Before there were computers in cars, all it took to adjust the engine idle speed was a screwdriver and five minutes or so. You turned in or out a screw that moved the throttle arm on the side of the carburetor slightly forward or slightly back, the engine idle speed going up or down correspondingly. Easy peasy! […]
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2021 Ford F-150 Review
It used to be easy to review trucks. They were the most basic vehicles on the road—built to work and not to be comfortable. There was a body on a frame with a bed in the back, and you picked the length and the number of doors, and that about covered it. Now it’s just getting started. […]
2021 VW Tiguan Review
Getting three rows of seats without getting something big isn’t easy because there aren’t many. In fact, there’s just one now—the 2021 VW Tiguan. The other two compact-sized crossovers previously available with three rows of seats no longer are. Dodge dropped the Journey, and Mitsubishi isn’t currently selling the seven-passenger Outlander (the five-passenger Sport is […]
New Truck vs. New Truck
How much would you pay for a heavy-duty (2500 series) pickup with a 7.5-liter V8, AC, an eight-foot bed, and no airbags? How about $17,000-ish? That’s what it cost to buy a Ford F250 regular cab with an eight-foot bed and the optional 460 (7.5 liter) V8 paired with a five-speed manual transmission back in 1995. Today, […]
2021 Fiat 500X Review
Here’s an oddball fact: Fiat, the Italian small car brand, currently sells only one new car, the 2021 500X, making the brand and the car synonymous, almost. Can Fiat the brand survive when it’s only got one car to sell? Time will soon tell. What It Is The 500X is a subcompact-sized five-door crossover with standard AWD, […]
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