Jab Hands
People are weirdly proud of having been Jabbed; they are dying to tell you all about it.
And they may well be, just that.
Dying.
Many already have. Thousands, actually. Many of them previously...
History Repeats Itself . . . Again
Electric cars aren't new - and neither are their problems.
Back in the mid-1990s, I experienced them firsthand - which gives me some standing to comment on them today. To specifically make...
2021 BMW X5
The main problem with electric cars isn’ the range.
It’s the wait.
Put another way, how far it goes is a less a problem than how long it takes to get going again....
Radar Math
Good radar detectors aren't cheap - but it’ll cost you more to not buy one. And not just in terms of the money.
But let’s start with that.
A top-of-the-line radar detector -...
The Orange Needler
That the Orange Man is dangerous - even more dangerous than his (s)elected successor - has just been established beyond doubt, provided one isn't blinded by sick worshipful reverence for the...
Bicycle Licensing . . . for Openers
There is still one form of getting around that doesn't require government permission - which is largely free of government "mandates," too.
It is the bicycle.
One does not need to obtain a...
Mulcting-by-the-Mile
The government has been pushing “fuel efficient” cars on the public for decades - and now intends to punish the public for driving them.
By taxing them by the mile. To make up...
How “Defensive” Driving Killed Driving
“Defensive” driving has killed driving in this country.
It is a regime defined by hypercautious passivity - that being fundamentally at odds with attentiveness and acting on it, expeditiously. Active-tense used to...
What We’ve Gained . . and Lost Along the Way
When every new car comes standard with air conditioning - and an LCD touchscreen - such things become given things.
It becomes harder to make a case for more expensive things.
Why buy...
2021 Subaru Ascent
Subaru’s thing used to be small, rugged cars - sedans and wagons - that were built to deal with bad roads and poor weather as well as a 4WD truck or...