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2018 Kia Rio

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Kia and Hyundai are - today - like Ford and Mercury used to be. Well, Mercury no longer is at all. But once upon a time, Mercury was the higher-line (and...

Blown Away . . . for Not Complying

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In addition to "officer safety," another de facto capital offense in this country is "failure to comply." This past fall, a Northern Virginia man named Bijan Ghaisar was executed by armed government...

An Even Playing Field

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Electric cars aren’t just subsidized - they’re not taxed the same way that non-electric cars are.  Their fuel - electricity - is the obvious example. It appears to be inexpensive because...

2018 Chevy Camaro Turbo

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Muscle cars, by tradition, are supposed to have big V8s as their centerpiece attraction. But what happens when a four cylinder makes as much (or even more) power than most muscle...

Who Profits From The Loss of Our Privacy?

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Who owns the data culled by your car? And - more to the point - who is profiting from it? And why aren't they cutting us a check, at least? All new cars...

Operational Neurasthenia

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It’s reasonable to adjust speed for conditions - snow, for instance. But what about drivers who drop their speed because it might snow later? Road (and school) closings, not because it is...

2018 Toyota RAV4 Hybrid

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It’s hard to make an economic case for any converted hybrid right now. This means all hybrids on the market right now, except for the Toyota Prius - which is the...

Thou Shall Not Pass . . .

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This country is painted over with double yellow bars - a sort of rolling-ribbon prison, from which escape is not possible. Legal passing zones - always rare - are becoming almost...

The Ranger Returns . . . Kinda Sorta

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The Ford Ranger is coming back - sort of. There's the name, anyhow. Not much else in common. The original Ranger - which was last available in 2011 -  was an inexpensive, mechanically...

The Wave Builds

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Out on the open ocean, a tsunami is almost impossible to see; but as the wave gets closer to shore, it builds and swells and all of a sudden, it becomes...
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