
Some friends have been actively talking about their Exit Plans - about getting out of this country before the curtain goes down. While there is still time. They believe the situation...
The Consequences of Being Politically Incorrect
Well, at least they aren't sending us to camps... yet.
That's probably next. One thing does follow another, like dominos. The logic of it being as inexorable, ultimately, as gravitational pull.
So I...
Theocracy Advances in Utah… And Soon Near You, Too
The slippery slope argument gets mocked a lot - but here’s another case that proves the point:
Utah has just done what thinking brains knew was inevitably coming. The state government has...
Time Bomb
In just seven years’ time - unless Trump does something before his four years are up - the average fuel efficiency of the average car will have to almost double. From...
A Tesla Owner Speaks
I've been accused of being unfair to Tesla, that I am infected by personal animosity toward Musk (true; I loathe rent seekers) and a general dislike of electric cars (not true;...
Chipped Tires
Tires are supposed to leave tracks - not track us.
Someone should tell the tire companies. Who aren’t telling us about the tracking devices they’re embedding in the tires they’re selling to...
What’s a Clover?
I get asked - what's a Clover? Definition herewith:
* Clover (noun):
The root cause of every affront to liberty. The spoonful of poo that ruins a gallon of ice cream.
Clovers are...