by Mike - Many things we do everyday involve some amount of risk and driving cars, riding motorcycles or flying in airplanes are no exceptions. Engineers invent products to reduce the risk and sometimes those products do not function properly. … [Read more...]
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Airbags: From Life Savers to Killers on the Prowl
April 17, 2019 By 8 Comments
by Wallace Wyss - Remember when air bags were announced? Oh, we would still have seat belts, and there would still be a law to buckle them but the saving grace of every serious accident would be the air bag. Now the air bag has turned into our … [Read more...]
A Warning About Self-Driving Cars
March 6, 2019 By 6 Comments
Tesla's Autopilot may have a Blind Spot that can kill you…. by Wallace Wyss - When I first saw the headline referring to a Tesla hitting a semi tractor-trailer, I thought “Oh, that’s old news—didn’t that happen like three years ago?” … [Read more...]
The Quick, The Crashed, The Lost And The Found Bizzarrini GT 5300
November 29, 2018 By 13 Comments
by Mike Gulett - A friend of mine (a long time Bizzarrini GT 5300 owner) who occasionally hung out with Carey Loftin (the movie stunt man) and Max Balchowsky (the racecar builder) told me that it was impossible to tell who owned which car … [Read more...]
Going The Wrong Way
August 4, 2018 By 9 Comments
by Mike - The US Federal Government has a proposal, jointly published by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Transportation Department, that would change a 2012 rule that requires automobile manufactures to almost double the fuel economy … [Read more...]
Tesla Strikes Again With A New Roadster
November 17, 2017 By 5 Comments
Elon Musk's new Tesla "Roadster" may leave most supercars in the dust. by Wallace Wyss - No, not strike against Tesla's plant, it's Elon Musk striking at all gasoline cars, with a new electric powered proposal, presented at a press … [Read more...]
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