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2010 Chevrolet Equinox: 3 hockey bag test

October 3, 2009

We’re really enjoying the 2010 Equinox here in the Grant household, as it really does feel like The General’s team has done their homework bringing this unit to market. We’ll have more about the actual driving experience in another segment because today we have more important stuff to discuss: utility.
October has arrived cold and wet [...]

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2009 Nissan Armada: Road Trip Warrior

September 23, 2009

I remember when the first Armada showed up at the dealership I worked at back in 2004. It was called the Pathfinder Armada and the long time Nissan dealer employees weren’t quite sure what to think about it. Wasn’t the Pathfinder big enough? As anyone who has 3 or more kids will tell you, no, [...]

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Why many Americans will continue to drive full size SUV’s

September 18, 2009

Perhaps like many politically incorrect car enthusiasts, I am growing weary of all this misguided hybrid worship. Equally tiring is the blathering on about the evils of SUVs. This condemnation of practical vehicles isn’t just limited to greenies mind you. Top Gear’s Jeremy Clarkson leads the charge against large vehicles by journos across the pond, [...]

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2009 VW Tiguan: breaking stereotypes

August 3, 2009

On more than one occasion, I heard the term chick car applied to Volkswagen’s baby suv, usually by some smart alec know it all guy. I wonder how many of these he-men have actually driven one. I would assume none, as there is so many things to love about this little ute, not the least [...]

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2009 Mazda Tribute: Golden Girl

April 6, 2009

Says the teenager:
This car feels really old.
Without immediately jumping on her for being spoiled by a different car in the driveway each week, I had to think about the statement for a moment. To be fair, we had just come off a week with the rather sexy CX-7 so the Tribute certainly did seem [...]

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2009 Mazda CX-7 GT: More March Break road tripping

March 29, 2009

For March break this year, the Grant family did things a bit a bit differently than we have in the past. We went somewhere for a change! In fact, we actually took two road trips. First we piled 4 of us into the 6 passenger Mazda5 for a blast to Niagara Falls and then we [...]

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2009 Nissan Rogue: They’re everywhere

February 28, 2009

Have you ever noticed that when you become even mildly obsessed with a vehicle, you begin to see them all over the place? That very thing happened to me the other day on my way to work in our 2009 Nissan Rogue tester. Traveling along the highway, it occurred to me that I had just [...]

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Tom’s Top Two of 2008

December 29, 2008

I had a list of great, and not so great things that happened in the automotive universe this year. Really, I did. While I pondered, and researched those “things”, the reality was I kept coming back to two defining themes that stand to make the year 2008 an extraordinary year in the history of the [...]

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Toyota FJ Cruiser: A new owner’s view

June 8, 2008

While we had the Toyota FJ Cruiser here in The Garage, our good friend Neil Caton was picking up his own FJ Cruiser in Connecticut. Neil has been so happy with his FJ that he agreed to give our readers of his impressions of his big red beast:
My SUV experience first began with an ’89 [...]

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Toyota FJ Cruiser: An unexpected delight

May 31, 2008

Have you ever had a first impression of something only to find your perception changes after getting to know it? Sure you have and I just had that very experience with the 2008 Toyota FJ Cruiser. I suppose a bit of an explanation is in order here. Last fall, when I visited the IMPA Test [...]

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