Signs That Car You’re Looking At Might Be a POS
No one wants to step into automotive doggie doo-do. It's much harder to get rid of a crappy car than it is to wipe crap off your shoe, after all.
More expensive,...
Cadillac Coupe deVille, 1949-1984
"As I was motorvatin' over the hill, I saw Maybelline in a Coupe de Ville; Cadillac rollin' on an open road... nothing outrun my V-8 Ford."
- Chuck Berry, "Maybelline"
Well, maybe so.
But...
2011 GMC Canyon
Compact trucks are all but gone - the last of the Mohicans is Ford's Ranger. Everyone else has upsized to at least nearly mid-sized, including GM. The smallest truck you...
Dem Ree-uhms
In the '80s, it was tinny electronic recordings advising you that "the door is ajar."
In the '90s, it was auto-strangulating seatbelts that assaulted you as soon as you closed the door.
But...
Chevy Laguna, 1973-1976
The mid 1970s were a weird and dangerous time for the American car industry. It had to turn on a dime - literally - and figure out how to "compete" with...
Dealing With Holiday Roadblocks
You can avoid being felt-up or scanned (for now) if you avoid flying, but that doesn't mean you're not subject to similarly random - and just as intimidating - random stops...
Track Testing The 2000 Cobra R
(I did this write-up 10 years ago... feels like yesterday!)
The last time I got my hands on one of Ford Motor Co.'s competition-only Mustang Cobra R models was back in 1995....
2011 Kia Forte
It wasn't too long ago - the 1990s - that economy car was a polite marketing euphemism for pathetic losermobile. Economy cars were mostly miserable; sad-looking and underpowered. Tinny, plasticky,...
Buick Invicta, 1959–1963
One of Buick's greatest early Dreadnoughts was the short-lived but extremely memorable Invicta series, which made its debut in 1959 as the replacement for the Century.
The unusual name derives from the...
I Guess The Terrorists Like Us Now…
I guess the terrorists like us now.
I mean, we were told after 9/11 that they attacked because they "hate us for our freedoms."
Remember that?
Well, since we're not very free these days,...