So here is my politically incorrect gripe. Daytime running lights are a farce. If you can’t see your car in broad daylight you aren’t paying attention. And if we need to have glaring lights on the front of the car then what about the sides in the rear we should have glaring lights there are 360° coverage.

The German Autobahns are the antithesis to the high speed is unsafe narrative. The deaths per mile travel I understand are comparable to US interstates. They also explode the myth that different speeds among vehicles in traffic is unsafe. There are wildly variant speeds there but everybody keeps right except pass and…

So, at 65,000 miles my 2016 Prius overall average is 57 to the gallon I was kind of curious how much that might translate into saving money at the pump. So assuming a constant price of $3.50 a gallon I did the math and compared my results with a hypothetical vehicle that got 15 to the gallon. I double checked the…

Until  batteries get lighter and more energy dense, and their charging time drops, and, the charging network gets far more reliable and widespread, no thanks to BEV’s.

Anyway, so now I know why I’m such a dumb f$$k. It was all that time spent in the 60s in Denver traffic. Pre-emissions control cars folks. I can remember my clothing stinking of raw hydrocarbons from car exhaust when I got in the house.

You got it. When controlling the global population was brought up in the 60s all the arguments were strictly that we were gonna run out of food. No consideration is given to billions of people wanting to live a middle class 1960s American lifestyle.

I speed read this article so maybe it was mentioned and I didn't see it. The motive for getting lead out of gas was so it wouldn’t foul catalytic converters it were being introduced in the mid 70s. Health wasn’t the reason.

I find the irony amusing that they were having a hissy fit about “Biden’s inflation” and so they turn around and vote for somebody who promised tariffs, and his sidekick Musk even saying they are gonna cause hardship to make the changes they think is necessary, and these voters turn around and vote for Elon Trump.…

Or hate to say it, vote, or hold office.

Steve Jobs used to say computers will amplify human intelligence and I think in some ways they do, but he didn’t realize it was a two sided coin. Computers have amplified people’s stupidity and ignorance.

2009 I had a Ford/Suzuki dealer in Denver (I am dying t name names)replace the clutch in my 2003 Suzuki Vitara. It was a third-party clutch. They didn’t have the old clutch to show me. And to top it off it didn’t fix the problem. I took it back and with some back-and-forth a mechanic came out duck under the dash and…

My understanding is that the now defunct Fiata is the NDE.

I could definitely go for putting these styling cues on the next MX5. I’ve always loved sleek, smooth, and understated styling and this show car just knocks it out of the park!!!!

I keep putting this idea out there and I hope Mazda is listening. Just give me the same kind of hybrid system that the original Honda Insight had. A pancake motor behind the gas motor that operates as an alternator and starter and a motor generator and operates in the background connected to a manual transmission. Th…

What borders on insanity????

I’m taking a detached sit back and laugh at it all approach.. The clowns and the criminals are in charge. Trump’s approval rating was historically low for his whole four years, you gotta wonder what it’s gonna be like this next four. As much as I’m concerned about all the possible things that might come to pass the…

Last week I was at a Denver Toyota dealer, and they had four Prius primes sitting in the show room. That made me think that supply house caught up to if not exceeded demand. There’s also a lineup in the lot of about eight other Prius. I did not check them to see if they were prime or standard.

OK I’ll show my age here. To my eye, the 1966/67 Olds Toronado to this day is one of the most gorgeous cars ever. The optional vinyl roof was ridiculous however, totally spoiled the clean lines. The chrome finish on the bumpers look a bit archaic, but still they are seamlessly flush with the overall profile. I’d be…

Oh, do you want the antithesis of a boring road? Come drive I-70 in Colorado buddy. Sharp curves, steep inclines, 20% of the nation’s east west truck traffic, massive camper trailers, confused tourists, heavy traffic volume, widely variant individual vehicle speeds. They have recently tried to get the “keep right…

I do an annual laps through Utah and I-15 from Spanish Fork to Salt Lake City there is no such thing as lane discipline. I give up trying to stay to the right except to pass. Seems the freeway method there is you drive in whatever lane at whatever speed you want and if someone gets in your way you find an open lane…