All Fired Up About Tesla
Maybe you saw the YouTube video of a Tesla electric car going up in smoke?
I was tempted to write something about it, but decided against. Reason? I don’t see battery fire...
The Small Car Catch-22
Little cars that don't costs much to buy - or to drive - are making a comeback. The 2014 Mitsubishi Mirage I just reviewed, for instance (see here). It's equipped with...
The Advantages of Being Car-Hip
People sometimes pre-emptively get rid of a car simply because it's "old" or "has high miles." Even if it's still running great - and hasn't given them any real trouble so...
2014 Mitsubishi Mirage
The Metro's back!
In spirit if not name.
And in form and function, too.
Mitsubishi thinks the US car market is ready for a return automotive minimalism - perhaps because so many people have...
Today’s Thoughts . . . Sept. 29, 2013
As most of you know by now, EPautos got badly hacked the other day. Dom spent the better part of Saturday recovering data, fixing corrupted files and getting us back up....
Emasculation as Policy
It's not so much that they want your guns. It's your manhood they're really after. I mean this in a generic way, mind. It applies equally to men and women. They...
The Madness of GM
The economy must be doing a lot better than all the wretched indexes (number of people no longer even trying to find work, number of people on the dole, etc.) indicate....
2014 VW Beetle TDI
In some ways, the current Beetle is nothing like the original whose spirit it tries to conjure:
It's a much larger - and much heavier - car, for openers.
1,500 pounds heavier, at...
If Only Clover Would Move Over
Moving over to allow faster-moving traffic to get by is a wonderful concept. But I'd take it a step farther: If you're not passing, you should not be in the left...
The Mindset of a Hero
Got a story for you guys - a real life example of the thugs-among-us and the casual violence that radiates from their mere presence.
A friend of my wife's works just down...