Plastic and “Planned Obsolescence”
Remember "planned obsolescence"?
Decades ago - in the '50s and '60s - the car companies were accused of deliberately planning to make new cars old almost as soon as they were sold...
2011 Ford F250 Super Duty Powerstroke
"Super Duty" sounds heroic, larger-than-life.
And the Ford F250 Super Duty is all those things and more besides.
A six-foot-three man needs a step ladder to get up to the bed (Ford thoughtfully...
Where We’re Headed…
I have a feeling that Refusenik types like me will be the next crop to be harvested. (The first being overt "threats" to the government.)
Everything's already in place; the circle is...
Gas Saving Tips That Don’t Work
Are you following bad advice when it comes to saving gas? Here are some tips you may have heard about that don't work as advertised:
* Using premium fuel instead of regular...
A Bad Moon on the Rise. . .
There's a bad moon on the rise - in the form of upward creeping gas prices.
Unleaded regular is surging toward $4 per gallon again - the same highs that preceded -...
But, What About The Blind?
Now hybrids are too quiet, apparently.
It's not enough that they're too expensive, too taxpayer subsidized - and usually, too slow. Now Congress is complaining that they're too quiet. The blind are...
2011 Lexus IS250/350 C
Lexus made its bones - and piles of money - by beating Mercedes-Benz and other Euro status brands at their own game.
The top-of-the-line LS series sedan, for example, could be bought...
Plug in – and pay up?
Will plug-in hybrids save us from $3 per gallon fill-ups - or at least, ease the pain a little?
The hype about these vehicles - which differ from the current crop of...
Did you know the Japanese built a GTO?
It didn't have had three deuces and a four-speed - or a 389. Instead, it had state-of-art technology, including an available twin-turbocharged and intercooled DOHC V-6, viscous-coupled all-wheel-drive system, four-wheel-steering and...
2011 Nissan Maxima
Competition is good - but not always necessarily for the seller.
When Nissan introduced the Maxima way back in 1981, the idea of a "four door sports car" - as the car...