Lincoln’s Future: Is There One?
Back in the mid-'90s, Lincoln was riding high. Ford's primo brand was actually outselling GM's Cadillac division, which at the time was purveyor of stolid starter caskets to the AARP crowd....
Tits Up
There will be no bailout for Saab - and so, no bailout for Saab owners.
Sweden's other automaker, formerly an appendage of GM, recently filed for bankruptcy liquidation - not reorganization....
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: About 30 MPG vs. the EPA (and...
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, to throw it in the woods -...
Oil Change Caveats
Is it once very 3,000 - or once every 10,000?
The articles one finds online try very hard to be definitive - which is why they're often inaccurate. For example, I...
When it Snows…
I've done a lot of driving in all kinds of different conditions, from the sublime to the brutal, in thousands of different types of vehicles -everything from a UAZ Soviet military...
No More Compact Trucks… For US
Here's the first known victim of the latest CAFE (government fuel efficiency) increase to 35.5 MPG: The compact pick-up truck. And the American truck buyer.
Ok, that's two victims.
I've just discovered...
The Used Car Checklist
It's always a good idea to have a used car you're thinking about buying checked out by a mechanic before you buy it. But you don't have to be a mechanic...
Some Car Q &A
Lots of questions come up when the subject turns to cars. Here are a few that come up often - along with some answers that may help:
* Is it a...
Road Trip … Or Moon Shot?
You don't have to be a cranky old fart to find yourself increasingly at odds with the multiplexed interfaces, mouse inputs and menus, touch screen displays and tyrannical computer "aids" that...