Tax By Mile Goose Steps Forward
I hate to say I told you so . . . but, yeah, I told you so.
The fuel-efficient (and planet friendly) hybrid/electric vehicles the government has been aggressively encouraging people to...
2014 VW Beetle R-Line Turbo
Back in the Pleistocene - you know, before the '90s - a "quick" Beetle (the original Drittes Reich model designed by Dr. Porsche and you-know-who) was a 12 second car.
Not in...
A Reader Asks….
A reader sent in the following questions (along with a generous donation - thank you!) which I decided to re-post here, along with my answers. I hope "the regulars" here will...
Today’s Thoughts, Feb. 3, 2014: Journalism in America
What happened to journalism that actually challenged - or even questioned - authority? You know, looked into things - and (as the slogan of a big-time paper styles it) exposed wrongdoing...
Winter Driving . . . in a Modern Car
Times have, as the saying goes, changed.
If you learned how to drive before - roughly - the mid-1980s, you probably learned how to drive in a car without anti-lock brakes or...
I Am Not a Christian, But . . .
Religious belief is ok with me.
So is not-belief.
I wish more Libertarians - and even "conservative" minarchist (small government) types - were also ok with either.
There is an important lesson to...
2014 VW Passat 1.8 Liter
One of VW's chief calling cards has always been efficiency.
For a long time - until very recently, in fact - VW was the only car company selling affordable diesel-powered cars....
Peacekeeping II: Addendum
My article on "A Return to Peacekeeping" (here) has done what I had hoped - prompt serious discussion about practical ways to ratchet down the police state . . . before...
New Cars Are Sometimes Easier To Fix . . .
The conventional wisdom is that new cars are a maintenance nightmare - tough even for professional mechanics with all the right tools to service. There is a lot of truth to...
Today’s Thoughts: Jan. 24, 2014 – Bust
We have a problem.
Donations - the thing that keeps EPautos afloat - are way down. Off by 75 percent compared with last month.
It is dire.
We've managed to secure a couple of...