Troubled automotive start-up Fisker is, to almost no ones surprise, in trouble again. On March 15, Fisker announced that it will be laying off 26 employees at their Maryland plant due to a cash shortage. The cause of the shortage is a denial of funds from the Department of Energy. The DoE had agreed to […]
2013 Chevy Malibu Eco Review
For 2013 Chevy updated the Malibu, taking a good car and making it slightly better. The most highly touted of the updated Malibus is the new Eco version. It’s not a true hybrid in that the car is never powered soley by electricity but on the other hand it is cheaper than most hybrids. So […]
Chevy Volt – First Month
3/22/2013 We’ve had the Chevy Volt for a month now and overall the experience has been positive. As expected the mileage hasn’t been great because of the cold weather. Plus, if I had made a few additional configuration settings for the Volt the mileage would have been substantially better – more about that later. For […]
2010 Kia Soul
Review: My wife loved the alien green Kia Soul the moment she saw it. Rather than fight it out I did what any good husband would do and caved. I should have fought. After a year my wife was tried of the noisy engine, hard ride (even harder seats) and overall low-quality feel. I never […]
Ford C-MAX Energi vs Toyota Prius Plug-i...
It’s a Prius. It’s a plug-in. What could be better? Well, the Ford C-MAX Energi for one. Toyota has a well deserved reputation for building high quality, practical hybrid vehicles. The newest addition to their hybrid line-up is the Prius Plug-in. Ford, while not the leader in the hybrid market that Toyota is, is working […]
2013 Chevy Volt – Long Term Test – Deliv
2/12/2013 Picked up the 2013 Volt at the local Chevy dealer on the 12th of February. Sadly, it was a fairly typical delivery experience. Even though all the numbers were agreed to before I set foot in the dealership it still took over 2 hours to take possession of the car. And, as is typical, […]
2007 Jeep Liberty
Review: One of my buddies and I have been driving Liberties for years. He is on his second, i’m still on my first. When I bought the Liberty I test drove a 2007 Honda CRV, a 2007 Kia Sportage and a Suzuki Grand Vitara. The Liberty blew them away. It rode better, handled better and […]
2010 Toyota Rav4
Review: One of the least fun cars I’ve ever owned. At first I thought having the spare tire on the tail gate was a good idea, but I quickly learned to hate it. Because of the tire the tail gate has to swing out to the right, it isn’t hinged at the top like most […]
2010 Toyota Prius
Review: Before I bought the Prius my wife and I had owned five other Toyotas between the two of us. I purchased my first, a Camry, in 1988 and loved it. Just a great car, as were all the others Toyotas we had owned so I was pretty excited about the Prius. I don’t know […]
2004 Mini Cooper
Review: I bought the Cooper as a birthday gift for my wife and for a while she really loved it. Even though windshield cracked for no reason, that wasn’t the reason we traded it after two years. The main reason was my the amount of attention the car drew, my wife began to feel […]