People have been ragging on the Chevy Volt over some extremely unlikely issues that one could theoretically have with one. Of course, none of the people complaining actually have one. I do. I love it. It’s the best car I’ve ever owned.
There's been a number of negative articles about the Chevy Volt for some reason. Let me tell you, it's the best car I've ever owned. Here are some of the cool things about it (and please feel free to ask anything you'd like to know because a lot of what I'm writing here hasn't been talked about): So I've had it 6 months. And in 6 months of normal driving, I have never had to fill the gas tank. It's still using the gas that came with it from the dealership. Something like 2500 miles so f...
The BMW X5 is an SUV for drivers who want an SUV that is both sporty (read: Can go fast) as well as works as a good utility vehicle. In other words, an SUV that really is an SUV as opposed to simply a car that is shaped like a closed pickup. My previous X5 was somewhat disappointing. BMW has its “iDrive” system for controlling the internal gadgets and it was just awful. The 2011 edition has a far superior iDrive with buttons that take you right to where you want to go. Its iPhone/iPod...
I recently did an interview with USA Today Weekend Edition regarding my preemptive purchase of a Porsche 911 Turbo in order to be ready for my midlife crisis. It never hurts to plan ahead... (see article below).
Michigan drivers are not polite. Each state seems to have its own character of drivers. Michigan drivers rank amongst the most annoying because of their mid-western tendency to be passive aggressive. For instance, the turn signal is an indication for car behind you and in another lane to speed up to cut you off. By contrast, in California, residents seem all too willing to drop back to let you merge with them. On the surface, this may seem like a good thing. B...
I read an article this month in Car & Driver that Finland has passed a law in which traffic fines are now based on your annual income. So a person going 5 over may be fined $10 or $100,000 depending on whom they are. This bit the CEO of Nokia recently when he received a $12 MILLION fine for going 15 over. Such a thing is, hopefully, unconstitutional in the United States. In the US, we're supposed to be equal under the law. Imagine the abuse a law like that could cause.&n...
My new car only averages around 17 miles per gallon. A few people I know have given me a hard time about that. Here I am, polluting the environment. Making the US more reliant on foreign oil. Using up valuable resources. And so on. What seems to get lost in those discussions is that it's not your mileage that should matter, it's how many gallons of gas you consume. I put around 6,000 to 8,000 miles on my car each year. I don't drive very much. Longer trips involve the ...