Even a Banana Dictator Would Like This Cadillac of Car Podcasts

If you know about something do you think it is of higher quality? Well, a new study links perception and quality for auto brands with Honda coming out on top and Smart coming out at the bottom.

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Consumer Reports confirmed that the fuel-savings options on some small cars might not be worth what they cost. Fuel prices are coming down and that is pulling down the prices of used small cars.

This list of the most dangerous cars has some questionable logic behind it, but the vehicles aren't surprising. 

Those vehicles would be hard to insure, and now State Farm is offering a deal for Ford Sync owners who are willing to share their mileage.

Meanwhile, states are looking to raise tolls to fund road improvements since gas taxes are off the table. We debate.

Then we debate the merits of high-speed lawnmowers.

Finally, the Seattle-Tacoma area is getting a new car museum. The LeMay museum opens this weekend and David hopes to visit soon. They may even have some vehicles that would have interested this list of dictators who were car crazy, as well as just plain crazy.

A Toll-Free Podcast About Our Love of Cars

Car sales remained strong in October, which Chrysler -- yes that Chrysler -- powering the continuing rebound. Jeep and the 200 sedan have been the surprising winners.

While sales are strong, it may be that America's love affair with the automobile may be over. We have a good discussion on whether this is true. What do you think?

More tolls in our future?

Those who love their cars the most often like to customize them. This week, most of the world's car customizers are in Las Vegas for the Specialty Equipment Manufacturers Association (SEMA) show.

Even the coolest cars are about getting places, and now that could get more expensive as more cities and states privatize roads, bridges and other infrastructure so that tolls can pay for them. In the past, we would have been against that but new technology means tolls are no longer roadblocks, so maybe having users pay for roads isn't a bad idea.

Finally, New Jersey is going to host a Formula One race in 2013 and we want seats!

P.S.:

• The Cloud may unclutter your dashboard.


• Radar detectors are getting a social network and apps.


• Gas pumps are filthy.

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