Old Car Memories - May 2011

In the study of history, there are plenty of “what ifs”. Such as - what if Archduke Franz Ferdinand had not been assassinated, would World War I been averted and 16 million lives have been saved? Even in our own life, we are constantly pondering the “what ifs”. The auto business is no different, there are plenty of situations where we the car aficionados look back with 20/20 hindsight vision dissecting past automotive related events or occurrences and wonder about the &
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Obama Proposed By-the-Mile Tax Is a Bad Idea

Today The Hill is reporting that the Obama administration is floating a plan to tax all cars by-the-mile. The plan is part of the Obama administration’s “Transportation Opportunities Act.” Senator Kent Conrad and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) have also supported in recent months a by-the-mile tax for all cars to increase federal highway revenues. Both Conrad and the CBO propose the installation of an electronic device that would monitor and track every mile a vehicle wo
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