The In-Car Checkpoint
A new principle forms the basis of American criminal justice. It is that innocence is irrelevant. More accurately, it is an obstruction.
It gets in the way of what government wants -...
2019 VW Beetle Final
In 1979, VW stopped selling the Beetle - at least, in the United States.
Uncle would not allow it.
The car designed back in the 1930s could not meet the crashworthiness and emissions...
The Purge
I just discovered this morning that the short video I made the other day discussing the absence of the latest saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaafety features in the 2019 VW Beetle I test drove recently...
Funeral for Fiat?
Newspaper people know that obits are written in advance - so they're ready to go when the inevitable does occur.
Fiat is looking a little green around the gills.
Automotive News reports that...
Punished Regardless
Did you know that when you're stopped for no reason at a drunk driving checkpoint - well, stopped for no reason having anything to do with something you did to suggest...
Never Leave Home Without One
Not American Express. Not even a radar detector - though that is much more important than any credit card.
A camera. To record what you didn't do - and what AGWs do....
Towing the Statue of Liberty
How does he get away with it?
The simple answer is . . . the press lets him. Over and over and over again. Ludicrous claims that ought to trigger the raising...
2019 BMW M35i
Why sell the same basic car two different ways?
Well, first of all, you make it not quite the same - in order to appeal to two different buyers.
That way, you can...
Where’s Our Cut?
You’ve probably seen people driving around in cars covered over - “wrapped” - with advertisements for some service or product and wondered how much the owner got paid to allow his...
Cycle Therapy
There are sound, practical reasons for owning a motorcycle that transcend fantastic gas mileage and low buy-in cost. I speak of the therapeutic aspects of motorcycle ownership.
Knowing you have one; that it’s...