I have a car. Millions of citizens do. I don’t use it to kill little old ladies, nor do I drive into IRS buildings or run over squirrels. Not even cats. Because of this noise pollution thing, I don’t even…
While the numbers displayed on gas pumps and scrawled on windshields of new and used cars on the car lots have justifiably horrified us during the past year and five months — since Joe Biden started squinting into his presidential…
Why ride a motorcycle? You are exposed to the elements. It requires concentration, involvement. You cannot text. You may get wet. You are fully in control of the thing, especially if it’s a bike without ABS or stability control. There…
At the turn of the last century, cars were made to order, one at a time. “Body by Fisher” — some will remember — meant literally that. The body was made by Fisher, which began as a builder of coaches…
A long time ago, Hot Rod magazine — paper and all — published an article called “Caddy Hack.” It was not about web hackers. It was about taking panels off. They did that to see how quickly an otherwise completely stock…
Never mind the plethora of sound, objective reasons for not wanting an electric car. These have been elaborated at length many times previously. I just don’t want an electric car. For purely emotional, entirely subjective reasons. I cannot understand why anyone would want…
Politicians have already cashed in on the infrastructure bill victory, but Americans will eventually suffer the consequences of today’s virtue-signaling. In a few short years, the government may be an omnipresent passenger in every new car. The 2,000-page infrastructure bill,…
Men behave strangely with their cars. Generally, you can crack a guy’s head open with a hammer, or stick your finger in his eye and move it like you were stirring coffee, or set his house on fire, and you…
