2024 Ford Maverick
Ford's Maverick stands as a counterpoint to Ford's electric vehicles - as well as super-sized vehicles, like the formerly compact-sized pick-ups you used to...
2024 BMW i4
Most EVs cost tens of thousands more than otherwise similar (and even otherwise identical) gas-engined vehicles. There's much less of a price to be...
2024 BMW X6
It used to be said that speed was just a question of money: How fast do you want to go? It's a little different...
2024 Genesis GV70
Crossovers have become like belly buttons in that it looks like everyone - just about - has one. Probably because everyone sells one. And because...
2024 Kia EV9
The Telluride has been a great success for Kia, probably because the Telluride is one of the most appealing mid-sized crossover SUVs on the...
New Car Review: 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
The typical EV costs about 40 percent more than an otherwise comparable vehicle with an engine. Plus, it costs a lot more (about $50,000...
2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6
How'd you like to own a Mercedes EQE for half as much as Mercedes wants for an EQE - the company's mid-sized electric sedan? Well,...
2024 Lexus RX500h
The first luxury crossover - the Lexus RX - is now one of many. When it first came out - way back in 1998...
Classic Cars
Goodbye, Camaro
Sixty years ago, Ford unveiled the Mustang - and it changed everything. Prior to 1964 - the year of the first Mustang's debut -...
Make the Conversion?
The manual transmission is being pushed off the market by the pushing of electric vehicles, which don't generally have transmissions at all (the motors...
When More Power’s Not Enough
It's interesting that - on the one hand - car manufacturers are making vehicles more powerful than any that have preceded them. GM, for...
OJ’s Bronco vs. Today’s
Now that OJ's in the news again, hopefully for the last time, it might be worth going back in time again - to remember...
Why Manuals Matter
The manual transmission has become something of a rarity, even in vehicles that used to commonly come standard - play on words intended -...
How Times Have Changed
Not only did cars used to have ashtrays - they often had several. My '76 Pontiac Trans-Am has three. One up front for the...
Are Old Cars Practical As Daily Drivers?
This is an addendum to the Precious Metals story the other day; I thought it was worth going into the subject more deeply because...
Precious Metal Investing
Lots of people buy precious metals - gold and silver - to retain the value their paper dollars would otherwise be losing by not...
Motorcycles
Insurance Incongruity
Having to buy car insurance - motorcycle insurance, in the case at hand - is bad enough. No one ought to be forced to...
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . ....
Helmet Laws
If you ride a motorcycle, "the law" - that is to say, busybody people who write them - probably requires that you wear a...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over...
My Bike is Like an EV
I was out riding my motorcycle the other day and it occurred to me - as I glanced at the odometer, which you do...
The Air Bag You Wear
People ride motorcycles because they aren't cars - and this goes much deeper than the obvious. Motorcycles are free of almost all of the crap...
Some Therapy
Sometimes brakes stop you - from going. It happens when the brake calipers clamp onto the rotors and don't let go. This happens, typically, because...
Hardly Able
People who ride motorcycles still care about motorcycles - as opposed to all-too-many-drivers, who view cars as appliances. Who have been conditioned to view...
Latest Radio: David Knight Show 05/25/2024
Here's the audio and (hopefully) video of yesterday's appearance on Real News with David Knight. We talked about the "operation" and the duality of...
The Gas Tax plus the Mileage Tax
Several states are in the process of "pilot" programs to tax drivers for driving - on top of buying gas, if they don't drive...
A Look at One of the Last
There was a time when it was as nothing to buy a can of Freon (R12) at any auto parts store and for less...
Dog Workers
Doug Casey - the columnist - was interviewed recently about (among other things) artificial intelligence. He was asked whether he thought AI would be...
Latest Radio: Bill Meyer Show/KMED FM 05/23/2024
Here's the audio of this week's Wheels Up! segment with Bill Meyer over at KMED FM in Medford, OR. We talked about "devolution" and...
The Buzz Fades
VW is selling lots of vehicles - except for the electric ones. Sales of those - models like the ID4 - are down 31...
Nimarata Again?
Nimarata Haley lost almost all the GOP primaries - badly. She therefore lost any chance she had to be the Republican presidential nominee ....
Some Things About New Cars
To say cars aren't like they used to make them is like saying flying commercial isn't like it used to be. For one thing, many...
Cycles
What Makes Macfox E-Bikes Unique?
Electric biking is no longer just a trend; it's a lifestyle. For riders like me who crave freedom on two wheels, Macfox fat tire...
Insurance Incongruity
Having to buy car insurance - motorcycle insurance, in the case at hand - is bad enough. No one ought to be forced to...
Mad Max on Two Wheels
I am often asked what I think is the best kind of car to own if things get really bad. I think the best...
Anecdotal but Interesting
To use - or not to use - synthetic oil in engines made decades before synthetic oils were in common use . . ....
They’re Coming for Bikes Next . . .
Most people who ride motorcycles do it because they want to. A motorcycle is - usually - not the primary instrument of transportation. It...
A Casualty of Revenue Collecting
They say "speed kills." Here is a case-in-point. A cop driving at very high speed struck and killed a motorcycle rider who had the bad...
Helmet Laws
If you ride a motorcycle, "the law" - that is to say, busybody people who write them - probably requires that you wear a...
Motorcycle Clovers
Regular readers of this column already know what a Clover is. It is someone who - among other things - refuses to move over...
New Car Reviews
2024 Ford Maverick
Ford's Maverick stands as a counterpoint to Ford's electric vehicles - as well as super-sized vehicles, like the formerly compact-sized pick-ups you used to...
2024 BMW i4
Most EVs cost tens of thousands more than otherwise similar (and even otherwise identical) gas-engined vehicles. There's much less of a price to be...
2024 BMW X6
It used to be said that speed was just a question of money: How fast do you want to go? It's a little different...
2024 Genesis GV70
Crossovers have become like belly buttons in that it looks like everyone - just about - has one. Probably because everyone sells one. And because...
2024 Kia EV9
The Telluride has been a great success for Kia, probably because the Telluride is one of the most appealing mid-sized crossover SUVs on the...
New Car Review: 2024 Toyota Corolla Hybrid
The typical EV costs about 40 percent more than an otherwise comparable vehicle with an engine. Plus, it costs a lot more (about $50,000...
2024 Hyundai Ioniq 6
How'd you like to own a Mercedes EQE for half as much as Mercedes wants for an EQE - the company's mid-sized electric sedan? Well,...
2024 Lexus RX500h
The first luxury crossover - the Lexus RX - is now one of many. When it first came out - way back in 1998...
Latest Radio: David Knight Show 05/25/2024
Here's the audio and (hopefully) video of yesterday's appearance on Real News with David Knight. We talked about the "operation" and the duality of...
The Gas Tax plus the Mileage Tax
Several states are in the process of "pilot" programs to tax drivers for driving - on top of buying gas, if they don't drive...
A Look at One of the Last
There was a time when it was as nothing to buy a can of Freon (R12) at any auto parts store and for less...