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Installing My Own EV Charging Station 22 Aug 2013 | 11:46 pm
I like to think I’m as prescient and forward-thinking as the next guy, so in 2005 when we built a big addition on our house, I had the electricians run 240-volt service out to my detached garage so th...
Back in the saddle 22 Aug 2013 | 10:40 pm
For more than half of my life, I have owned, ridden and loved motorcycles. When I lived in South Florida and Southern California, a motorcycle was my only means of transportation. Sure, Hondas may not...
How to Avoid Being Buried in an Automobile – Car Salesman Confidential 16 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
In the bucket. Tanked. Upside down. Five grand hooked. Buried. We’ve all heard the terms. And we’ve all been there, at one time or another, when buying a new car. But what does it really mean to be “b...
Mazda MX-5 Miata – Little Red Coquette 15 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
Is it just me, or do the years on the north side of 50 seem to sweep upward faster than a Ferrari’s tach needle? Please excuse me as I choke on this bitter little chunk of reality, but it was nearly a...
Hyundai Santa Fe: Steering Through Too Many Choices 12 Aug 2013 | 05:00 pm
There are lots of things to like about the new 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe. It’s roomy, rides well, and comes with loads of creature comforts. But as I test drove this particular model for the past week, I ...
Indian Chief Returns to the Black Hills 8 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
Thousands of people pushed against each other as the Texas band Uncle Lucius played on stage outside of the motorcycle museum in Sturgis, South Dakota, on Saturday. It was the first of two weekends of...
Car Salesman Confidential: Market-Based Pricing 3 Aug 2013 | 02:00 am
Over the past few months I’ve read some interesting definitions of “fair price” in the comments. Some folks define it as paying a fixed or non-negotiable price, and point to chains like Carmax as an e...
Has BMW’s M Go-Fast Division Lost Its Way? 2 Aug 2013 | 03:00 pm
On a cool, cloudy day about 20 years ago, I arrived at BMW’s test track at Miramas, in the south of France, for an afternoon of hot lapping a tasty selection of M-cars: the E36 M3 coupe—the real one, ...
Heads up!—Garmin transitions from Nuvi to new cars. 2 Aug 2013 | 12:00 pm
Sure, everybody’s smart phone does turn-by-turn voice navigation these days, but as the personal GPS navigation device market is winding down, don’t sell your Garmin stock just yet. The company got ...
Mobileye Driver-Assist System Long-Term Test Wrap-Up 31 Jul 2013 | 10:53 pm
Our long-term Passat TDI departed the fleet a few months back, and few of my west-coast colleagues were sorry to see the Mobileye device I had installed in it go away. Many developed a natural two-ste...
