2014 VW Touareg TDI
There are three mid-sized (and real-deal, with significant off-road capability) German-brand crossover SUVs that consume not much more fuel than many current economy cars.
The fuel, of course, is diesel.
And the three...
A Sabot in the Gears?
People sometimes accuse me of being a technophobe or even a Luddite because of my critiques of modern vehicles. But it's not fear of technology that drives me.
It's cost-benefit analysis.
Increasingly, the costs...
Want To Avoid Getting Raped by a Cop?
Why, just don't get pulled over.
This is the advice of George Brown, a captain of the Oklahoma State Police, shared during an interview with a local NBC News affiliate in the wake...
Help EPautos – Earn Yourself a Dollah
I am putting out a call for help - actually, to announce an opportunity.
Here's the deal:
EPautos has a lot of readers - we average about 80,000 visits a month (sometimes, we...
Experiment: 1983 Honda GL650
Regulars here will have already read my series of articles (here and here) about battling the ethanol demon - and casting him out of the fuel tank (and carburetors) of my...
2014 Ford Fiesta ST
What made the original, classic-era muscle cars what they were wasn't high-horsepower … as such.
Oh sure, it was a huge factor. But the decisive factor was the accessibility - the affordability...
“Safety” Winners… And Losers
Government is always a zero-sum game. There are winners - and losers.
It is said - that is, we are told - air bags "save lives." Well, yes. They do save some...
Making Your Car (and Bike) Ethanol-Safe
I wrote recently about the damage done to older (carburetor-fed) vehicles by the alcohol-dosed "gas" that's pretty much replaced the real deal.
See here.
Alcohol, in addition to impairing your judgment and dulling...
The Diesel Dilemma
The last time people began to sweat the cost of gas, they were able to turn to diesels. The cars delivered tremendous mileage (e.g., a VW Rabbit diesel was capable of...
2014 VW Jetta TDI
There are more diesel-powered cars available now than ever. Unfortunately, almost all of them are expensive cars.
One of the few - one of the two - that's not is VW's Jetta...