2016 Mini Cooper JCW
It is a $10k jump from a standard-issue Mini Cooper to a hopped-up John Cooper Works (JCW) version of the same car.
A $6k jump from the hopped-up slightly less Mini S...
Orange Opportunity
Many Democrats haven't yet realized that they've been voting for Leftists - and so for their own ruin. As for example the unionized auto workers, now on strike, hoping to leverage...
Little Brothers
Every new car is infested with Little Brothers - in the form of code and programming that “corrects” outright or thwarts whatever it is you wanted to do.
It goes way beyond...
The Double Yellow Prison
This country is painted over with double yellow bars - a sort of rolling-ribbon prison, from which escape is not possible. Or at least, very difficult. Legal passing zones - always...
Elections Matter
Yes, I know. This dirty business of elections is just what Bismarck meant when he spoke of sausage making and how you'll never want to eat one again once you see...
Driver Profiles . . .
If you grew up when driving was liberating, you probably like driving. If you grew up after those times had come and gone, you are more likely to be indifferent to...
A View Down The Road
A few weeks ago, I wrote a story about Ford's creepy MyKey system (see here), now standard equipment in all new Ford vehicles, and the ugly possibilities for controlling how we...
Orange Failed
What would be the point of continuing to support the failed Orange Man as the antidote to the mass hysteria he helped foment - and which he now openly furthers, by...
The Return of Badge Engineering
Why did GM retire its Pontiac and Oldsmobile brands? It was because they'd stopped engineering cars. They had become marketing divisions for the same (fundamentally) "GM" vehicles also sold under other...
The Running Man … For Real
How long will it be before they actually start shooting us from helicopter gunships a la The Running Man?
In that movie, Arnold Schwarzennegger plays Ben Richards - pilot of a gunship...