2025 Audi A4 Allroad
If you're interested in driving car that isn't like pretty much every other car (and crossover) on the road, you might be interested in...
2025 Kia K4
Kia's forte is undercutting its rivals (and then some) on price - without cheaping out. If anything, the new K4 sedan - which replaces...
2025 Nissan Murano
Practically every car company has been trying to maintain the power/performance of the smaller engines that have been replacing larger engines - in order...
2025 Mini Cooper
If you are looking for a small car, there are just a few left to choose among - and only one that's instantly recognizable...
2025 Subaru WRX
Finding a new car that comes standard with a manual transmission is almost as unusual as finding a new car that still comes standard...
2025 Kia Sorento
A couple of months ago, I reviewed the plug-in hybrid version of the Kia Sorento crossover and compared it with its Hyundai-badged fraternal twin,...
2025 Nissan Rogue
The Nissan Rogue is an unassuming small crossover that is also Nissan's best-selling model. More finely, Nissan sells so many of these unassuming small...
2025 Ram 1500 (Again)
When something is replaced by a new thing, it is assumed the new thing is an improved or otherwise better thing. A good way...
Classic Cars
An Analog Look Back
Here's a blurry look back at what it used to be like to sit behind the wheel of a vehicle - as opposed to...
The Unappreciated Greatness of the Aztek
People - at the time - made fun of the Pontiac Aztek. They made fun of it as recently as 2008, when Breaking Bad...
A New Camaro?
GM management has apparently thrown the kill switch - on a new Camaro.
The iconic pony car - it wasn't a muscle car - had...
When Turbos Were Power Adders
If you watched the Super Bowl, you probably saw the 1987 Buick Regal Grand National that was part of the show. This car was...
Post Peak Cars
There's not much else that can be done to make new vehicles better - given government constraints.
They cannot, for instance, be made lighter -...
The $33,000 Chevette
Would you pay $33,000 for a 1987 Chevy Chevette? Apparently, someone just did. It's got low miles - just 47 - so it's basically a...
Heater Core Part III
I finally got the leaking heater core out of my old Nissan Frontier ('02 model year, so now 23 years old) and found a...
Rockford’s Car
TV (and movie) cars are often remembered more fondly - and for longer - than the actors who drove them in those shows (and...
Motorcycles
Some Therapy
One of the things we can do to mitigate the stress of everything feeling like it's spiraling out of control is to take on...
The Disposable Bike
A riding buddy of mine urges me to buy a disposable bike - though of course he does not call it that. He means...
Missing Two Strokes
There's only one kind of gas-burning engine we're allowed to have, which is a shame for reasons that go beyond the obnoxious effrontery of...
When There’s no Room Left in the Garage
Getting another bike is never a problem; it's all-too-easy to get another bike. They sometimes seem to just show up, like a stray cat...
Have Bike Will Travel
If you were to distill mechanized transportation down to its core essentials, you'd end up with something like the dirt bike - or its...
Insurance Incongruity
Having to buy car insurance - motorcycle insurance, in the case at hand - is bad enough. No one ought to be forced to...
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . ....
Helmet Laws
If you ride a motorcycle, "the law" - that is to say, busybody people who write them - probably requires that you wear a...
Latest Radio: Liberty Conspiracy w/Gard Goldsmith 03/22/2025
Here's the audio of my talk the other day with Gard Goldsmith, who filled in for David Knight. We talked about Elon Man, the...
Diaper Report: 03/22/2025
This report is personal - in that it was personally experienced by myself and several people close to me recently, so I am able...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED FM 03/21/2025
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels Up! segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We talked about the Left's...
“Defrauding”
An interesting story broke the other day about Hino Motors - which is a subsidiary of Toyota that makes commercial vehicles such as heavy...
Expunged – of Course
You may have seen the video of the Florida law enforcer who decided the laws - against "speeding" and then fleeing from an enforcer...
Don’t Burn Devices
Leftists who used to love Elon Musk's devices - because by owning one, they could show everyone how deeply they believed the "climate" is...
A Handicapped Driver . . .
You have seen "handicapped driver" license plates. It usually means the driver is physically impaired in some way, such as having difficulty walking. It...
Cycles
The Last Thing Anyone Who Rides Needs
Would you believe - say it like Don Adams from Get Smart - that they are beginning to make hybrid motorcycles? Kawasaki, specifically. It...
When One is None
Every now and then you have to relearn a hard lesson. Such as always having at least one spare key for your old bike....
The Disposable Bike
A riding buddy of mine urges me to buy a disposable bike - though of course he does not call it that. He means...
Why Helmet Laws are Silly and Tyrannical
I wanted to remember what it was like to live in a free country - remember when people used to say that? - so...
When There’s no Room Left in the Garage
Getting another bike is never a problem; it's all-too-easy to get another bike. They sometimes seem to just show up, like a stray cat...
Have Bike Will Travel
If you were to distill mechanized transportation down to its core essentials, you'd end up with something like the dirt bike - or its...
Insurance Incongruity
Having to buy car insurance - motorcycle insurance, in the case at hand - is bad enough. No one ought to be forced to...
Mad Max on Two Wheels
I am often asked what I think is the best kind of car to own if things get really bad. I think the best...
New Car Reviews
2025 Audi A4 Allroad
If you're interested in driving car that isn't like pretty much every other car (and crossover) on the road, you might be interested in...
2025 Kia K4
Kia's forte is undercutting its rivals (and then some) on price - without cheaping out. If anything, the new K4 sedan - which replaces...
2025 Nissan Murano
Practically every car company has been trying to maintain the power/performance of the smaller engines that have been replacing larger engines - in order...
2025 Mini Cooper
If you are looking for a small car, there are just a few left to choose among - and only one that's instantly recognizable...
2025 Subaru WRX
Finding a new car that comes standard with a manual transmission is almost as unusual as finding a new car that still comes standard...
2025 Kia Sorento
A couple of months ago, I reviewed the plug-in hybrid version of the Kia Sorento crossover and compared it with its Hyundai-badged fraternal twin,...
2025 Nissan Rogue
The Nissan Rogue is an unassuming small crossover that is also Nissan's best-selling model. More finely, Nissan sells so many of these unassuming small...
2025 Ram 1500 (Again)
When something is replaced by a new thing, it is assumed the new thing is an improved or otherwise better thing. A good way...
Reader Question: Dealer or Private Seller?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Clement asks: I recently tried buying a used Lexus GS 2000 from a private dealer I...
2025 Audi A4 Allroad
If you're interested in driving car that isn't like pretty much every other car (and crossover) on the road, you might be interested in...
