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Review: 2018 Mazda CX-9 Grand Touring
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It seems that almost every week someone asks me about three-row SUVs. People want them because they appreciate the extra space as well as the functionality of the third row seats for when they have to transport their kids and their kids’ friends. The questions are pretty much the same. As are my answers. But…
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San Francisco, Day Two: Exploring more Bay Area wonders
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No set plans: Two days exploring the San Francisco Bay Area in a rented Mustang GT Some things are hard to explain. Take, for example, an intangible like the connection between car and driver. But break it down and you can begin to build a picture of what goes into “the feeling”: things like the…
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San Francisco, Day One: “Slower traffic use turnouts”
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No set plans: Two days exploring the San Francisco Bay Area in a rented Mustang GT The sign stood there, motionless except for the small movements of the wind’s work, as does any sign. A reflection of the suggested all-important driving etiquette, it stands strong in the name of the enthusiast, always there, always a…
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Quick Spin: 2019 Acura RDX
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In 2007, based on the sales successes of the Honda CR-V, Acura launched the RDX. In the days when automakers tried to shoehorn the biggest V6 into the smallest CUVs (see ‘05-‘12 Toyota RAV4), the smaller sibling to the MDX came with a very different engine – a turbocharged four-cylinder. Annual sales were not very…
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Podcast: Episode 254 – Rick takes it to the track [Part Two]
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Welcome to Part Two of my conversation with Rick Radcliffe and his vehicular adventures. We’re picking up right where we left off last week, which was in a discussion of the various track events that Rick has been enjoying. He’s only had his Subaru WRX for a little bit, but he’s already making the most…
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Speedycop is going big with his next project; a Stripes EM-50 RV
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If you’re somehow not already aware, Speedycop is just the best. His projects include many insane LeMons and road car builds; from an amphibious road-going helicopter to the sideways Tippy Hippy VW Van. Recently, however, Speedycop (otherwise known as Jeff Bloch) is going bigger. Much bigger, in fact because he recently found one of his…
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Hooniversal Opinion: 2019 Chevrolet Blazer Design
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“The Blazer is back!” were the words I saw flying across the Twitterverse late yesterday evening. I was ecstatic to read this, cuing up vivid dreams of a newfound rebirth of the truck-based Blazer I had grown up with, coming back from the dead. Would we see a new, small 4×4 in the Chevy lineup…
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Quick Spin: 2018 BMW X2 xDrive28i
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In 2016 I drove the then new BMW X1. I liked it perhaps more than I should have. It wasn’t even until I opened the hood that I realized that this was the first Bimmer that I’ve driven with a transversely mounted engine. Earlier this year I drove the MINI Cooper Countryman, a base version…
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Podcast: Episode 253 – Rick takes it to the track [Part One]
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Rick Radcliffe is once again on the show. He’s stopping by to tell us a bit about his current garage situation and then we dive into what he’s doing with his new daily driver. A Subaru WRX that is being used around town but also out on the track. We run a bit long so…
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Inheriting The Past: Reflections From A Road Trip In My Grandparents’ Oldsmobile
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I’m eight years old, and my Grandpa Dave takes me for a ride in his brand-new supercharged Pontiac Bonneville SSEi. He lets me sit up front, a rare privilege that my parents wouldn’t afford, and my little fingers play endlessly with the dizzying assortment of passenger-side power seat buttons. I watch as the supercharger boost…
