Wranglers Escort Gremlins

03.30.2012

Kieran Lindsey, Car Talk Wildlife Guru and Guest Blogger, explores the animal-vehicle attraction conundrum that rears its head each spring.

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The Opened Road

09.30.2011

After a year-and-a-half of licking its fire and flood inflicted wounds, the Angeles Crest Highway opened on Friday, June 3, 2011, only to be inundated by another flood--of motorcyclists, bicyclists, sports car drivers, tentatively piloted minivans and cruising patrol units.

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Where Are the Campers?

03.08.2011

When my sister and I were growing up, our grandparents frequently took us camping in their 1965 Chevy C-10 pickup with an Alaskan camper. Instead of the popular cab-over style that provided a roomy and coveted berth over the truck roof (with a window that any eight-year-old pining for a BB gun woul...

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In Praise of Older Cars

02.04.2011

Enough iDrive, MyTouch and OnStar. Enough heated steering wheels, console beverage dispensers and automatic keister coolers. Enough traction control, stability control, blind spot warning, signal-sending and satellite tracking. People, you’re on a trajectory for a macchiato...

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