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2012 Mini Coupe

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May 15, 2012
2012 Mini Coupe

Who doesn’t like the original Mini? It’s cute, but not girly. Sporty – but not overbearingly macho. A six foot man can drive it – and not look (or feel) silly driving it. So can his five-foot-five daughter. Or her 65-year-old grandmother. The Mini is...
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2012 Volvo XC60

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May 9, 2012
2012 Volvo XC60

Safety still sells – problem is, everyone’s selling it – not just Volvo. That’s why Volvo’s gone sporty to an extent that’s truly startling in the context of Volvos-gone-by. A quick reference to put the matter in context: In the late ’70s, Volvo built cars...
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2012 Buick Regal GS

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May 7, 2012
2012 Buick Regal GS

Buick sells a lot of cars – but mostly (historically) to people who might be buying their last car. It’s the same problem Cadillac had; and the same problem Ford’s Lincoln brand still has. Buick seems to be turning away from the Metamucil Set with...
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If you’re really serious about saving money on transportation, the very last thing you should do is buy a new car. Particularly a new hybrid car. It’s as counterproductive as trying to lose weight by ordering a diet Coke with your triple Angus Thickburger. The car companies – like the fast-food places – don’t...

A Muscular Battery For Your Muscle Car

There are two battery-related challenges to owning an old muscle car. First, the old beasts can be hard to start – especially if the engine is a big V-8 with high compression, which makes it tougher to crank – which places high demand on the battery. Second, classic cars often sit for weeks at...

Plastic Not-So-Fantastic

I miss glass headlights. They didn’t yellow and haze over like a 90- year-old man’s rheumy eyes – like modern plastic headlight “assemblies” always do after just three or four years. Then your car looks old, too. While it’s true the modern plastic “assemblies” are brighter when new, when old, their light output drops...

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Sometimes, being second in line is the best place to be. For example, letting someone else buy you a discount on a great new car. He gets it first – but he also gets to pay full mark-up – as well as absorbs the depreciation in value that occurs during the first few months...

The Pros – and Cons – of Keyless Car Keys

Many new cars don’t come with keys. At least, not a traditional physical key that goes into an ignition switch that you then turn to start the engine. Instead, you get a transmitter fob – carried in your pocket or purse – and there’s a button you push on the dash to start the...

What’s Next? Airbags for Pedestrians…

The air bag thing is about to get really out of hand. And really, really expensive. Apparently, it’s not enough that most cars now have four (or six) air bags inside. Volvo thinks it’s time to put air bags on the outside of cars, too. For the sake, not of the children, but of...

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