GM Reduces Length of 2009 Saab Warranty. Huh?
The WTF factor out of GM simply knows no bounds. The AP reports Saab's decision to reduce warranties for 2009 and later model year vehicles. Saab already i…
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Saturn Aura Hybrid $3k Price Bump. Huh?
With gas around $4.00 a gallon, hybrids are hotter than ever. Well, the Toyota Prius is. Saturn's Aura Green Line? A mere 30 were sold in June. No, that's no…
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McCain OKs CA's EPA Trump Card
Looking for a campaign bounce before Obama sweeps the media away for his world tour, McCain is confronting the stagnant economy right at its rotten core. But…
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Taxpayer-Funded Vehicles Face Increased Scrutiny. To Wit:
According to The Gainesville Sun, Mark Sexton was the director/actor for the local Hippodrome State Theatre. In August 2004, Alachua County hired Sexton as t…
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WTF PL8S TMTH 4 NC
The great state of North Carolina recently began issuing license plates beginning with the letters W, T and F. Reasonable, grown-up adults who received these…
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Auto Club Offers Married Gay Couples Free Memberships
The Better World Club differentiates itself from other roadside/travel services by dint of its "dedication to preserve the environment." We're talking disco…
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Gas Prices Hurting Long Distance Love?
I always thought long-distance relationships are a bit of a sham. When you see someone once a week, you always see his/her best side. You never live with the…
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CHP Head Fakes DWI Death, Traumatizes Teens
One of my stated goals in life is to never spend a minute in a courtroom. However, if I had a child at El Camino High School in Oceanside, CA, I would be sui…
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Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.
"We, therefore, the undersigned citizens of the United States, petition the U.S. Congress to act immediately to lower gasoline prices (and diesel and other f…
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WashPost Loves the Cavalier. Well Cavalier Lovers.
Also in today's Washington Post: an profile of Chevrolet Cavalier fans. Yes, fans of a car that would have made TTAC's Ten Worst (had the award existed then)…
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More Sex, Drugs and Peak Oil
San Francisco columnist Mark Morford has a round-up of doom and gloom on the energy front. After six paragraphs spent telling us that gas prices are high, st…
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Fred Bredemeyer Wins Parking Professional of the Year
When Fred Bredermeyer was 18, Chicago's Nikko Hotel gave him a job as a parking attendant. Little did the Indiana native know that he was about to embark on…
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Delta Dawn: Chevy Gets A New Small Car!
GM's turnaround hoe-down– complete with disastrous May sales numbers– is less than 24 hours away. Ahead of that blessed event, the General's gene…
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YAFC (yet Another Flying Car): Terrafugia Transition
Not content to make money the old fashioned way, a team of MIT grads has been hard at work for the past couple of years working on a two passenger flying ca…
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Audi Offering Incentives on R8s
Good luck buying an Audi R8. There's an 18-month– or longer– waiting list. Or you could pay dealers demanding a $50 – $80k price premium. H…
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Court Orders Volvo Dealer to Compensate German With Big Feet
It might change later, but as of this specific moment in human history, it is, officially, a slow automotive news day. While I'm sure this German court order…
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Porsche Bugged by Babyphone
TTAC slots all its blog posts into categories. I sometimes have trouble figuring-out which box to tick. If I'm stumped, I can create a new category. But then…
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