The One Good Thing About Tesla
Tesla's $60,000-plus electric car is a terrible idea - as a commercially viable consumer product. But the way Tesla sells (well, tries to sell) its cars is a fantastic idea. A...
2013 VW Passat
The old Beetle was designed as "the people's car" - for European people. It was very small - and very small engined. The current Passat, on the other hand, was specifically...
Be Careful About This . . .
If you like to buy used cars, you may also like to pay cash. It's a great way to convince a seller you're serious - and ready to deal. Unfortunately -...
The Four-Wheeled Fine Print
Offers on TV (and radio and in print) showcase the big numbers and best deals in very large type - with any stuff that might not be so appealing scrunched down...
Where Do Cops Come From?
Ever wonder how come there are men (and women) in costumes "policing" the rest of us?
Most people accept this relationship as both given - and eternal. That there have always been...
Spend Less on Driving
Driving can be fun; it's often necessary. But rarely is it cheap. From buying a car to maintaining it to paying the seemingly endless (and myriad) fees associated with the "privilege"...
2013 Infiniti JX35
No car salesman ever wants to find himself admitting to a customer that he just hasn't got what they're looking for . . . but the guy down the street does.
Before...
EcoBoost Blues
Back in the late '70s, engineers over at Chrysler came up with a way to help their existing engines - which had been designed back in the 1950s and '60s -...
2014 Acura RLX
Acura has what you might call a Lincoln Problem.
Just as Ford is trying to jump-start its dead-in-the-water lux division (Ford sells more Mustangs in a year than Lincoln sells cars) Acura...
Drives Me Up The Wall
Some people are mad at GM (and Chrysler) over the bailout bucks. I'm not happy about that, either. But lately, I'm mad at Ford - which bequeathed unto us the idiot...