Is it Ever OK to Speed?
On any given road, at any given time, the posted speed limit might be too fast for current conditions - or unrealistically low.
An interstate highway built in the 1950s for safe...
Things You Can’t Do in a Car Anymore
Burnouts -
It is still possible to light up the tires, but there's more involved than just stomping on the gas pedal.
First, you usually have to turn off the traction control -...
2011 Lincoln MKZ hybrid
There are lots of hybrids of all types on the market. But only one isn't priced higher than the non-hybrid version of the car it's based on - Lincoln's MKZ hybrid.
That's...
1966-76 Jensen Interceptor: Great Name, Nearly Great Car
Hybrid vehicles are not a modern invention. The quirky, quintessentially British Jensen automobile company of Birmingham, England had the idea long before Toyota - and decades before there would be...
Don’t Ever Do This….
Owner's manuals are like "Moby Dick" - we might have a copy someplace, but few of us ever made it through the whole thing. For those who didn't, here's a short...
A Two-Wheeled Hedge Against Inflation
Ho ho ho. Your Christmas present from Ben Bernanke - $3 per gallon gas - is coming a couple of weeks early. "Qualitative Easing" - printing money, lots and lots...
Missing Crappy Small Cars?
Anyone else miss underpowered, stripped-down, fast-rusting, blown-into-the-next-lane-by-passing-semis Shitboxes?
They don't make them anymore - not really.
There are economy cars, of course. But these are of a different species, much evolved from their...
2011 Chevy Impala
Now that Ford has retired the Crown Victoria, pretty much the last large (5-6 passenger) sedan you can buy for less than $25k is the 2011 Chevy Impala.
If you're looking for...
The Powerful Pleasure: 1979-2002 Celica Supra
Nissan's Z-car may have been the first Japanese sports car to make a real splash in the United States back in 1969 - but crosstown rival Toyota wasn't going to sit...
2011 Toyota Avalon
The Toyota Avalon is still the best Buick a Japanese car company ever made:
It's a plus-sized, hugely likable lug of a car. Limo-roomy back seats, relaxed feel up front. Quiet/powerful engine...