Electric Car Putsch
It’s not just the government that’s pushing electric cars. The media is equally complicit. Both are engaged in what has to be described as nothing less than a concerted propaganda onslaught...
Adding Soap to the Bubble Bath
Washington excels at unintended consequences. A law gets passed or a regulation is imposed that’s meant to do this . . . but ends up causing that.
One example of this phenomenon is the way...
2018 Toyota Tundra
The Toyota Tundra hasn't changed much over the past ten years - but that's not necessarily a bad thing . . .when it comes to trucks.
For instance: The Tundra - unlike...
Oil Change Pratfalls
Changing a car’s oil is pretty simple - so it’s surprising it gets done wrong so often.
Sometimes, by “professionals” . . . who actually aren’t.
See that part above about “simple.”
Many places...
Thank God for Trump…
Trump is like a set of studded tires. They suck most of the time, but then comes a blizzard - and you are grateful.
Just so now.
If he were not jefe and...
Not So Merry Men
Robin Hood may have been a fictional character, but the thing that drove him and his “Merry Men” to become outlaws was real enough:
Oppressive laws.
Specifically, oppressive taxes.
At every turn, the Sheriff...
It Begins . . .
I expected it to happen, but not this quickly.
California officials are, apparently, "mulling" a ban on cars with internal combustion engines, according to an article in the industry trade publication, Automotive...
2018 Ford Transit Connect
The Ford Transit Connect isn't technically a minivan, but in several ways - most notably its size - it's more deserving of the name than the not-very-mini-vans being sold today.
Models like...
Clovers’ Union
The Clovers who style themselves Consumers Union - not having been elected to this status by any actual "consumers" - have decided they want the government to impose a new mandate...
In the Rearview: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1968-1973)
The last of a thing is often a cause for nostalgia, even regret. The new thing may be objectively superior and hard to fault by the numbers. But something’s been lost,...