Cars | Stumbling into Abundance

Since we last crossed paths

May

2009

It’s a strange feeling to stumble back across this blog after not having posted since the beginning of last December. Part revisiting an old friend, part realizing how much life can change so quickly without even realizing it. I don’t want this to come across as an “I’m just putting something on my blog because ...

More hyped-up hybrids on the horizon 3

Sep

2008

Those of you who are regular readers know that I have some doubts about the actual environmental benefits of both hybrids and flex-fuel / ethanol powered cars. However, it seems the rest of our country is sold on the idea, including the automakers that sell to our market. In the past few weeks quite a ...

Honda Civic outsells Ford F-150 in May

Jun

2008

For the past 17 years the Ford F-150 pickup truck has been the best selling vehicle in the country. But the times are ‘a changing and last month’s sales figures are a dramatic reflection of this. During the month of May, the Ford F-150 dropped from first to fifth place in overall vehicles sold. Ouch. ...

What are we gonna do??? 1

May

2008

I don’t know what gas prices are like in your corner of the world, but in these parts the fact that the price of regular unleaded is sitting at $3.99(9) is all over the news. Recently nearly every station in town went up about 15 cents per gallon to right at $4. The same is ...

(Not-so) Green Cars – Earth Day ’08 2

Apr

2008

In honor of Earth Day (today, April 22nd) I’m going on an environmental extravaganza, with “green” postings throughout the day. For my earth day post about cars I’m choosing to blog about how some of the current trends in the automotive world aren’t as green as they may seem to be: hybrids and corn ethanol. ...