Engines are getting smaller again — but not because gas is getting expensive again. At about $2 per gallon for regular unleaded, the pressure to downsize engines isn’t economic… it’s regulatory. The federal government is about to kick up the Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirement to 54.5 MPG. The current standard is 35.5 MPG. […]
Avoiding a Louisiana U Boat
Something you don’t want may be floating your way soon. Well, it probably won’t actually float there. More likely, a truck will carry it there. To a used car lot near you — and far from the scuba diving lesson it got in Louisiana during the recent (and still ongoing) historic flooding down there. Dry […]
Particulate Filters for Everyone!
VW — desperate to appear chastened over its “cheating” sins — announced in early July, it will fit particulate filters to its 2017 model year cars in anticipation of the next round of Uncle’s emissions fatwas. No surprise, right? Diesel-powered cars have had particulate filters for years. They’re used to catch particulates, which are small […]
The Car Bubble – and Cash for Clunkers II?
On many levels we live in a Boom or Bust Business Cycle. The unnatural peaks and valleys are caused by the manipulation of money and credit, which causes excessive and unwarranted “investment” that inevitably leads to a downturn (or even a crash) when the artificially induced supply is disproportionate to demand. The housing bubble of […]
A New Excuse to Harass & Collect
Orwell described things that seemed a bit much in his novel, 1984. Like, as a for-instance, the Telescreen-prompted mandatory morning calisthenics — physical jerks — the novel’s main character, Winston Smith, was forced to endure each day. Well, things that seemed a bit much when I read this book back in high school — back […]
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