Watching the Watchers!
A guy named Anthony Sistilli decided to make some sauce for the gander, so to speak. He built his own iteration on the Flock/Axon cameras that the watchers are using to watch us only these cameras...
View ArticleBurritos and Firewood
You’ve probably heard about the $20 burrito as a measure of our enserfment. The “evening out at Taco Bell” depicted in Demolition Man all those years ago isn’t sci-fi anymore. It’s just sans the live...
View ArticleThe Hellcat Will be Back . . . But for the Rich Only
The Charger is going to get its V8 back, probably sometime next year (2027) but only in 6.2 liter supercharged Hellcat form and that means it’s probably going to be priced beyond the means of most of...
View Article2026 Mazda CX-5
What’s the difference between a Mazda CX-5 and a Mazda CX-50? Both are almost exactly the same size, come standard with exactly the same drivetrain and have base prices that are also exactly the same....
View ArticleTurning It All Off
The first thing I did the other day after I sat down in the all-new (just updated for 2026) Mazda CX-5 that was dropped off for me to test drive and write about was disable about (the review is here,...
View ArticleRed Hatters and Maskers
At this point, it is reasonable to regard anyone you see who is still wearing a red hat as psychologically similar to the people still wearing maaaaaaaaaasks. As in similarly damaged. Similarly...
View ArticleThe Last V8 Powered Oldsmobile
GM used to have more than one luxury division and one of them was Oldsmobile. It was a kind of stepping stone to Cadillac – or a step back away from Cadillac, which was (and still is) a little too...
View ArticleGet Rid of All Traffic Laws?
Almost everyone agrees the other guy is a terrible driver; he’s either too fast or too slow. He wanders across the double yellow. He doesn’t notice the light has turned green – or red. Almost everyone...
View ArticleWhat Comes After the Blue Douching?
Unless the polls are entirely wrong – and unless the situation with regard to gas/diesel prices changes dramatically in a favorable direction very soon – it seems as certain as the fall transitioning...
View ArticleWhy The 1983-1988 Monte Carlo SS Was Great
There’s a species of car that once flourished but which is now entirely extinct – the personal luxury coupe. These were big American-brand two-door, four-seaters; always rear-wheel drive and they...
View ArticleWhy We Can’t Buy Strippers Anymore
Well, you probably can buy strippers – just not the vehicular iteration. For those who don’t remember, a stripper – in vehicular parlance – was a car without many of the things that are now unavoidably...
View ArticleThe Occasional Payment vs. the Regular and Certain One
Many people are leery about buying (or keeping) an older, out-of-warranty car because they are afraid of being hit with an unexpected big bill for something that needs fixing. In order to avoid having...
View ArticleIt’s Worse Than Just the Stupid Party
I have always had an ambivalent relationship with “conservatives,” because I could never divine their principles. They want to “conserve” . . . what, exactly? Their congressional majority? Why? What...
View Article2026 Hyundai Tucson Hybrid
Hyundai has made it easier to choose the hybrid version of its popular Tucson crossover – by pricing the hybrid Tucson just $1,600 higher than the non-hybrid version. That $1,600 is hardly a blip in...
View ArticleSomething Was Probably Fishy About Those Horsepower Numbers
1980s-era V8-powered performance cars such as the Z28 Camaro and Mustang GT are regularly mocked for being underpowered. But were they, really? The question popped into my head as I was going through...
View ArticleWhat Will You Do?
The coming midterms are not consequential because there’s any real choice. That does not, however, mean they aren’t consequential. As we get inexorably closer, Trump is likely to do something drastic –...
View ArticleThe Coliseum!
Back in the ’90s, there was this cheesy movie called Best of The Best. It was about underground fight-to-the-death matches. Wayne Newton – if you remember him – was the ring announcer. His signature...
View ArticleJust Shy of $7
My sister and her family live just outside San Diego, CA in a town called Oceanside. Yesterday, she sent me the picture that accompanies this article – about what gas costs where she lives, which is...
View ArticleTwo Reasons Why The Jaguar Type 01 Will Fail
Jaguar is about ready to launch – as we say in the car business – its Type 01, which is the lead device in a proposed new lineup of devices. Jaguar no longer makes cars – and it currently sells just...
View ArticleThe Diesel Choco-Ration Has Been Increased
The other day, Trump did what he does and threw some slop to the goyim: Farmers and truckers will be able to put what is called “off-road” diesel into the tanks of their on-road (and off-road)...
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