Cash For Everyone…
There's a federal cash giveaway for almost everything on four wheels - except things that make economic sense.
Two years ago, the government paid people...
2011 Honda Odyssey
Minivans started out as inexpensive family trucksters. A 1984 Plymouth Voyager - the grand-daddy of them all - had a sticker price of about...
Drunk driving and “pre-crime”?
Pre-crime used to be a sci-fi literature concept. But it's already our everyday reality. The fallout from the shooting in Tucson is going to...
Cloveritis. . .
I think the Flouride in the water has done its thing... .
Almost every time I go out, I come up on a car that's...
Rambler American Cross Country Wagons, 1954–1969
It's not well-known, but AMC's Rambler line actually surpassed Plymouth as the number-three brand of car in America (in terms of total sales) by...
2011 Toyota Camry
People like McDonald's.
What's that got to do with a car review? Well, it depends on the car.
Understanding why the Quarter Pounder With Cheese is...
What Happened?
Watch old movies - you know, from the '80s - and you'll get a few snapshots in passing about how free we used to...
“Driver’s” Licenses: Throw ’em in the Woods?
Why do we bother with driver's licenses at all?
They're certainly not a measure of even minimal competence as a driver. You take a written...
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...
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...