A family emergency recently required that I drive nearly 1900 miles in just two days, powering my Toyota 4-Runner over the Grapevine and Shasta Pass on Interstate 5, braving snow, ice, rain, wind, and other drivers. The beloved 2004 Toyota proved its championship bloodlines in the ordeal—awesome comfort, traction, performance, and durability. Although that’s not [...]
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Honda Civic Coupe
In January, my daughter turned sixteen. On her sixteenth birthday, she got up very early in the morning and enrolled in her online driver’s ed class. She powered through that class in world record time. I mean, she nailed it!
Since then, of course, she has repeated her mantra all day every day: “I want a [...]
2009 Toyota Venza
The Stunned Crowd Gasped “Wow!”
Reluctant as we feel to abandon our much-beloved and very well travelled SUV’s, the carpool moms have acquiesced in the fact our behemoths are ravaging the planet, crippling the American auto industry, and generally wreaking more havoc than the whole team of softball players watching DVD’s in the back seat.
We also [...]