Oil Change Caveats
Is it once very 3,000 - or once every 10,000?
The articles one finds online try very hard to be definitive - which is why they're often inaccurate. For example, I...
The Last Run, Maybe…
Santa's been running late because of all the speed traps and Clovers out there. Not to mention the endless meetings with his legal team to make sure the factory's in compliance...
1975 Kawasaki S1 Rebuild: Installment Nine
The S1C's bodywork - including the tank - is now finished and installed. Everything has been repainted in the correct Halibut Blue, with correct reproduction decals and pinstriping. The finish -...
The LCD
Think about something you're better-than-average at. Better yet, something you're good at. Now imagine being required by law - backed by the threat of violence for failure to comply - to...
2012 Ford Focus
People who read car reviews are rightly jaded by the endless press-kit recycling PR stroke jobs. Every car is a good car; no car has any real faults - let alone,...
Remember These?
If you can't get the tune out of your head, does that mean you'll end up buying the car - or even liking it at all? Rich, corinthian leather will only...
When it Snows…
I've done a lot of driving in all kinds of different conditions, from the sublime to the brutal, in thousands of different types of vehicles -everything from a UAZ Soviet military...
We Have Crossed the Rubicon
Do you suppose cows have any idea what's coming as they're marched down the chute? Or do they stare with bovine indifference at the tail and hind quarters in front of...
2012 Nissan Rogue
In 2008, when the Rogue was launched, it was a kind of poor-man's BMW X3. It had more power and better performance - especially in the handling department - than other...
The CAFE Catch-22
The pending (2016) 35.5 MPG CAFE requirements – which for the first time apply to trucks as well as passenger cars – are going to make it very difficult for any...