A Motorcycle Miracle
It’s helpful when your old bike breaks down at a buddy’s garage, especially when your buddy happens to be an old bike fetishist, too. My buddy that I drove my bike over to visit, just happened to have an extra voltage regulator lying around for a 40-year-old motorcycle that was only offered for sale in […]
2023 Audi A3 Review
Here’s an interesting fact–while small sedans have largely disappeared from the general market you can still find a number of them in the luxury car market, including subcompact models like Audi’s A3 sedan. It’s a really small car (about the same size as a Hyundai Accent), which is pretty much the smallest sedan you can buy. This […]
2022 Genesis GV70 Review
If something works, why not do it again? Last year, Genesis launched the GV80, the first mid-sized luxury crossover SUV to be offered by Hyundai’s luxury division by using the bones (so to speak) of its G80 mid-sized luxury-sport sedan. This year, Hyundai’s luxury division has done the same thing, again. This time, the automaker […]
The Yoke’s On You: Drive-by-Wire Steering
Do you like the idea of there being no physical connection between your steering wheel and the driving wheels? There’s already no physical connection between the gas pedal and throttle in most new cars. When you depress the gas pedal, the degree of depression is registered by sensors, which send data to the computer that controls […]
2022 VW Taos Review
Sometimes, a car company will bring out a new model so appealing it winds up costing sales. This new Taos from VW, for instance. It’s less expensive than the VW Tiguan, and roomier, too. Did we mention that it gets better gas mileage on top of that? And comes standard with features like the Digital Cockpit instrument cluster that up […]
Motorcycle Review: 2023 BMW K1600 GTL
Spend $50K on a new BMW car and you get a four-cylinder engine. Spend half as much on a BMW bike and get a six-cylinder engine and a power-to-weight ratio that’s a lot more favorable. So why does BMW’s K1600 GTL come standard with a six while every BMW car shy of a 7 Series […]
2022 Dodge Durango Review
The last of the V8 Interceptors from the Mad Max movies was a car. The real thing is something like the Dodge Durango SUV, especially the SRT 392 variant, which is equipped with the biggest V8 you can still get in just about anything. Plus, every Durango variant is now equipped with something else, too. What It […]
Garage Security
Drive around almost any neighborhood and you will find homes with wide-open garages, with expensive tools and equipment in plain sight, and no one around. Tools are portable. Often, they come in their very own carrying case with a handle and everything. Anything on wheels like a generator or air compressor rolls. A bold thief could […]
2022 Subaru WRX Review
The just-redesigned Subaru WRX does not have a 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine–making it different from others in its class like the VW Golf GTI and the Hyundai Veloster N, which do. It also comes standard with a high-performance all-wheel-drive system, as it always has. This is a feature neither of these two front-wheel-drive rivals offers. It also comes […]
A Measure of the Obsolescing
Once upon a time, the car industry was accused of planning obsolescence i.e., designing cars to be replaced, ideally as soon (and as often) as possible. The accusation was true, but only superficially so. What the car industry did back in the ’50s was make superficial cosmetic changes such as redesigned bumpers, relocated headlights, and maybe taller […]