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Nov 29, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
By Eric PetersLike almost everyone else – and every cop – I “speed.” That is, I often drive faster than whatever the posted speed limit is. I do so not primarily because I am in a hurry; that is a gas-lighting term used, ironically, by the cops who are often in a hurry to catch up to you, in order to hand you a ticket for “speeding.”This is an irony lost on most cops. I “speed” because it’s safer. Because it’s safer to be alert and involved in the act of driving a car.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
• • Auto Industry, Eric PetersBy Eric Peters for NMAThe push to “electrify” everything that rolls is turning out to be a lot like the push to “vaccinate” everyone in that both have turned out to have adverse effects. VW hasn’t died suddenly – but it is dying. Chief Financial Officer Arno Antlitz, speaking to thousands of maybe soon-to-be ex-VW employees, said VW has “one maybe two” years to turn things around else there may no longer be a VW in as little as two years from now.
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Nov 9, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
By Eric Peters For NMAA riding buddy of mine urges me to buy a disposable bike – though of course he does not call it that. He means a modern bike – which means a bike unlike any of the ones I own, all of which aren’t computers on two wheels. He ticks off all of the modern bike’s advantages, as he sees them. I myself do not see them. But I do see a number of disadvantages, the chief of them being the disposability of modern, computer-controlled bikes. I point to my bikes as a counterpoint.
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Nov 4, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Lauren Fix |Tom Miller
By Lauren Fix House Democrats and Republicans have voted to delay electric vehicle mandate. The U.S. House of Representatives on September 20th voted to overturn a Biden administration rule that sets tougher emissions standards for car manufacturers.
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Nov 2, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
By Eric Peters For NMAWould you be OK if a car you bought this year delivered 1-2 percent less gas mileage than it advertised by the end of the year? That’s what you’ll get if you buy an electric vehicle. But for some odd reason, there have been no recalls. No government “action.” Not even any calls for such “action.”Fascinating. If “1-2 percent” per year doesn’t sound like much to you, consider how much “1-2 percent” adds up to after about eight years or so. Now we’re up to about 15 percent.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Jack Shaw |Tom Miller
By Jack Shaw, Syndicated ColumnistWhile the number of electric vehicle (EV) owners in the United States continues to grow, areas in the field remain stagnant and problematic. The J.D. Power 2024 U.S. Electric Vehicle Experience (EVX) Public Charging Study highlights what EV owners are most satisfied with and their main pain points. The EVX study considers 10 factors, from charging speeds to payment convenience to costs.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
• • Car Review, Eric PetersBy Eric Peters For NMAWhen Toyota brought back the Land Cruiser this year, it no longer came standard with a V8. It now comes only with a turbo-hybridized four. If you’d like something more than that – as well as less – Lexus has it. The new GX550 – which is premium-badged (and slightly larger) iteration of the new Land Cruiser comes standard with a turbocharged V6. Without the hybrid assist. Plus a third row – which the new Land Cruiser no longer offers.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
• • Car Review, Eric PetersBy Eric Peters For NMAFor once, a new vehicle costs less than what it used to cost. In the case of the new Toyota Land Cruiser, tens of thousands less than it used to. Of course, there’s a price to be paid for that. But it might be one many don’t mind paying. What It IsThe Land Cruiser is a mid-sized, real-deal SUV – as opposed to a car-based crossover that looks like an SUV. What’s the difference? It’s generally what you can’t see.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
By Eric Peters for NMAMike Valentine – whose name is synonymous with what are arguably the best radar detectors available and who designed the first truly effective one that others then copied – has passed at the much-too-young age of 74. I’ve known Mike since the ’90s, when I interviewed him for The Washington Times. I used to be a car columnist and editorial writer there.
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Oct 8, 2024 | 
ww2.motorists.org | Eric Peters |Tom Miller
• • Car Reviews, Eric PetersBy Eric PetersThe trend has been to install smaller engines in place of larger engines – and to charge people more for what they’re not getting anymore. It’s nice to see Mazda bucking that trend. Last year, they brought out a new six cylinder engine – rather than a new turbocharged four cylinder engine. And they put it in a new crossover (the CX-90) that didn’t come with a luxury-badged crossover’s price. Now comes some more – and with less. Just not under the hood.
