Ep. 1009 Government Keeps Making Your Car Lousier (While the Market Tries to Make Them Better)

Eric Peters — whom I donate to every month — returns to discuss creepy features in new cars, the government-led demise of the six-cylinder engine, private companies snooping into your information, and decent cars in the new model year.

About the Guest

Eric Peters is the libertarian authority on cars, and he writes at EPAutos.com.

Articles Mentioned

“Tire Tyranny”
“Little Brothers”
“The One Electric Car That Makes Some Sense . . .”
“The Kids Don’t Wrench”
“In the Rearview: Ferrari 365 GTB/4 Daytona (1968-1973)”

Guest’s Twitter

@LibertarianCarG

Previous Appearances

Ep. 936 Another Bubble About to Burst?
Ep. 838 What the Obama-to-Trump Transition Could Mean for Our Cars
Ep. 788 More Perverse Consequences of Regulation: Automobile Edition
Ep. 722 Tesla, Cronyism, Radar Detectors and Other Juicy Topics in Cars and Liberty
Ep. 673 It’s Better for You Peons to Drive 55, Says Hillary: More on Cars and Liberty with Eric Peters
Ep. 627 Why We Can’t Have Nice Cars: Government’s War on Producers and Consumers
Ep. 549 When Government Fixes Things, It Creates New Problems: The Case of Automobiles
Ep. 515 The VW Emissions Scandal, and More Car Issues for Libertarians
Ep. 347 What Government Is Doing to Cars
Ep. 259 Cars, Government Regulation, and More
Ep. 241 Government and Your Car

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