Turn High Gas Prices In Your Favor: Buy A Gas Hog
Tuesday, August 19th, 2008 Posted in Helpful Information | 19 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist One way to turn high gas prices in your favor is to consider buying a gas hog vehicle. That may sound crazy at first, but the plummeting value of larger, not-so-fuel-efficient pick-ups, SUVs and larger sedans has ...
The Best Used Cars For Older Drivers
Monday, June 16th, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 2 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Younger drivers often buy cars for their looks -- or performance. Older drivers do also -- however, they often care as much or more about practical things such as whether the car is safe, has comfortable ...
8 Ways To Go Topless This Summer
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 4 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Gas prices may be going through the roof -- but that's even more reason to go topless this summer. Obtaining Maximum Enjoyment Per Gallon is at least as important as how many Miles Per Gallon you're ...
Why The 2009 Camaro Is Doomed
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 Posted in Technology | 41 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Motorheads don't want to hear it; refuse to believe it -- but ugly realities are coming down hard on the '09 Camaro that will very possibly cause GM to pull the plug before the first one ...
Best Family Station Wagons: A Buyer’s Guide
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 7 Comments »This is a guest post by The Car Family Starting from its humble beginnings carrying passengers and their luggage from railroad depots, the “station wagon” emerged as an incredibly versatile and easy to live with family vehicle. In recent years its ...
Will Plug-in Hybrids Save Us From High Gas Prices?
Thursday, May 1st, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 7 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist The hype about these vehicles -- which differ from the current crop of gas-electric hybrids in that they can run on pure battery power for longer and, when their batteries run down, can draw power from ...
The 16 Most Fuel-Efficient New Cars
Monday, March 24th, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 42 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Gas prices are putting the hurting on us all -- but you can ease the pain at the pump if you're driving one of these: Ultracompacts 1) 2008 Smart For Two The Smart is a two-seater designed principally for ...
2009 Automotive Preview
Monday, January 21st, 2008 Posted in Car Reviews | 4 Comments »By Eric Peters, Automotive Columnist Even though we're just beginning the 2008 calendar year, several 2009 model year cars and trucks will be here long before the next New Year officially arrives. Here's a look at what's on deck for spring, summer ...
300 MPG Or Conspiracy Theory?
Friday, December 28th, 2007 Posted in Car Reviews | 70 Comments »Maybe the conspiracy theorists were right after all. That was the first thought to pop into my head as I read about an engineer named Steve Fambro - and his 300 mpg hybrid Aptera two-seater. Yes, you read that right. ...
The Best New Cars For 2008
Tuesday, November 13th, 2007 Posted in Car Reviews | No Comments »As reviewed by The Car Family This is not going to be a great year for new cars so if you can get a great deal on a 2007 model you may want to move now. There are essentially only a ...
