Retro-review: 1966-74 Dodge Charger
Pontiac's Tempest-based GTO had been on the market for two years when Dodge finally fired back in mid-1966 with an intermediate-sized, big-engined intimidator of its own - the Charger.
Though it wasn't...
Don’t Forget to Remember
When you're down, it's time to get out.
I remembered this important axiom of mental health yesterday. Or rather, I was reminded of it, by my girlfriend - who gently suggested we...
2017 BMW C Evolution
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Well, behold the BMW electric scooter.
You will never have to gas it up. But you'll have to wait a few hours while it charges...
1974–1978 Mustang II, Cobra II, and King Cobra
By 1974, the muscle car frenzy of the 1960s had petered-out like an all-night kegger at sunrise. After a ten-year bender with 100-octane leaded premium and 300-horsepower V-8 engines, Ford Motor...
Girlie Cars of the Recent Past
There are manly cars and there are not-so-manly cars. And then there are cars that Liberace would have loved. Back in the '80s, such cars included the VW Rabbit cabriolet -...
The last real Trans Am – and the end for Pontiac
Let's dial back the clock a quarter century and return to the early days of the Reagan Era - when Pontiac made a last-ditch effort to keep the Trans-Am from becoming...
Fat Buzz Cut Hero Assaults Motorcyclist
Here's another example of someone who hadn't harmed anyone being harmed because he "might."
A motorcyclist riding faster than the law allows was pursued by a stereotypically bloated, buzzcut Oregon state cop (driving...
1975 Kawasaki S1 Saaaaaaafety Ride!
Here's a quick thumb in the eye to Uncle - the government - which demands I wear a helmet for saaaaaaaaaaafety, on the bizarre assumption that my saaaaaaaaaaafety is anyone's business...
The Stinker: 1978–1985 Cadillac Seville Diesel
As the second energy crisis in a decade kidney-punched an inflation-addled nation, several automakers began to eye the diesel engine as a way to attract customers interested in high-mileage vehicles. The...
Hardley Able
Well, the pig runs again.
Briefly.
Now that the starter issue has been fixed, the regulator is billowing smoke - god knows why. It didn't before. But mechanical issues are secondary only to...