85 MPH: Almost a Speed Limit
On a stretch of road near Austin, Texas there is an actual speed limit. Or at least, close to one.
You can drive up to 85 MPH on Texas Highway 130 -...
A New Car? Or Maybe a Used Car?
Here are some good - and some not-so-good - reasons to buy a new car.
Or a used car:
* Higher interest rates on used car loans - and shorter loan periods ....
Don’t Drink (or Eat) These….
When we were kids, some of us wondered what a Milk Bone dog biscuit tasted like - and a few of us (me) went ahead and tried it. Others sampled Play-Doh...
A Four-Wheeled Measure of Inflation
Uncle says inflation is only robbing us of 2 percent of our wealth each year. (That is what inflation does - it undermines the value of the cash you have -...
50 MPG Then – and Now
Getting 50 MPG out of a gallon of gas has gotten a lot more expensive over the past 20-something years.
Back in 1990, it only cost $5,995 - $10,614 in corrected-for-2012...
How “Safety” Requirements Make Your Car Less Actually Safe
The government enacts laws - or issues regulatory fatwas - requiring that new cars comply with various "safety" standards. Ironically, the result of these standards - in terms of vehicle design...
Tata vs. Uncle
We may soon have access to affordable new cars once more - if Uncle will allow it.
Tata Motors - a major automaker in India - recently announced plans to bring...
Ethanol Anecdote
If you own an older car, be advised. The high ethanol-content "gas" in use today can cause problems when fed to engines not made to use it. Not so much burn...
It Might Be Time to Stock Up…
On a good used car.
Because the new ones - the ones coming online now and on deck for next year (and the years after that) - are going to be...
Dead Pool
How many car brands have died-off over the past ten years? How many will die off during the next ten?
Among the dearly departed: Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer, Mercury, Oldsmobile, Daewoo, Isuzu, Saab,...