Fighting Comment Spam

Ugh, I am being inundated with comment spam. I am tightening the policy for comments, from now on, only users with an OpenID or other form t...

Fisker Suspension

Edmunds has a very nice photo review of the Fisker Karma suspension. My takeaway: heavy car, expensive chassis, very complex.   But also ...

Cadillac 4 Cylinder

This is what the world has come to.    GM is putting a four-banger in a Cadillac.   But this isn't the I4 of old, this is a modern, di...

iDrive Prank Box

I was sent this prank gift box, which is hilarious. It is designed to look like a believable (but crazy) product, the iDrive, which is a suc...

Old People Cars

According to the Detroit News , this is the list of most popular vehicles for senior citizens.  I have added additional information: which m...

Remember Pearl Harbor!

A momentous day in U.S. history. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attack_on_Pearl_Harbor

Bridgestone Airless Tire Concept

Cool.  From PhysOrg.com. Michelin has also been working on the Tweel airless tire for some time now, but it isn't ready for civilian com...

Volt Battery Fires NBD

The blogosphere and news media have become somewhat excited about the Chevy Volt battery fires, and GM has been very defensive, going so far...

Aptera Dead!

I have been watching with morbid fascination the death spiral of Aptera, the designer of the electric trike that looks like a big spermatozo...