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What Happens When Malibu Meets Train

Somewhere, in the middle of a vast prairie, a factory sits churning out award winning cars in ’round the clock shifts by happy employees.
The seventh-generation Chevy Malibu is a popular little mid-sized sedan and is sent from this spot to the far reaches of where buyers will settle for buying them. This is what happens [...]

Buy Used :: Avoid Abused

Recently there was a repeat showing of Top Gear on BBC America about the Honda Civic Type R that was updated for the UK market in 2007. It reminded me of how a slightly used older generation of the same model can be a better investment and even a better drive but it is also [...]

Is Daylight Savings A Danger To Drivers?

I always loved when Daylight Savings started in the autumn as a teenager.
Curfew was at midnight but on that last Saturday in October it meant that midnight was actually 1 AM.
Now the time change comes a week later ( which honestly, was so confusing this last week, I text messaged three friends in California to [...]

Driving With The Dogs: Safety For All

Mae & Nubbyns. I love my dogs. I love my dogs so much that last year I spent more after veterinarian than I did at the pediatrician. Or on insurance for my daughter and myself. Or on food. WellŠ that last one is not true. My dogs love me, they love each other, they love [...]

15 and Ready To Drive: Prepping Your Teens’ Driving Training

Today is a very special day. I was woken by my daughter before 6 AM so that I could get dressed and get out of the house with her to walk to her high school with enough time to stop by our closest independent purveyor of fine organic coffees . On a normal day I [...]

Tesla Crunched in San Francisco: Carbon Fiber is Expensive! AddThis

Steve says:

Sadly, after likely having waited for over a year to get his new electric supercar, this unlucky San Francisco Tesla owner reportedly crashed only hours after taking delivery. While there were no reports of injuries, that carbon fiber bodywork won’t be cheap to fix.
This crash actually happened right outside of my friend’s apartment building [...]