The appreciation of cars, driving, and the car culture
In a back-to-back ride and drive comparison, the 2005 GT comes out far ahead of the 2004. http://www.edmunds.com/new/2005/ford/mustang/100379992/roadtestarticle.html?articleId=102973 Note that Edmunds is still using the old set of press photos, which shows the chrome shifter…
DETROIT–General Motors workers called a general strike Monday, vowing to stay off the assembly line until their demand for more acrylic novelty baseball caps is met. “Fair is fair,” said UAW Local…
California’s move was inevitable, and I fully support it. For those of us in other parts of the country, it’s a fact of life that we will eventually have to get our cars tested, even dyno…
Sitting on the side of the highway waiting to catch speeding drivers, a State Police Officer sees a car puttering along at 22 MPH. He thinks to himself, “This driver is just as dangerous as…
According to this weeks The Car Connection, Ford is upping it’s advertising budget for Q4 by 50% over last year’s Q4 (when the F150 was launched very successfully). The ads will focus on “The Year…
Good article: http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Insurance/Insureyourcar/P35213.asp
You’ll remember the case of the near supersonic MINI several months ago in Europe, here’s another. A British man was accused of driving at 115 MPH in his Fiat Punto. If you don’t know what…
Good article in the NYTimes, including a close-up of Ruben’s steering wheel! http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/17/technology/circuits/17prix.html?ex=1402804800