Category Archives: Featured

Miata Burns In London Riots

Cars and buildings are set ablaze in London riots.

Thailand 2011 — Part 1 – St Louis MO to Thailand

Spending a hot month in Southeast Asia.

Let’s Go Vanning — Full Sizers Compared

Decades ago, full sized vans were cool, or at least trendy among various subsets of the population: stoners, perverts, business owners, hippies, and recreational families.

Audi Rips Off Chrysler/Eminem Ad, Settles Out of Court

Audi's total lack of subtlety is shocking.

Corporate profits up. Employment levels stagnant. Greed?

The recent rise in corporate profits has not yet resulted in lower unemployment rates. Some are concerned that corporations are being greedy instead of expanding and hiring.

Reader Travel Photo: Veedub at Sequoia National Park, 10,000-Mile Road Trip

On Facebook, I offered to send a crappy prize to a reader that sent an interesting travel or car photo. Kathleen from Chicago submitted this picture of her 2000 Beetle at Sequoia National Park.

Book Review: The Wal-Mart Effect

The widespread effect of Wal-Mart Supercenters on road trips and the global economy.

Reviewed and Compared: 2007 Cadillac Escalade, Lincoln Navigator

Perched on the throne of this massive three-ton urban tank, there’s a bit of guilty pleasure from dominating and brutalizing the earth below.

Bob Lutz’s Eight Laws of Business (Book Review of “Guts”)

Robert A. Lutz, the outspoken cigar-smoking fighter pilot who helped turn Chrysler around before it merged with Daimler-Benz in 1998, sat down and wrote a book on business before his brief retirement.

The Cost of Nostalgia

Is the same car as enjoyable to own the second time around?