Flat Tire Reboot
Getting a flat tire is less commonplace than it used to be - mainly because tires are built better today than they used to be. But flats still happen - because...
Don’t Depend on Just Gas…
Having a generator for back-up power is great - unless you don't have the fuel to run the generator. The irony of the portable back-up generator - most of them, at...
A Modern Take on ‘Planned Obsolescence’
GM - and the auto industry in general - were accused some 40 years ago of perpetrating "planned obsolescence" - that is, deliberately redesigning cars each year, usually in trivial, cosmetic...
2012 VW Jetta TDI
There is a car - a family-sized sedan (and wagon!) that's capable of going 600-plus miles on a topped-off tank - more than a Toyota Prius hybrid - and without the...
Clover Conditioning
It is not enough that we break the heretic. We must make him one of us. Words to that effect, as spoken by the character O'Brien to Winston Smith in 1984....
Features That Were Fun… But …
The other day, someone reminded me about T-tops. If you're younger than 30 or so, you probably don't remember T-tops. But if you're older, no doubt you do.
For about 10 years...
The Oil Change Co-Pay
If using insurance to pay for everything is such a marvelous idea, why not expand the concept? How come, for example, we tolerate paying for tire rotations and oil changes out...
Shop Like a Car Reviewer
I test drive a new car every week - and have developed a checklist I use to help me do the subsequent write-up. This checklist might help you buy the right...
Now Nothing Is Off The Table
Tomorrow - the Fourth of July - should be considered a national day of mourning.
Having affirmed the constitutionality of Obamacare - that is, of the federal government's asserted authority not...
2012 BMW 3 Series Sedan
CAFE - the government's "fleet average" fuel efficiency requirements - have finally put the arm on BMW, too.
Up to now, BMW just built the cars - and the engines - its...