Rat Bikes …
Bikes are cheap transpo - and "rat bikes" even cheaper transpo. You can pick one up - a functionally (and maybe even aesthetically) good one you can ride every day -...
“Consideration”
I find that driving often parallels the larger scope of society in the US of A. One such parallel is the backward notion of consideration while driving. First I should...
Back to School… For Older Drivers?
Driver's Ed: It's not just for teenagers anymore.
In Virginia, the state DMV has a service set up that puts elderly drivers - or their family members - in touch...
Hidden In Plain Sight… With Low, Low Monthly Payments
If people could not or did not finance new cars, new car "sales" would probably drop by 75 percent - and two-thirds of the currently-in-business car companies would probably be out...
The No Longer Needed V-8 ….
They say that 40 is the new 30. I dunno about that.
But the modern high-ouptut/high-efficiency V-6 is arguably the new V-8. And you can make a case that the modern four...
2011 Ford F-150
Well, they fixed it.
The power situation, I mean. Mustang Sally has had her way with the F-150 pick-up truck - and the afterglow is something righteous!
Last year's F-150 was a fine...
The Fourth of July: Why Bother?
The Fourth of July is weeks away now - but what are we celebrating, really? Independence from Great Britain? Ok, that I'll buy. But the Fourth is also taken as a...
Reasons NOT To Finance Your Used Car Purchase
With used cars, should you buy outright - or finance?
The main advantage to buying a used car is (obviously) the lower purchase price. You have let the original purchaser absorb the...
Stu Monster and the summer of ’86
It was the summer of 1986 - and muscle was cheap.
My friend since elementary school, Stuart - whom we all called Stu Monster in tribute to his exploits with beer...
2011 Audi Q7 TDI
So, what's the real-world mileage of Audi's Q7 TDI diesel? I wish I could give you an exact number but while I was trying to get the Q's fussy trip computer...