An Old VW For Everyday Use?
My friend (and web ninja master of EPautos) Dom asked me the other night what I thought about getting an old VW to replace his modern car as his everyday driver....
The Pros – and Cons – of Keyless Car Keys
Many new cars don't come with keys.
At least, not a traditional physical key that goes into an ignition switch that you then turn to start the engine. Instead, you get...
Time Bomb
In just seven years’ time - unless Trump does something before his four years are up - the average fuel efficiency of the average car will have to almost double. From...
The Consequences of Being Politically Incorrect
Well, at least they aren't sending us to camps... yet.
That's probably next. One thing does follow another, like dominos. The logic of it being as inexorable, ultimately, as gravitational pull.
So I...
A Tesla Owner Speaks
I've been accused of being unfair to Tesla, that I am infected by personal animosity toward Musk (true; I loathe rent seekers) and a general dislike of electric cars (not true;...
1983–1988 Hurst Olds/442
Oldsmobile had a long and distinguished history - and suffered a slow, painful death.
The process of mortification began in the early 1980s, when General Motors gutted the formerly independent engineering departments...
The One Year Wonder (And Why)
When it was new, the '83 Honda GL650 Silverwing Interstate seemed like a sure-bet winner. The basically identical GL500 had been successful for several years prior and before the GL, there...
Where Do Cops Come From?
Ever wonder how come there are men (and women) in costumes "policing" the rest of us?
Most people accept this relationship as both given - and eternal. That there have always been...
What’s a Clover?
I get asked - what's a Clover? Definition herewith:
* Clover (noun):
The root cause of every affront to liberty. The spoonful of poo that ruins a gallon of ice cream.
Clovers are...
Blown Away . . . for Not Complying
In addition to "officer safety," another de facto capital offense in this country is "failure to comply."
This past fall, a Northern Virginia man named Bijan Ghaisar was executed by armed government...