2012 Ford Escape: It’s No Spring Chicken… But Could Be a Good Deal
The Ford Excursion and Explorer (the real one, with a V-8 and real 4WD) were done in by doubling gas prices, 16 MPG and a tailspinning economy.
Lighter-duty (car-based) FWD/AWD crossovers like...
400 MPG… Or Conspiracy Theory?
Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right after all.
That was the first thought to pop into my head as I read about an engineer named Steve Fambro - and his 400 mpg...
The New RoboCop Car
If you're old enough - or just like old movies - you'll get a deja vu kick (in the head) when you read about the new Carbon Cop Car, the E7....
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
St. Rodney the Divine posed this question almost 15 years ago and it's just as relevant today.
Road manners in the United States are atrocious. Obliviousness, incompetence and deliberate passive-aggressiveness make the...
2012 Infiniti G: A Tux-Wearing Z
A couple of things about the 2012 Infiniti G37 coupe... .
No, wait - three things:
It's available with AWD.
Comes standard with a 330 hp engine.
There's an optional retractable hardtop.
You can get one...
Why the Majors Love Mandates
I've written previously about the add-on cost of government-mandated "safety" equipment such as multiple air bags and (most recently) stability control, tire pressure monitors and (soon) back-up cameras and (very possibly)...
Live Long and Prosper….
If you want your car to last as long as possible - and cost you as little as possible along the way - the following tips may be of interest:
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Sgt. Schultz says…
Say nothing... nothing!
To cops, ever.
Anything you say can and will be held against you. Remember that?
You ought to.
Even if you haven't been formally arrested (merely "detained," as in the case of...
One Memory of 911
People who were there at the time of, say, JFK's assassination will tell you they have distinct memories of certain moments that they will carry with them forever. It may be...
Prius Math
Does the Prius hybrid make any cents at all?
Maybe. If everything lines up right.
The new (current generation) Prius is first of all - in my experience, at least - much more...