The Car Biz Goes Full Clover
Well, that didn't take long.
The car companies have decided - on their own - to install automated braking in all the cars they make by the 2022 model year, just six years...
A Hero Story….
I know a guy, a local guy, who has an older (1980s vintage) car that he bought with tinted windows. This guy is pretty poor and makes his living driving a...
A Nationwide “Safety” Inspection Mandate?
One of the most obnoxious trends lately is the leveraging of government force to pad the pockets of private businesses.
Obamacare is perhaps the most grotesque example (pssst... you don't get "free"...
No Diesels For You!
Thanks to Uncle, you can't buy a new diesel-powered Volkswagen right now - and maybe never again.
VW has suspended sales of all its 2016 models powered by TDI (Turbo Direct Injection)...
Mittens and the Media
Have you noticed that major media web sites like CNN no longer publish reader replies to their stories? Could it be that they realized the false consensus maintained by print media was...
The Glaucomic Google Car
Old people tend not to drive fast. Or even the speed limit.
They sometimes drive into things, too.
This is understandable. They are, after all, old.
One day - if we're lucky - we'll...
The Nihilism of The State
The public has been very effectively conditioned to literally worship cops (e.g., "New York's Finest") as "heroes" ..."the thin blue line"... this ludicrous image of a cohort of self-sacrificing Spartans staving...
Like a Kid-Touching Priest…
Years ago, when I worked as an editorial writer at The Washington Times, I got to know the curmudgeonly - and brilliant - writer Sam Francis. One of his most astute...
GM Commits Seppuku
Here's one way to get around the high cost (and hassle) of owning a car…
Don't.
Bizarrely, GM - a company that makes cars - thinks it's time to stop selling cars.
Rent them...
The “Virtual” Showroom
Computers aren't going to kill us all - they're just going to replace us.
Well, most of us.
I just read an article in Automotive News about Cadillac's plan to turn many of its...