Small Town Living in a 2016 Mazda CX-5

2016 Mazda CX-5 at Baldwin Station

It inevitably always happens. I’m asked to review a car for a week and I HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOWHERE TO GO. And by nowhere, I mean not even a trip to downtown Baltimore 45 minutes away. Or into Washington, DC about 90 minutes away. Or even to Hershey, PA – a good 2 hours away. All of … Read more

The Hyundai Sonata Limited does the thinking for me

Hyundai Sonata - affordable luxury

The car of the future is here now. We’ve seen pictures and read articles about how close we’re getting to self-driving cars. Sure, they won’t be exactly like the flying bubble cars of The Jetsons but we’re getting close. The only complaint I’ve heard with the prospect of self-driving cars is that they, well, take all … Read more

Mazda CX-9: I can’t handle the big!

2015 Mazda CX-9

My first car ever (not the one I drove but the one my parents owned and let me drive freely) was a 1978 Jeep Cherokee Chief. If you’ve never seen this orange and black monster, there’s a video of a mint condition Jeep in all its glory. It was surprising to me how much I loved … Read more

Nothing Outlandish About the 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander

Mitsubishi Outlander

Picture Simon Cowell talking. It doesn’t have to be him, per se, but imagine his exact accent and intonation. If I’m being honest… It’s a phrase I use a lot in my every day life and if I’m being honest, I don’t think about Mitsubishi very often. In fact, they may very well be one of … Read more

Zoom Zoom Zooming in the Mazda3

Mazda3 6 speed

The joy of loving cars is that I get asked to drive a lot of cars and I’m more than happy to oblige. But this latest request had me a little tickled. “Can you or your husband drive manual vehicles?  We’ve got a few in your area that are wide open available in the next … Read more

Kia Forte – Life in a Small(er) Car

Kia Forte LX review

When I met my husband, we honestly didn’t have much in common. He was tall; I was short. He liked super spicy foods; I thought salt was a pretty neat spice. He liked riding motorcycles at excessive speeds; I liked driving conservatively in my mid-sized sedan. We did, however, have the same sense of humor … Read more

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