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What A Vacation With Miss MotorMouth is Like

This pretty much sums up the week on the road for the Great American RoAb Trip

The Great American #RoAb Trip Live on #MMNTV from Jackson, Wyoming

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This week was broadcast live from Jackson, Wyoming while I was on the Great American #RoAb Trip with two of my fellow RoundAboutShow.com.We were given the opportunity to live stream a trip from Detroit to Yellowstone and back in a Lincoln MKT and since we found ourselves in a Motel 6 in Jackson, Wyoming on the night… [[Continue reading]]

#MMNTV Episode #8: I’d Fiesta Before I’d Yaris

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On this week’s Miss MotorMouth on MingleMediaTV, I showed my drive in the 2011 Ford Fiesta, a Yaris crash test and talk about resources for elderly drivers and the people who care about them. I am having a hair grow currently and yes, I have curly hair so don’t be hatin’.

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Jump Starting A Car Is Like Your Facebook Relationship Status: It's Complicated

Jump Starting A Car Is Like Your Facebook Relationship Status: It’s Complicated

Does anyone really know how jump starting works?

Does anyone really know how jump starting works?

Question: Who taught you how to jump start a car? Or maybe I should ask this question first: do you know HOW to jump start a car? It’s okay. There are a lot of people out there who don’t know, and I’m… [[Continue reading]]

Leasing vs Buying: Is This A Good Time?

Guest post by Steve Haas, with thanks.

Leasing vs. Buying
The recent financial crisis may have reduced the availability of great new-car leasing programs, but some are still available.  This weekend’s newspaper, for example, includes an advertisement for the hot Mazda3 5-door (with automatic transmission) for a lease payment of $219 per month for three years.  This sounds like a very affordable payment for a new car… [[Continue reading]]

Changing the Way You Drive Increases Safety & Reduces Traffic Jams

High fuel costs are impacting us in ways that we probably never realized. It is now being reported that traffic reduced 9% nationwide between January and May of this year. That number seems pretty low to residents of larger cities and in Los Angeles, I can tell you from personal experience that journeys that used to take 1 1/2 hour will often only take 45 minutes. It is changing the… [[Continue reading]]