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a “mini” vacation

Free is good. A free Mini for a day is very good. The Wife — courtesy her entry in a public transportation agency’s contest — ended up with a free Zipcar for a day. And as luck would have it, she invited me to come along. For the car, she picked a Mini and left [...]

…and our cops are stuck with crown vics

Lucky English coppers. autoblog.com picked up and expanded upon a Mitsubishi press release regarding the South Yorkshire (England) police department’s latest vehicular addition: The South Yorkshire police just added a ten to their squad. No, that’s not a sexist statement about some new hire, it’s a reference to the new Mitsubishi Evolution X they just [...]

all parts of the buffalo cow

Seems it’ll only be a matter of time before we’re putting more than one species in our engines. Rather that waiting millions of years, Connecticut-based Green Earth Technologies only will have to wait for approval from the American Petroleum Institute for new automotive applications of its G-Oil, a biodegradable lubricant made from “American grown base [...]

the “other” konoske web site

That’s really a cousin of mine — on some level — at konoske.com. Despite my displeasure three years ago that he squatted on konoske.com long before even posting a single photograph, it’s hard to ignore the quality of the end product. Sure, konoske.net might enjoy recognition as THE Konoske Web site, but for anyone who enjoys [...]

to infinity mpg and beyond!

The public relations hype news about the Chevy Volt possibly getting a 100 mpg rating from either the EPA or the California Air Resources Board could go down as one of the better attempts by a car maker to dupe consumers. The GM marketing machine seems to be trying to change the rules of the [...]