Cop Types. . .
Bad laws attract bad people to enforce them - while pushing out the good (and semi-good) people. It's a sort of Gresham's Law as applied to human society. And more, a...
Fiat’s Got Troubles
History may be about to repeat itself - for Fiat.
The Italian automaker's first U.S. model since 1987 is apparently a flop ... so far, at least.
According to The Detroit News...
That Word…. Progressive
Progressive insurance is a lot like public education. Both are euphemisms that sound happy enough but mask a number of not so-smiley-faced realities.
In the case of Progressive Insurance - the...
Time to Throw it in the Woods?
When does it no longer make economic sense to pay for new repairs to an old car? When is it time, in other words, to throw it in the woods -...
The Next Step
Are we there yet?
No, but we are getting very close.
We are now at the point, I suspect, that our colonial ancestors were in the early 1770s. They were still British...
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,...