2015 Honda Fit
Last week, I test-drove the new three-cylinder (and turbocharged) Ford Fiesta. A neat little car - emphasis on little.
This week, I have the new Honda Fit, which is also little - but...
Seduced by Stuff
Give in to the Dark Side, urged Darth Vader. I think I may already have. But the "dark side" is just Stuff - the material possessions that tie me to the...
Bike Coolant Change
If your bike has a water-cooled engine, then periodic changeouts of the coolant - and general cooling system maintenance - are just as necessary as they are when it comes to...
2014 Hyundai Sante Fe
Having two versions of the same crossover is pretty smart. Not everyone needs three rows - and room for seven.
Some, on the other hand, have got to have that third row.
The Hyundai...
Muscle Cars Were Slow . . . Part II
I wrote a column a couple years ago (see here) that mentioned an unspeakable truth: Relative to now - classic muscle cars were slow. Back in the day, when the typical passenger car...
Sexual Battery . . . and Speeding
In Virginia, they're both Class 1 Misdemeanors - along with animal cruelty and larceny. One small notch below a felony. They'll put you in jail for it. The speeding, I mean....
2014 Ford Fiesta “Triple”
I've got a triple in my garage.
It's loud and fast, but spews oily smoke - and gets terrible gas mileage. Probably why Kawasaki stopped making triples. Well, this kind of triple...
“Revenue Collection” … in Reverse
It's not possible to do much about income taxes, or the taxes we're forced to pay on "our" property in order to maintain the fiction we - rather than the government...
Roasted Kids
If you've been watching the news lately, you already know all about it. And you know what's coming on account of it. Homer's car - you know - the one designed by...
2014 Hyundai Equus
Ever buy a generic drug?
Most of us have - because we know it's the same drug as the name-brand drug. Just costs a lot less. If it works the same, who...