No One Feels Bad About “Speeding”
The problem with speed limits is they're arbitrary - and presumptive.
A velocity maximum is decreed - and you are presumed a threat to others if you exceed it. Everyone - almost...
Payin’ Paper and Payin’ Apps
The problem with traffic fines as for “speeding” is you pay serially. First for the fine itself and then again - and again - via the higher insurance premiums you’re compelled...
The Fixable vs. The Tossable
Being able to fix rather than replace things is probably going to become of greater interest in the years - perhaps weeks - ahead.
One such fixable rather than tossable thing is...
Clovers, Revisited
The question comes up every now and then: What is a "Clover"?
It's living creature! Also an inside baseball term for them, used by EPautos regulars to denote passive-aggressive/oblivious/indifferent drivers who do...
To Shift For Oneself?
Leaving aside the fun, is there a stronger argument to be made for the manual transmission vs. the automatic?
It depends on your perspective.
There is inherent simplicity, certainly.
A modern manual transmission isn’t...
“Stimulus” of the Right Sort
There will almost certainly be another bailout of the car industry, which is having a time selling new cars to people who are out of work because of the government -...
Conga Clover!
Here's a Clover who created a quarter-mile Conga line of cars . . . because the Clover would not pass a garbage scow. She (I eventually got a look) was either...
Reader Question: Leaking Sunroof?
Here's the latest reader question, along with my reply!
Dianne asks: I have a Toyota RAV4 with a leaking sunroof. After a heavy rain, the headliner is damp and sometimes it actually...
Abolish The Pretexts
One of the reasons so many traffic stops go "bad" is because there are so many pretexts for traffic stops. No harm done - but some law (that is, some authority)...
Corona Clover!
Here's a Corona Clover, creeping along at 37-43MPH on a road with a 55 MPH speed limit. Oddly, it's perfectly legal for a Clover to drive unsafely in this manner but...