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...
Lincoln’s Future: Is There One?
Back in the mid-'90s, Lincoln was riding high. Ford's primo brand was actually outselling GM's Cadillac division, which at the time was purveyor of...
Tits Up
There will be no bailout for Saab - and so, no bailout for Saab owners.
Sweden's other automaker, formerly an appendage of GM, recently...
Suing Honda . . . Watch Out, GM!
Heather Peters (no relation to this writer) is hopping mad at Honda. She says her '06 hybrid Civic's actual mileage more than just varied:...
Time to Throw it in the Woods?
When does it no longer make economic sense to pay for new repairs to an old car? When is it time, in other words,...
Oil Change Caveats
Is it once very 3,000 - or once every 10,000?
The articles one finds online try very hard to be definitive - which is...
When it Snows…
I've done a lot of driving in all kinds of different conditions, from the sublime to the brutal, in thousands of different types of...
No More Compact Trucks… For US
Here's the first known victim of the latest CAFE (government fuel efficiency) increase to 35.5 MPG: The compact pick-up truck. And the American truck...
The Used Car Checklist
It's always a good idea to have a used car you're thinking about buying checked out by a mechanic before you buy it. But...
Some Car Q &A
Lots of questions come up when the subject turns to cars. Here are a few that come up often - along with some answers...