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How Many MPGs Can You Get From a Mustang?
The Ford Mustang is the original pony car, dating back to the spring of 1964. With millions sold over the years, the Mustang means a lot of things to a lot of folks … but few speak of the Mustang with fuel economy and performance in the same breath. While a relatively fuel-efficient four-cylinder engine [...]
2010 Mazda3: What's Up With That Smile?
It’s not every car has something that truly makes it stand out from the crowd. With the 2010 Mazda3, it’s that great big, love-it-or-hate-it smiling grin of a grille that sets it apart from the ever-expanding crowd of compacts. But the grille is just a hint. The real smiles only come once you’ve slipped behind [...]
Bark Collar or Not?
The decision to strap a bark collar on Fido is not one to be taken lightly. If a dog barks endlessly, there’s something wrong. Putting on a bark collar won’t solve the problem. It will only stop the barking. You don’t own a dog. A dog owns you. When you ask a dog to stop [...]
Will You Drive a Car That Runs on CNG?
America has enough natural gas to last for hundreds of years. It’s plentiful, relatively inexpensive, and burns far more cleanly than coal and petroleum. Until now, compressed natural gas (CNG) has not been popular as a transportation fuel, other than for specific applications such as urban buses and garbage trucks. With all the hubbub about [...]
Tasers as Entertainment at Big League Baseball Games?
There was an unfortunate incident at Citizens Bank Ballpark last night in Philadelphia. An incident that may lead to a strange new form of entertainment at professional baseball games across the country. In the eighth inning of a game between the Philadelphia Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals, a teen-aged male ran onto the field. [...]
Hyundai Genesis Coupe Heats up the Pony Car Wars
Back in the day, the Mustangs and Camaros fought off challenges from upstart American cars. In order to do battle properly in the pony car wars, you had to have a V8 engine under the hood. Fewer than eight cylinders didn’t deliver the horsepower or the cred. Things sure are different these days. The current [...]
Where is the Remote?
Of all the mysteries of modern life, the frequent disappearance of the remote control provides a disproportionate contribution to family strife. It always seems to happen at an inopportune moment… immediately before someone’s favorite show, for example. Or when something inappropriate for younger eyes suddenly appears on the screen. “Where’s the remote control?” comes the [...]
Would You Drive an Electric SUV?
Among some circles, Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) get the bad rap for contributing to the demise of the planet. Whether you buy into the theory or not, most SUVs tend to use disproportionate amount of gasoline. But what if you could drive a fully-electric SUV? Not a mere hybrid, mind you … but a roomy, [...]
Ford Taurus: Stealthy Cool
Can a Ford Taurus be cool? Once upon a time, the Taurus was nearly ubiquitous. Year-after-year, the Taurus was the best-selling car in America in the nineties. But a pair of redesigns missed the mark and Taurus sales plunged. America fell out of love with the big sedan. Things were so bad that Ford shelved [...]
Heated Seats: Option or Necessity?
Does your car have heated seats? If so, how frequently do you use them? The more vehicles I drive (and I drive a lot of vehicles), the more I’ve come to realize that heated seats are one option that I don’t want to live without. There’s nothing quite like a supportive heated seat and good [...]
