A post in which I begin with a brief history of the brand known as Toyota and dissolve into opinion, conjecture, leaked insider information and rumor; therefore communicating a story (without fear mongering above what the press has already created) about the consumer experience and small businesses and yet dispelling the highfaluting notions which corporations hold as actionable options.

Things are not always what they seem. For instance, you might think this episode is nearly a week late. Wrong as usual, idiot. We were planning to do this episode a year from now, so technically it’s early. Why are you so offended? Clearly you are unfamiliar with the word “idiot’s” Greek roots. I was simply suggesting you were a private… [[Continue reading]]

GM and Chrysler have decided to offer hourly employees buyouts to leave the companies and decrease their expenses again. That really isn’t that shocking considering that the companies are desperately trying to pare down expenses in order to meet the terms of a bailout for the industry but there are a couple of interesting points about this round of buyouts that are interesting:

The Old Gray

This is one of those eerie times when I feel the silence before that moment when lack of knowledge becomes full knowledge and those who find out the truth cannot go back (and I won’t be able to take back what I am getting ready to say).

Cars… [[Continue reading]]

For full disclosure, I have to confess to having a lot of history with the Ford Mustang in my driving life. Yep. That is me on the right with my best friend and the Mustang that started my long love for the pony car.

My parents had a 1967 yellow Mustang that I drove quite a lot! It carried Heidi… [[Continue reading]]

I have been watching sale prices on used Honda Insight’s lately. There appears to have been a real resurgence of interest in these small fuel-efficient hybrids. Well, perhaps it’s unfair to say “resurgence” since they didn’t exactly set the world on fire with sales when they were new. I would attribute this to Honda being a bit too far ahead of its time and now that the entire automotive… [[Continue reading]]