I am so thankful for the annual arrival of the spring equinox. My apologies to those who love winter, but I am markedly gratified when we experience the first 50-degree-plus temperatures accompanying the advent of spring, leaving the snow and ice behind. The satisfaction of…
Last week, we noted the ways strategic automakers steep their lineups in pools of shared DNA. "Driving one tells you all you need to know about the rest,” we said. We used a pair of Mazda crossovers — the CX-5 and CX-9 — as our...
During driving, driving errors occur. Please tolerate other’s mistakes, but don’t tolerate your own. If you are lucky enough to live through their mistakes, you should learn from them. If another driver commits an infraction of driving’s formal rules or informal etiquette, give them consideration,...
Is it plagiarism if I quote myself? Hope not since I’ve borrowed, with obvious modifications, the next three paragraphs from my recent take on Mazda’s midsize CX-9 crossover. The CX-9 CX-5 isn’t the quickest, the roomiest or the most powerful of the three-row compact crossovers....
Many of our driving frustrations involve time and our real or perceived lack of it. When drivers express displeasure with others’ driving behavior, it’s often because they are unfairly, illegally, or unnecessarily detaining us. Whether the irritation stems from slow vehicles detaining long strings of…
The best thing about surprises is they come in all shapes, sizes and price points. And also, you never see them coming. The redesigned 2018 Kia Rio qualifies on all counts. Seems appropriate, considering Kia’s “The Power to Surprise” tagline. Sometimes even Marketing gets it...
Precision driving requires that drivers understand their vehicles, know the rules of the road and continually hone their driving skills. Good things happen, or at least bad things are less likely to, when we adhere to those basics while operating our vehicles. Given the principles…
In 2017, the Toyota Camry lost its standing as the best-selling passenger car in the U.S. Fifteen years of dominance, gone in a flash. Weep not for Toyota, though. It was a sibling that dethroned the champ, after all. Last year, Toyota’s compact RAV4 became...
Application of sun screening material to motor vehicle windows is a large business. The popularity of the concept has many vehicles coming directly from the manufacturer with this option chosen for the side and rear glass. Also, leaving open the potential for non-compliance, tinting is...
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