

Toyota didn’t wait for another gas crisis before improving the Prius.

I wasn’t looking for trouble when I took the Prius for a drive over the mountains to visit a daughter in Montana. But I drove right into it anyway.

Don’t try to tell Jim Bacon that the manual transmission is headed down the same path to extinction as the VCR, the film camera and the incandescent light bulb.


Dear Tom and Ray: Is it ever safe to start a car with no oil in it? I have a 2004 Honda Civic, and when I change the oil filter, it always drips all over the place, down the side of the engi


For Years, The 1933 Durant Practically Was A Secret Car
Even if you know classic and antique cars well, this one may be as much as a surprise to you as it was to me when I learned abo


Sorting through the rules of the road often yields puzzling results. Reader W.S. proclaims a degree of such puzzlement when it comes to use of two-way left turn lanes. He wonders, “The signs indicate the center lane marked with arrows and double lines is for left turns only. Does this mean left turns OFF the arterial or can it mean left turns ON to the arterial also? What about using the lane to pass? I have never seen any enforcement actions around this so am puzzled.” The topic W.S. brings up is one of the many areas in which I’ve found a lack of clarity in written laws, and I’ve been perplexed by this one for some time.


The last time I tested a Honda Insight, it was at the very beginning of the electric/gas power era. It was the odd looking 2000 Honda Insight two-seater, which was produced from December of 1999 through model year 2006. Outwardly, Honda’s original Insight resembled something out of a “Star Wars” movie, and never caught on with the end user as only 8,500 were sold its first two years. Furthermore, Insight became an afterthought when Toyota’s Prius arrived a short time later, complete with a “normal” four door sedan ideology and better overall performance.






