Archive for the 'auto' Category

Clean Diesels in the US – too little, too late?

Sunday, June 1st, 2008

I love diesels. I’ve always wanted one and I thought this fall I would finally get one in the USA, a 50-state-legal one. A nice, 6MT torque monster that gets 45+ MPG, ideally of the Euro sports wagon variety. And I’ve been telling anyone and everyone, “Don’t buy a hybrid! Unless you [...]

Rolling

Thursday, July 28th, 2005

I got out of the gym yesterday, jumped in the Dukemobile and drove home. Nothing special about that. Until you consider that the car never came to a complete stop from the moment I left the gym until I parked it.
Stop sign, U-turn, stop light, stop sign, stop light, merge onto highway, merge [...]