By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The battleship Iowa and her three sisters managed to survive not only World War II but a post-war world in which they’d long since become anachronisms. Amazingly, these massive gunboats lingered on as active duty warships for decades — into the 1990s. But everyone knew they had been living on […]
TheNewspaper.com Roundup: November 7, 2012
November 7, 2012 • 0 Comments • Mass Transit, NMA, Red-Light Cameras, Speed Cameras, Speed Limits, TheNewspaper, Traffic Congestion, Traffic Tickets, Yellow Light Duration
Each Wednesday, we’ll publish quick summaries of the articles from the last week on TheNewspaper.com. We’re doing this because these articles are often strongly connected to the issues that National Motorists Association members are interested in. Wednesday, November 07, 2012 Three More Cities Vote to Ban Red Light Cameras Tuesday proved to be another bad […]
Another TPMS Dilemma
It’s no secret that drivers are keeping their cars longer these days. Thanks to improvements in automobile materials, design and construction, motorists can comfortably push their odometers past the 200,000 mile mark in many instances. But even though your car as a whole may age well, certain components may not. And they’re not always easy […]
50 MPG Then – and Now
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Getting 50 MPG out of a gallon of gas has gotten a lot more expensive over the past 20-something years. Back in 1990, it only cost $5,995 – $10,614 in corrected-for-2012 Fed Funny Money. That sum would buy you a new Geo Metro XFi hatchback, a car capable of 53 […]
2013 Grand Cherokee Review
By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist I think I know how they felt. You know — guys like me, reviewing the final cadre of muscle cars some 40 years ago, back in the early 70s. They could feel the wind shifting, knew the show was almost over — the lights about to go out for good. […]
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