Unusual Little Vans: 1996 Honda Odyssey vs 2007 Mazda 5
Happy Friday, Autopians! Boy, am I glad to see the backside of this week. I didn't feel like doing a shootout this week, so instead, I've just got a couple...
Old Car Interior Plastics Can Turn Sticky And Gross. Here’s How I Fixed It In My BMW
Soft-touch interior plastics were supposed to be a good thing. Instead of suffering hard plastic knobs and handles like schmucks, we would be coddled by lu...
This Muscle Car Has The Daintiest Bumper Guards I’ve Ever Seen: Cold Start
We don't normally associate words like "delicate" or "dainty" with big-ass late '60s muscle(ish) cars, but if there's a better adjective to describe those ...
However Cheap You May Be, You’re Probably Not This Cheap: COTD
Many people have asked me how I can keep 15 or so cars and a half-dozen motorcycles around in my life. The truth is that I'm a terrible cheapskate. I spend...
Help Me Figure Out What Cars Were Rebadged From A Fancy Brand To A Downmarket Brand
Car re-badging, euphemistically known as badge engineering, is one of those things that tends to baffle me, like using a yo-yo without getting a fat lip or...
The Ford Crown Victoria Is Not The Car The Internet Wants It To Be
Way back in secondary school, I felt it right for a change of vehicle. Fuel prices were going back up and truck thefts were widespread, so I sold my modifi...
Here Are Five Beginner-Friendly Used Motorcycles You Can Buy With Your Tax Refund
It's tax season, which means a lot of you will be getting some cash back from Uncle Sam. Now, you could put that money into getting your hooptie back on th...
What I Would Fix On The New Land Rover Defender, A Car I Helped Design
One of the things they didn’t teach me in fancy pants design school is what it’s actually like working inside a real OEM studio. Covering all the fundament...
A College Student Started Rebuilding An Engine In His Tiny Dorm Room. Here’s What He Did When He Got Kicked Out
You're a college kid living on campus. If you're lucky, you've got some kind of parking for your ride, but wrenching space? Forget about it. You'll probabl...
This 20 Year Old Toyota Sienna HVAC Design Is Garbage And I’m Not Having It
I'm not going to hold my breath that Toyota will suddenly issue a recall of all the nearly 20-year-old Sienna minivans to solve the HVAC Is Garbage problem...