2017 Mazda3
In the last Terminator movie, an aging, saggy Arnold tells his younger, time-traveling and still-buff self: I have been waiting for you.
Well, me too.
For the SkyD diesel engine that Mazda was...
Servicing the Semi-Retired Car
New cars come with maintenance schedules that give you time/mileage intervals for things like oil changes, tune-ups, tire rotation and so on. Follow these recommendations and - assuming a decent/sound car to...
One Last Hurrah?
There is no shortage of things to bitch about these days, but a 9 second factory-built race car that’s street legal and fully EPA-DOT compliant isn’t one of them.
Especially since it...
Nothing Runs You Like a Deere. . .
How long before they bring back prima nocta?
It’s a serious question.
Other aspects of feudalism have been part of everyday life for so long now we hardly notice them - and even...
2017 BMW 5 Series
There is a Moore’s Law for cars, too.
Like computers, they get faster - and cheaper - with each new generation.
BMW’s new 5 Series is a case in point. It is now...
A Great Time to Buy a Used Car . . . But Not Because...
You might want to buy a used car while they’re cheap - but not just because they’re cheap.
And cheap they are.
Because of unprecedented desperation tactics to sell new cars - including under-bid...
“Autonomous” Cars . . . and Social Security “Contributions”
Within 12 years, only 5 percent of the driving done in this country will be done by "autonomous" drivers - according to a study that is getting huge play all over...
2017 Cadillac ATS
It was the late '90s and Cadillac was trying to shed the AARP Aura that had enveloped the brand like a sickly fog of Vicks Vapor Rub since at least the late...
The Red Queen Rules
One of the truly scary things about living in The Homeland, as it is officially styled nowadays, is that you are subject to punishment prior to conviction. Merely to be accused...
2017 Toyota Tundra
It’s much simpler buying a Japanese 1500 series full-size truck like the Toyota Tundra - and its across-the-street rival, the Nissan Titan (reviewed here).
Both come in fewer configurations - so there's...