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Review: General Altimax Arctic tires and Sparco Terra wheels
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Winter in the Northeast can be a brutal, bitter time of year. Rain, snow, ice, sleet, you name it; if Mother Nature can concoct it, you can expect it just when you want it least. As all of us in the automotive community know, summer tires are absolutely inappropriate for getting around once the temperature falls…
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What Jeep needs to get right with the upcoming JL Wrangler, Part V: Packages, tidbits, and trims (oh my)
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Pitting the company versus the buyers: From turbodiesel to pickup, your semi-comprehensive and somewhat speculative guide on the upcoming JL Wrangler [This is the final piece in a five-part installment about the 2018+ Jeep Wrangler in which we’ve explored the exterior, off-road hardware, drivetrain & interior, and the pickup. Hopefully sooner rather than later we’ll…
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Loaner Review: 2016 Chrysler 200S AWD
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“I’ll borrow the Viper for a few days!” The puppy-dog lips and eyes I had just thrown on had no chance of changing the inevitable response, but at least it took a slightly different form: “you’re the third person to ask that today.” I laughed and mumbled something to the effect of the joke having run its course,…
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A night at the North American McLaren 570GT unveiling (and what it’s like to attend a car event way fancier than you are)
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A few weeks back I was lucky enough to attend the private, invite-only, North American unveiling of the McLaren 570GT in the fancy-pants town of Greenwich, Connecticut. I should have guessed that I wouldn’t exactly “fit in” but had way too much fun to actually care. It was quite an event: food galore, free-flowing adult beverages,…
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2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS Final Update: Saying Goodbye
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Once again the written counterpart is lagging well behind real-life happenings, with the following catching us up from the tail-end of the most recent Update. Unfortunately for Project VX, this marks the end of the road. It was a fun, albeit short-lived, period having it as a second car, but life changes and sometimes your vehicle(s)…
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Project Car SOTU 2016: 2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS Bonus Update
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2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS Update III: Maiden Voyage — Project VX finally sees the road Quick note: Hot on the tails of Update II, this update comes well after the following events happened in real life. Doing my best to keep things current, but there’s only so much time in the day… “That’s my dream car,…
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Project Car SOTU 2016: 2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS
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Project VehiCROSS Update II – Wheels and tires and quirks, oh my Quick note: as with Update I, the VX has progressed since this publishing but the written updates are lagging behind real life. Such is what happens when you move… When we last left off my 2001 Isuzu VehiCROSS was sitting atop three shouldn’t-be-driven-on OEM wheels/tires and…
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Do they make one like they used to? The search for a modern-day VehiCROSS
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Often I find myself thinking about long-dead vehicles, wondering what their contemporary equivalents would be. Recently I was staring at my VehiCROSS, pondering its issues and problems, and wishing there was a modern version of the VX on sale today. It’s flawed, yes, but it’s a unique little truck that has some genuine charm to…
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A Focus ST and a test drive gone awry (UPDATE: NOW WITH THE WHOLE STORY)
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You’re not supposed to be parked on the side of a residential street in a car you don’t own, and especially not so on a drive for which you’re supposed to be pitched reasons why you should buy exact said car. But there we were, the salesman and me, on our hands and knees looking…
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Driving a (monster) show truck on the street
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It left me laughing, smiling, and terrified. That says it all. A group of high school guys came running over to the truck as I gingerly navigated it through the parking lot, doing my best to act as if I’d done this before. They were feet away from my intended path, but that was still close enough…
