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 windows and locks, cruise and (usually) at least a four-speaker stereo system. But there are also items that used to be givens in cars […]
High Heels and 4WD
It’s a good idea to skip the high heels if you’re going out for a hike. Similarly, a two-wheel-drive truck is just about the worst possible choice for attempting to make your way up a steep gravel driveway in summer. Forget winter. I rediscovered this truth the other day after not making it up my friend Tim’s steep gravel […]
The Other Side of the Coin
I am writing in response to Eric Peters’ NMA “The Mushroom Cloud Expands” blog of October 5 about the VW emissions scandal. Mr. Peters is a proud libertarian who feels that government intrusion into our lives is usually misguided and sometime tyrannical. In the current case of VW he says the villain is the EPA, […]
What They’re After…
• October 26, 2015 • 0 Comments • Auto Industry, Eric Peters, Fuel, Insurance Companies, Mass Transit
They want us out of our cars, that’s the bottom line. “They” being the California General Assembly — which just passed a bill (SB 350, the “Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015,” see here) that mandates a 50 percent reduction in petroleum use statewide by 2030. The legislation empowers the California Air Resources […]
Last Call…
Some of you may have caught my recent article about the almost muscle cars of the mid-late 1970s (see here, if not). Cars like the Chevy Monza (and its Buick/Pontiac/Oldsmobile-badged twins), the Ford Maverick … and so on. A side thread was that these cars — which are looking better and better in retrospect — […]
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