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My weekend with a supermodel…

Ed’s back with an automotive review of the Alfa Romeo Mito, pictures of a bathroom, and international travels. Come check it out!

The reason Ford is hurting – The 2008 Ford Focus Zetec – UK Version

Now, the title is not an insult on the car.  In fact, it is quite nice, which is my point.  Why isn’t Ford selling this type of car in the US?  This is the mid-range focus and it has a nicer interior than any Ford I’ve seen in the US.  The plastics are all very [...]

Strange Sequence of Events

Well, actually it was a sequence of strange events, as it really isn’t the sequence that is strange.  Anyway.  Traveling fraud finder that I am, I was in NYC on Saturday.  I’m on the last train back to DC, which left Penn Station at 11:00pm.  I’m pretty tired so I plop down in one of [...]

The Chrysler Sebring Blows. Or, How I Killed God’s Creatures and Broke The Law

Took a trip to New England this weekend and the car rental du jour was a Chrysler Sebring.  Now the Sebring is Chrysler’s entry-level car, as well for that matter their middle-line car.  This goes to the reason why Chrysler has not put out a good car since, oh 1992, and the last decent car [...]

2008 Cadillac CTS. Best car to come from Detroit in a long time

Hi! Ed here, the traveling fraud investigator. This week my travels took me to Florida for a yearly conference. The kind folks at Avis lent me a 2008 Cadillac CTS and here are my thoughts. Firstly, the CTS since its debut as a carrier of baddies in the second Matrix movie [...]