Sticker Shock is Only the Beginning
Buying a new car can put you one step closer to living in a van down by the river.
New cars cost about $25,000 on average for the typical family sedan -...
2011 Mazda RX-8
If a car doesn't need a major redesign every three or four years, you know they got it right the first time. When a car stays in production largely unchanged...
What Not To Ride…
Here's the deal on that:
As a new rider, you do not want a sport bike, period.
Sport bikes typically have plastic covers ("fairings,") high footpeg clearance for cornering, stubby, steeply raked "clip...
Your Money’s No Good – On The Roads, That Is…
It says on our Fed Funny Money that "this note is legal tender for all debts, public and private." Except for paying tolls on government roads.
In which case, it's not.
They won't...
Thinking About a Motorcycle or Scooter?
Cars are expensive - to buy and to operate. But bikes (and scooters) are inexpensive to buy and keep up. Most of them get much better gas mileage (50-plus MPGs) than...
2011 Toyota Sienna
It's interesting to note that while all-wheel-drive is spreading to virtually every type of car on the road, it's becoming a rarity among minivans. As of 2011, only the Toyota Sienna...
The … Thing!
The Bible says the poor are blessed in spirit - but they sure get short-changed when it comes to transportation. The Jeep-like VW Type 181 “Thing" - sold here for only...
2011 Hyundai Equus
Hyundai is trying to pull a Lexus with its new Equus.
Back in 1989, Lexus kicked Mercedes and BMW in the nuts with the LS400 sedan. The LS was every bit...
Old Bike Oil Change: Step by Step
Owning a vintage bike is great - but there's a catch. Many dealers won't work on a bike that's more than about ten years old (let alone 20 or 30) and...
It’s Not That They’re Old…
Are older drivers by definition bad drivers?
I doubt it.
In all likelihood, today's "bad old drivers" were also bad middle aged (and young) drivers. They didn't become bad drivers because they...