There are many reasons to drive well. If preservation of life is not a sufficient motive, consider costly tickets. If you drive as though the police are watching, you may make fewer errors. There are many things that can attract a law officer’s attention, so…
The day after Christmas, we left Portland on the heels of an ice storm. For the first 40 miles of our journey, our tires conducted delicate negotiations with the road surface. We were driving a 2018 Toyota RAV4 Adventure, a new trim that, with its...
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration claims that aggressive driving is still in the growth phase on American roadways. That’s a sad report, due to aggression’s resultant road rage, wrecks and death. Do your part to curb this phenomenon by resisting your own aggression, and…
For 2018, Chevrolet packs a big one-two punch with a pair of key crossovers. In December, we reviewed the compact Equinox whose recent redesign grew 2017 sales by 20 percent. Today, we address the all-new midsize Traverse. Its December 2017 sales bested the previous year’s...
I’ve often marveled over automotive technology. It’s progressed during the last decade to a point where it is virtually impossible to buy a bad new car or truck. Nevertheless, newer cars I drive have varying and sometimes disappointing headlight performance. Although every new vehicle facing…
Since Chrysler invented the minivan, it’s fitting that it would first to offer a gas-electric hybrid option. For most manufacturers, the minivan is buried in the dead-letter box. Most exited the segment long ago. But Chrysler believes in the minivan. Until late 2016, it offered...
Besides our typical New Year’s resolutions like exercising or quitting smoking, let’s all aim to drive better this year too! Since driving is likely the riskiest behavior we undertake that we have the most control over, doesn’t it make sense to do our best? Some…
There’s an image in my head of a herd of Lexus LX570s ambling along an off-road course set up at ski resort somewhere in the Northwest. I don’t remember the exact location, but the image of a string of three-ton brutes crawling down into a…
All-wheel-drive vehicles offer drivers enhanced balance, stability, traction and handling. With the grip of four driving wheels, these vehicles can more easily climb snow-packed hills and effectively plow through the bumper-deep drifts. But there is no free lunch. The all-wheel-drive option costs extra, is less…
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