Hemi Horror Story
The other day, I ran into a guy I know who owns a late model Dodge Ram pick-up with the 5.7 Hemi V8. The truck has just over 100k on the clock....
Three Things To Know About Oil Changes
You've heard the saying, your mileage may vary? The same applies to oil and filter changes, too. The intervals (time and mileage accrued) are general recommendations that may not apply in...
Car Cliffs Notes
I always read the owner's manuals that come with the new cars I test-drive and review. They've morphed from pamphlets to Moby Dick-esque semi-novels over the past 20 years or so. And...
The Domino Effect
When most people can't afford to buy things outright, the cost of money - interest - becomes even more important than the cost of the things themselves.
For the past eight years,...
The Four-Wheeled Bubble
Bubbles are always obvious ... in retrospect.
Here's one you might not see coming.
The Car Bubble.
People are taking out eight-year car loans.
This is - or ought to be - alarming. The automotive equivalent...
Things You Won’t Find In Your Next New Car
It's almost impossible to find a new car that doesn't come standard with amenities that used to be expensive options such as air conditioning (usually, automatic climate controlled air conditioning), power...
New Car Buying Jedi Mind Tricks
Remember the famous scene from the original Star Wars? Obi Wan and Luke run into an Imperial checkpoint heading into Mos Eisely spaceport. Using his Jedi powers of suggestion, Obi Wan whispers to the...
The Mushroom Cloud Expands
Well, there's good and bad news wafting upward from the immolation of Volkswagen over its now-public end-running of the EPA's preposterously over-strict emissions rigmarole (more about that here and - audio clip -...
Car Quiz!
How much do you know about your car - and what's good (and bad) for it?
Take this quick quiz and see!
* Regular vs. premium gas?
Some cars require premium; others merely...
Tire Talk
My wife had a guy holler at her the other day. Not because she's beautiful (though she is) but because she was driving around on a nearly flat tire.
I am very...