There’s really no need to have an in-seat video display and player in your car or SUV.  That probably makes more sense if you’re on the road most of the time.  But as a casual traveler commuting to and from the office, you probably would be better off using the iPod Touch and getting the right connections to have it powered and ...

I’m talking about this gadget called a GPS or Global Positioning System.  Unless you know your way around town or better yet, around the state, you certainly don’t need one.  For nearly a century since folks like us have become mobile road hawks loving the automobile, we’ve content ourselves with city street maps when we want to ...

Frankly, I haven’t seen what a portable toilet for cars look like.  Is that a box or something?  I agree they can come in handy when you’re stuck in heavy traffic and you just got to go.  Well, I’ve known the situation and I was glad to have a nearly empty Coke bottle at the back. The traffic in one of the freeways here was ...

It’s great if the highway has toilets dotting the stretch every mile or two.  Most major European and Japanese highways have them.  But if you find yourself in a developing country, either as an expatriate entrepreneur or on extended official business, you might consider one of these conveniences in the car you’ve rented. There ...

That Ferrari F430 I saw burning on the Southern highway in the Philippines was so thorough, it literally left nothing where the engine was.  This was about 2 years go.  Re-visiting some pics I accidentally saw on the net made me think the owner could have done something if the car had a fire extinguisher in the trunk. That 2-seater ...