The CNG Alternative
Whatever happened to CNG - Compressed Natural Gas - as an alternative fuel?
Back in the mid '90s, I test-drove a few factory-built CNG-powered "demonstrator" vehicles, including a new Ford Crown...
Pssst: It’s Still About a Buck a Gallon
I was researching some Now vs. Then costs for a story I did recently on car prices when I stumbled onto something interesting - and revealing.
And so, worth sharing.
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The Case Against Driver’s Licenses
That little plastic laminated card you've got in your wallet or purse - you know, the state's permission slip for operating a motor vehicle? Ever stop to reflect how peripheral the...
Here’s What We’re Missing …
Best-case mileage you can get in a new car is 48 MPG - the advertised highway mileage of a 2012 Toyota Prius hybrid.
It sucks.
If, that is, you can remember... .
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How Not to Save Money
Hybrid vehicles are many things, some of them positive. I tested an Infiniti M hybrid recently that had so much right-now torque (an electric motor strong point) that it launched like...
Road Clovers
Charles Darwin categorized the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands. My job is to provide a taxonomy of Cloveris Americanus - the various sub-species of atrocious "driver" who makes driving...
Get a Ticket – Get a Date?
This one registers a solid 10 on the Creep-o-Meter:
A woman (I'm leaving her name out on purpose) was recently pulled over for "speeding" by Chicago cop, Chris Collins. The cop...
Suing Honda . . . Watch Out, GM!
Heather Peters (no relation to this writer) is hopping mad at Honda. She says her '06 hybrid Civic's actual mileage more than just varied: About 30 MPG vs. the EPA (and...
Going Old?
I've begun noticing a lot more older cars on the road. And they are not headed to an antique car show, either. Almost every day, on my way into town, I...
Cop Types. . .
Bad laws attract bad people to enforce them - while pushing out the good (and semi-good) people. It's a sort of Gresham's Law as applied to human society. And more, a...