When looking at a signal car by itself, that call may look great. However, when you put two cars side by side one will stand out. The weakness of each are more easily seen. A white car against a white background is blends in to the background. When you put a red car or...
It was back in August of 2009 when I wrote about figuring what it would cost me to drive my Dodge Caravan one mile. Since then I have come across new information. It seems that I am not the only one who realizes that the old way of measuring a cars efficiency by miles per gallon leaves out...
This is the day before Christmas. Many of us are looking for a fuel efficient, green car in our future. The Toyota Prius is to the 2009 what the Toyota Corolla was to the late 1960′s and 1970′s. Both cars are break through cars of their day. That is way the Toyota Corolla is...
This weeks Auto Recon is going to take a look at a new breed of car that is not on the streets. It is expected to be out next year or in 2011. Why am I doing a recon on something that is not currently available? The Chevy Volt is Chevy’s offering in the...
Back in the 70′s and 80′s there were jokes going around about Ford. People would take the letters of the word Ford and say make snide remarks like Fix Or Repair Daily, or Found On Road Dead. I haven’t heard any of those jokes for quite some time. That being said, My recon team wanted me...
