2012 GMC Acadia: The Crossover That Can
Until just a couple of years ago, GMC only sold trucks - and truck-based SUVs.
They were slightly nicer, trim-wise, than a Chevy truck or SUV - but not as pricey as...
Our Individual Independence
Independence Day is not far away and so perhaps it is a fortuitous time to consider declaring ours.
As individuals.
The event originally celebrated being the political independence of the United States -...
Automotive Icon: De Tomaso Pantera, 1971-1993
Say Pantera - and most people think '70s. Maybe '80s.
Not 1993.
But they made them all the way into the early Clinton years. Not many. But as late as '93, you could still buy...
Musk is Right About One Thing
Why can’t you just buy a new car?
I mean, without the middleman.
Without having to go through a dealer?
You can buy almost anything else directly - including very big ticket items like a...
A Hero Story….
I know a guy, a local guy, who has an older (1980s vintage) car that he bought with tinted windows. This guy is pretty poor and makes his living driving a...
Mulcting-by-the-Mile
The government has been pushing “fuel efficient” cars on the public for decades - and now intends to punish the public for driving them.
By taxing them by the mile. To make up...
Thanks for the Lyft
Bait - and switch - is an ancient tactic of the sleazy salesman. Advertise one thing, to get the mark interested - then sell him another thing, invariably more expensive. It...
Per The Coonman
I have reports of - and have seen - armed government workers in my state (VA) menacing businesses that dare to transact business. Free exchange is now a criminal offense. Of...
Honda Becomes GM (and Vice Versa)
Trump told autoworkers the other day that the electric car will put an end to the American car industry - and thus, put an end to their jobs as autoworkers as...
2017 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Well, you haven’t got much choice.
But - sometimes - that’s not a bad thing.
The Jeep Grand Cherokee, for instance.
It is one of just a few (one of just two, really) “mid...