Ancient Cars vs. Modern Cars
Modern cars have been around a long time - at least three decades, since the mid-late 1980s. This was the period when the first electronic fuel injection systems and ECUs (the...
Rearden Steel … in Real Life
Engines are getting smaller again - but not because gas is getting expensive again. At about $2 per gallon for regular unleaded, the pressure to downsize engines isn’t economic... it’s regulatory.
The federal...
2017 Honda Ridgeline
Everything makes a comeback.
The El Camino, for instance. Only today it’s called the Ridgeline - and Chevy doesn’t make it.
Honda does.
But it’s the same thing, basically:
A car with a pick-up bed
Better,...
Now Uncle is “Investing” in Tesla
Elon Musk may be the ultimate crony capitalist - the PT Barnum of our time.
But to give PT his due, he was an honest con man.
He never used the government to...
An “Apple” a Day…
You've heard about eating an apple a day to keep the doctor away. It's good advice. Eating healthy can't hurt, at any rate. Well, here are some things you might want...
Who Watches the Watchmen?
It’s one thing to be told you must obey the law. But what being told to obey a cop who is acting contrary to the law?
This happens routinely - and (usually)...
2016 Kia K900
Sometimes, a good idea doesn’t work twice.
The Hyundia-Kia conglomerate looked at the success Toyota has had with its Lexus luxury line - and in particular, the original (1989) Lexus LS 400...
Just Saying No
Probably I ought not to commit this to print - much less the 'Net. But I feel obliged.
Ok, here it is:
I haven't renewed the cattle tags for some of my vehicles in several...
A New Excuse to Harrass and Collect
Orwell described things that seemed a bit much in his novel, 1984. Like, as a for-instance, the Telescreen-prompted mandatory morning calisthenics - physical jerks - the novel’s main character, Winston Smith,...
Fleas and T-Shirts…
I haven't posted here in a few days - chiefly because in between writing the rants (and responding to your comments) I've been playing the role of Marshall Zhukov vs. a Wehrmacht-like...