Trump Derangement Syndrome on Nitrous
As a journalist I understand completely why so many people rightly loathe the media. It is because the media no longer understand - or just doesn't give a damn - about...
2018 Kia Niro Plug-in Hybrid
Plug-in hybrids are all about It Depends.
Not the adult garment. The calculation: What you get vs. what you spent divided by how far you drive.
What you get with a plug-in hybrid like...
The Monkey Waves His Paw . . .
I like to focus on the rants - and responding to readers' responses to the rants, general questions and such - but every now and then, it's necessary to make a...
What it Means to be a Law Enforcer . . .
It is no accident that police have become more brutal - in appearance as well as action - since they became law enforcement.
The term itself is a brutal syllogism. The law...
Bell Bottom Blues
Bad timing is everything.
Try, for example, selling bell-bottom corduroy pants today. Oh, Behave!
In 1977, it was another matter. But it is no longer 1977. Thank god, the government doesn’t (yet) mandate...
2019 Subaru Ascent
It's easier to sell what no one else does - but harder to make a sale when you haven’t got what everyone else has.
Subaru is the only car company that sells...
False Flag Efficiency
One of the many cons being perpetrated upon the car-buying public is that the very small, very turbocharged four cylinder engines being served up as replacements for “thirsty” V6 and even...
Viewed from the Proper Angle
Speed limits are as much about saaaaaaaaafety as George W. Bush's invasion of Poland - whoops, Iraq - was about (beady-eyed squint into the camera) "weapons of mass destruction."
This is easily...
Avoiding Problems With Newish Cars
You might be thinking about buying an older car as a way to avoid having to deal with some of the things that come with new cars, like it or not...
Chipped Tires
Tires are supposed to leave tracks - not track us.
Someone should tell the tire companies. Who aren’t telling us about the tracking devices they’re embedding in the tires they’re selling to...