The Good – and the Bad – About New Cars
Just like our marriages, nothing's perfect about cars - whether they are new cars or old cars. Here are a few things about new cars that are both good and bad:
Tire...
Rx’ing the REX
I bought my ZRX1200 brand-new, back in '03. It seems like yesterday - but it was a lot longer ago than yesterday that I gave the front end a good going-over.
Thank...
Don’t Do’s When Do-it-Yourselfing
These are basic, common-sense things - but sometimes, some of us don't do the proper, safe - or right - thing.
Don't let it be you... .
* Getting rid of worn-out tires...
No Oil Change For You!
California has become - ironically - the most anti-car state in the country. Fifty years ago, the Beach Boys sang about the The Little Old Lady From Pasadena.
Today, the state government wants...
New Car Features That Suck
Today's cars are vastly more reliable and better-built than the cars of the past. But some have features you wish would stop working - or that had never been installed in...
The Failure of Satellite Radio
Satellite radio - that is, SirusXM satellite radio - was supposed to be revolutionary, an end-run around the heavily censored, mostly commercials dreck of terrestrial FM and AM radio.
Well, they...
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...
Winter Driving Survival Tips
Yeah, it's almost that time of year again. In a matter of weeks, it's gonna be cold. And a few more weeks after that, it's gonna start snowing, sleeting and freezing....
GM Cars That Deserved to Live
Sometimes, the best comes last - and not in the nick of time.
The Studebaker Avanti was one of these. Styled by automotive legend Raymond Loewy, the 1964 Avanti was a last-ditch...
New Cop Cars Blend Into The Crowd
For decades, it has been pretty easy to visually pick out cop cars from the crowd.
Even without a radar detector, alert drivers knew to slow down when they saw a Ford...
