Who Pays for the $1,500 Headlight?
Your next fender-bender could cost you thousands - and not because of the cost of unbending the fenders.
The price of headlights is skyrocketing - because they are no longer just headlights....
The End of the American Car?
Next year may be your last chance to buy an American car.
Not the brand. The type.
Arguably, there is only one company still selling American cars. Big, rear-wheel-drive cars with nothing smaller...
The Useless in an Emergency Brake
It won't be long before nothing happens when you floor the accelerator. Well, nothing dramatic. The car will gradually build speed - Not too much! Not too fast! - no matter...
Burnouts and Beatdowns
Detroit armed government workers are apoplectic over a public display of contempt for their authority - which they say is really just "concern" for "public safety." But their steam-out-of-their ears overreaction...
2020 Subaru Outback
Subaru’s Outback wagon is known for being able to get you there - just not very quickly. It was one of the first high-riding wagons with all-wheel-drive, the automotive critter that’s...
1775 . . . Again?
When people desperately trying to avoid a fight are left no choice but to fight, they are often the fiercest fighters imaginable.
The reason being an explosion of righteous anger - of...
Part-Time vs. Full Time Electric Cars
Hybrids are really part-time electric cars.
They have battery packs and electric motors, like full-time electric cars - but they don't rely on them exclusively for propulsion, as a full-time electric car...
Diminished Combustion
It didn’t work last time - but this time is different.
Last time, the method deployed to get rid of cars - or at least, cars for us - was emissions standards....
Money Better Spent
If it’s true that most buyers want “fuel efficient” cars why aren’t they buying them?
It’s a question that’s almost never asked whenever the subject of federal fuel economy standards - which...
Not to Worry . . . Usually
When your car starts making a strange new noise - or emits a strange new smell - it’s not necessarily something major. The first thing to do is calm down -...