Just the other day I was cruising along Interstate 80 when I noticed a particularly bland car. It helped garner my attention as it was racing by in the slow lane before it cut across two lanes to make a pass through a dangerously narrow gap, only to exit the interstate at the very next off-ramp. The antics of this…

Before you get bent out of shape over the title, let me explain. I am not referring to a price range. Not all cheap cars are bad... and more importantly not all cars that are bad are cheap! Trust me, some of my favorite cars I have driven cost well under $1000. Recently, I have been driving many new economically…

I have a hobby some may consider strange (probably not to this group degenerates, but normal people). When it comes to cars, I spend quite a lot of time perusing local classifieds and specialty forums looking at ‘For Sale’ listings. I am an active member of at least a half dozen forums that are specifically geared…

You may or may not be aware I have proposed a hare-brained road trip/ cheap car challenge. The gist is to buy an incredibly cheap car and drive it a total of 1000 miles (from the Northern California to the Salten Sea and back). The only established rule is the total cost of the vehicle can be no greater than $500.…

The latest slogan from the collective minds of the marketing department over at Subaru North America: “Love... it’s what make a Subaru a Subaru.” Really?... I always thought it was the symmetrical all-wheel drive and a rumbling boxer engine? That is, until recently.

Every year tens of thousands of people are killed in automobile accidents. Nearly 10% of which occur in California.

In the early 1980’s the hatchback craze took Europe by storm. Some would say the Hot-Hatch’s popularity is the leading cause of death amongst British sports cars between the ages of 25-40 years old. Others would point to bounteous bureaucratic foibles that led to the collapse of many once heralded auto makers. Perhaps…