The UAW can’t help shooting itself in the foot
Chasing reporters — there to cover your stupid event — out of the parking lot of your union hall for driving a foreign car. Ugh. Isn’t it time for these UAW assholes to finally fade into obscurity?...
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Corrosion Recalls: Rust Never Sleeps
Yep, them tires is probably no good, too. I just saw a news item regarding NHTSA’s probe regarding corroding fuel tank straps in Ford F-150s. Apparently, out of the 300 gagillion F-150s the...
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Killing the Ranger: Behind the Bullshit
Yeah, Ford: You've got it all figured out. Image via Wikipedia Here’s the official word from AutoBlog.com this morning on Ford’s decision to kill off the Ranger in the United States. Let me warn you,...
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Audience Participation Time: Official Winter Vehicle of New England
On Saturday, I’m headed to an undisclosed location to judge the New England Motor Press Association’s Official Winter Vehicle of New England awards. For the last decade, NEMPA has selected a number of...
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Morning in America
If you haven't driven the 2011 Grand Cherokee, you haven't driven an American car. There are fewer compelling reasons to buy a Japanese car than at any point since the early 1970s. March’s devastating...
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Why “the News” shouldn’t cover cars
Two stories in the last few days have cemented my opinion that every news channel should have a legitimate automotive expert on speed-dial, if not on staff. The first was the news that ABC News’s...
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Clunker Nation Photo Contest Ends Tomorrow
Just a quick reminder that if you want to score yourself a sweet Clunker Nation bumper sticker, you have to enter the contest by noon tomorrow by emailing a photo to...
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Fuck DARPA: A Clunker Manifesto
I’m not a conspiracy theorist. It’s not because I don’t think that the government would love to start snooping around at what’s in my sock drawer, mind you. It’s because nobody in the government can...
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