Diesel

  • The Police Car Perfected

    I have been busy enjoying an end-of-summer road trip to New England for the past week.  Now I am spending some time on Cape Cod renewing acquaintances with relatives and old friends. As I drive around on highways and byways… Continue reading

  • 39 Miles Per Gallon

    Today the President announced that new cars would be required to achieve 39 miles per gallon in a few years time.  Given the current state of America’s automobile industry this was an optimistic road to take. I would be delighted… Continue reading

  • We Don’t Need a Car Czar

    Should a Car Czar Be Part of the Solution? We have seen the CEO’s of the “Big Three” show up in Senate hearings begging for financial assistance.  Once they traveled by corporate jet and the second time via hybrid vehicles.… Continue reading

  • Like I Said – No Free Lunch

     I wish the facts were different, but the latest analysis of biofuels is not encouraging.  There was already concern as regards using food crops to produce ethanol.  It meant that the food prices for that crop would increase (it has),… Continue reading

  • Mitsubishi RA – Rah, rah , rah!

    Mitsubishi has given us a peek behind the curtain with their concept car the RA.  Is RA a name based on the ancient Egyptian sun god, or is it an acronym for RalliArt?  The first guess might mean that it… Continue reading

  • 2007 – A Look Back

     There had been rumors that the price of oil might climb as the year began.  Few really expected it to be any more than the usual seasonal rise as the road travel season approached.  After all, the refineries around the… Continue reading

  • The World According to Jim’s Garage

    While realtors are burying statues of Saint Joseph in the hope of making a house sell and the stock market and hedge funds are hanging on the hope that the Fed will drop the interest rate by a quarter of a… Continue reading

  • When a Diesel Van Takes on Nurburgring

    Top Gear Ford Transit Nurburgring Sabine Shmitz is an astoundingly gifted driver.  This episode of Top Gear is when Jeremy does a lap in his diesel sedan in less than 10 minutes and his instructor, Sabine, is not impressed… Here is… Continue reading

  • Peppers and Bio-diesel

    I would not count myself as a radical tree hugger type.  Although I definitely care about the environment I don’t expect to be owning a Prius any time soon.  Sunday a good friend of mine came in to town.  I don’t get… Continue reading

  • Diesel – Bonneville Record Holder

    We saw it LeMans this year and now the Bonneville salt flats.  A British experimental car using two JCB444 engines that normally would put out 150 hp apiece, were modified to produce 750 hp each.  The result was a world land speed… Continue reading