Recently I engaged in a twitter back and forth with a woman auto journalist & editor of a large on-line concern; a person who hires many writers. I was noticing the lack of men in the room in her video at a Mercedes-Benz introduction. She let me know that gender today was a non-issue and […]
Top Five Observational Maintenance Tips
September 11, 2014 by Leave a Comment
A perfect tool for preventable failures is simple observation of your car. Although our minds may be going elsewhere, we step into our car and we are going places. Even though we just turned the key to a very complicated, intricate piece of machinery; most of us never even stop to take an easy preventative […]
The Quiet Commute: Electric Bikes
June 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Today, we rode a revolutionary vehicle, and it felt out of our comfort zone. It was a bit scary — scary good, light and fun, quick yet eerie. Eerie good because this vehicle is almost as light as one’s first Schwinn, yet quick off the stoplight as most drivers with a V-8 engine. We […]
There’s a Travel App for That!
June 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Like color television overtaking black-and-white in the 1970s, Smartphones have taken over the regular mobile phone. Now most mobile phones are Smartphones designed to work intrinsically with the Internet. The No. 1 way individuals access the Internet worldwide is via their mobile Smartphone…
2013 Acura TSX Wagon: When a Four feels like a Six
March 2, 2013 by Leave a Comment
While playing favorites among sample test drives is not a good way for a vehicle reviewer to behave, it happens. What appeals to you and would even buy creeps into your psyche. And so it was with the 189 inch long 2013 TSX Sport Wagon built in Sayama, Saitama, Japan for the Acura Company. Full […]