The Automotive Low Flush Toilet
I wish I could take credit for this one, but I can’t. However, I will shamelessly use it - and credit the reader (Jim H) who made the analogy:
Auto-stop/start systems -...
A Colonel Bogey Salute From Dodge to Uncle
While every other car company is doing its best to clap loudest for Stalin - building electric cars for which there is no real market (while pretending there is one or...
2019 Ford Mustang
On July 4, 1826 John Adams lay on his deathbed. His last words were said to have been, “Thomas Jefferson survives.”
His friend Jefferson had actually died earlier that day.
The two men...
Free at Last . . . And Headed to a VW Dealer Near You
A four-wheeled Shawshank Redemption is under way. About 240,000 wrongfully convicted diesel-powered VWs are about to be paroled. The doors of their cells open; the harsh light causes them to blink...
A Vegan Menu at Your Local Steakhouse . . .
Why is General Motors - which only sells one electric car - pushing for a national electric car mandate? Honda and several others, too.
It is not unlike a steak house lobbying...
2019 Ram 1500
One of the things that’s new about the just redesigned Ram 1500 is that if you want a regular cab, you’ll have to buy the old Ram 1500 - which will...
1987 Again . . . for a Moment
Yesterday, I had an encounter with an armed government worker on a motorcycle, running a speed trap. And running laser, which is kryptonite to even the best radar detector because you...
The Real Killers
Back in the ‘90s, a movie came out accusing GM of killing the electric car. The movie was wrong. The real killer wasn’t GM.
It was a tag team of the market...
Always On High Beams
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...
Civilian Interaction Training
It’s not surprising that kids in government schools are taught the government’s point of view about pretty much . . . everything.
Including “behavioral expectations” when interacting with armed government workers (i.e.,...