Road Clovers
Charles Darwin categorized the flora and fauna of the Galapagos Islands. My job is to provide a taxonomy of Cloveris Americanus - the various...
Get a Ticket – Get a Date?
This one registers a solid 10 on the Creep-o-Meter:
A woman (I'm leaving her name out on purpose) was recently pulled over for "speeding"...
Suing Honda . . . Watch Out, GM!
Heather Peters (no relation to this writer) is hopping mad at Honda. She says her '06 hybrid Civic's actual mileage more than just varied:...
Before You Buy a Bike….
Motorcycles are a lot of fun. They're also relatively inexpensive to buy - and they get great gas mileage.
But if you've never ridden...
Going Old?
I've begun noticing a lot more older cars on the road. And they are not headed to an antique car show, either. Almost every...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...