“Healthy Choices”
People have been trained not to think with precision - to use words sloppily - a necessary bit of groundwork for authoritarian demagogues to succeed.
For example, it is easy - because people...
One Thing at a Time
If you’ve ever restored an old car or a motorcycle - a basket case that needs everything - you know the importance of focusing on one thing at a time. Because...
Crunch Time
Uncle admits that his current fuel economy fatwas have added $1,800 (laughable; it’s much, much more) to the price tag of every new car - a sum that renders the savings...
But Why Aren’t People Buying Electric Cars?
Trump is ascendant not because he’s a freedom jouster but because the people are exasperated with a clueless (and contemptuous of them) party apparat that for years has been trotting out...
Along For the Ride
A guy was killed by his auto-piloted Tesla last week (new story here) and Uncle is looking into it. Of course he won't do anything about it. Because “if it saves...
The Bank Run
If you own a VW diesel guilty of “cheating” Uncle, you’d better scuttle on down to your local VW store. Not to “fix” it (they’re not broken) but to get your...
Particulate Filters for … Everyone!
VW - desperate to appear chastened over its "cheating" sins - has just announced it is going to fit particulate filters to its 2017 model year cars in anticipation of the...
The Government Made Me a Litterbug
Uncle has turned me into a litterbug.
I've chucked empty beer bottles out the window. I do not like doing this. I feel guilty about doing this. I never used to do this.
So...
The Anti-Tesla Gets No Love
It’s interesting that the car That Makes Sense - economically and functionally - gets almost no press while cars that don’t (like the Tesla and other electric cars) do.
Elio Motors (company...
Measuring the Cost of the VW “Cheating” Scandal… So Far
The VW emissions “cheating” scandal has been below the fold for a couple months now, but the repercussions are beginning to hit home.
Literally.
At home.
If you are among those who own a...