2011 Cadillac CTS-V: Release Your Inner Sheen
Those heavy-breathing '60s muscle cars? Not all that muscular, really. Not compared with what you can get now, anyhow.
This hit me as soon as...
On Selling Your Old Car…
There's typically 10-20 percent difference between what a dealer will give you for your old vehicle as a trade-in vs. its retail market value...
What Your Dashboard Isn’t Telling You
Televangelists promise to heeea-uhl you if you put your hand up against the TV - but that (usually) doesn't work with your car. The...
We’re “Covered” – But We’re Broke….
Insurance - over-insurance, excessive insurance, really - is arguably one of the reasons why so many people are having trouble making ends meet.
When you...
It’s All Lance Armstrong’s Fault…
There is an outfit called "Critical Mass" that seems determined to make motorists hate cyclists even more than many already do - if such...
2011 Volkswagen Eos
VW's Eos retractable hardtop coupe was launched about five years ago - in 2007 - when VW was ramping up an attempt to...
The Jesus Hoover…
Are people who are fervently religious - cocksure that their religion is the right and only true religion - mentally ill, sloppy thinkers, or...
Retro-review: 1974 Pontiac GTO
The original muscle car era lasted about a decade, from 1964 to 1974 - just before the industry-wide adoption of catalytic converters. After '74,...
Who Misses Oldsmobile?
Does anyone miss Oldsmobile? Not what Oldsmobile was in its heyday back in the '50s, '60s and '70s - the era of the Rocket...
When Decent People Start to Fear – and Loathe Cops…
Most everyone has witnessed cops speeeeeding - not on a call, just driving somewhere . Yet they can do it with impunity.
Case in point:...