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Electric Drag Racing

A buddy of mine sent me a link to an electric car that is entering in drag races. This is awesome. John Weyland gutted a 1972 Datsun 1200, converted it into an electric drive, named it White Zombie and has breaking records at his local drag strip. In this video he drops both a Corvette [...]

The Ford ECOnetic

I just learned that Ford has a car in production that will get 65 MPG. That’s not a misprint. The Ford ECOnetic is a diesel hatchback that gets a full 65 MPG. For those of you keeping up, that’s better than the Prius, and it isn’t even a hybrid. Ford has opted to have the [...]

Ethanol

So I’ve been blogging about gas prices and the state of American automakers lately. I haven’t yet addressed one of the solutions that GM has proposed. Ethanol, or E85. Chevy and GMC are labeling their trucks, and some cars as well, as flexible-fuel vehicles, meaning that they can run on either unleaded gasoline or E85. [...]

Bourne

We went to see the Bourne Ultimatum last weekend. Just as others have said, this movie is fantastic. I know that there were only three books, but they totally left it open for a fourth movie. That got me to thinking. Matt Damon has another good 30-40 years in him, so they could conceivably come [...]

The Simpsons

I saw The Simpsons a couple of weeks ago. We went to see it on a Monday night, which I assumed would be less busy. WRONG. We arrived at the theater 20 minutes before showtime, and the only spot that was available was on the front row. Zuh? Granted, we were at the Alamo Drafthouse [...]