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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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).
Its kinda like the answer to: “Do storks really [...]

For full disclosure, I have to confess to having a lot of history with the Ford Mustang in my driving life.
My parents had a 1967 yellow Mustang that I drove quite a lot! It carried Heidi, the 1984 Goddard High School Homecoming Queen, on the back in the parade down Main Street in my hometown [...]

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 [...]

It is always interesting to hear different manufacturer representatives talk about their green efforts which are sometimes major advances, occasionally gestures of good intentions and every so often admitting that they would like to jump on the green bandwagon are making changes as fast as their corporate machinery will allow. The economy and the recent [...]

So you have a cell phone plan and you go over minutes every month for years but the phone company never charges you…sounds like a dream come true, right?
Well, that will never happen and that kind of monitoring has a reason! It costs them (mostly man hours) to maintain their systems. The way the government [...]

Today are the trials leading up to this Sunday’s Pepsi 500 at the Auto Club Speedway in what I fondly call Fontucky, aka, Fontana, California. Between practice loops, I managed to grab Greg Biffle and talk with him about his loyal fans and if he thinks that they are also loyal Ford owners because of [...]

This blog was written 1 1/2 years ago by a good friend who an industry expert & veteran of the automotive industry. Steve loves all things cars and has taught me an unmeasurable amount about the industry. I wish that he would write more often but for now I wanted to share this insightful review [...]