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#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]]

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… [[Continue reading]]

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 important it is to take care to have a used car inspected… [[Continue reading]]

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 ask what time it was when I woke up).

As I’ve… [[Continue reading]]

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 protecting me ( as much as you can protect if you weigh 12 pounds or… [[Continue reading]]