Starbucks for $7? Phew...

$7 Starbucks Geisha coffee?  Yawn.  When Starbucks starts selling  Kopi luwak , then I'll be impressed.

Restaurant.com gift certificates are lame

Someone gave me a gift of a Restaurant.com gift certificate.  It entitles me to purchase like $50 with of dining coupons. The problem is, th...

How To Use A Cheap Air Impact Wrench

I picked up a cheap air impact wrench from a certain retailer of cheap tools (rhymes with beers).  It is rated for up to 400 ft-lbs of torqu...

The Ethanol Mandate...

The ethanol mandate is idiotic and should be scrapped.  Not waived , or delayed, but killed. Making fuel from food crops is basically a ...

Tesla COTY Reminds Me Of...

Tesla's Model S winning the Motortend Car Of The Year award reminds me of another premature award, when the Nobel Prize committee awarde...

Suzuki Packs It In

American Suzuki is filing for bankruptcy protection, and the mother ship (Suzuki Motor Corp) is leaving the U.S. market.  This is not a surp...

Did Hyundai Cook Their MPG Numbers?

Did Hyundai cook their MPG numbers on purpose?   Peter DeLorenzo, blogging over at The Autoextremist , makes the bold and blunt accusation t...

Obama Vs. Romney: Who Is Better For Auto Industry?

Is Obama or Romney better for the auto industry? It is true that Obama saved GM and Chrysler from a possibly very messy end, by forcing them...

More Fisker Fires

Not good for Fisker. Jalopnik has photos of 16 Karmas that burned out after being submerged by the rising seas caused by hurricane Sandy. ...

Hyundai's MPG Mistake

Wow. Hyundai is under investigation by the EPA for over-estimating the fuel economy, on the Monroney (consumer info) sticker, by about 3%, a...

Ford Announcement: Fields COO, Farley to head Lincoln

This morning, Bill Ford Jr. and Alan Mulally announced that Mark Fields was going to be promoted to Chief Operating Officer, reporting to Mu...