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Is the Miata the perfect sports car?
If longevity is the standard, the case is compelling. This car has been around in more or less the same basic form (with tweaks over the years) since 1989. That is going on 20 years - and almost a million cars sold worldwide during that time. That's stupendous, even unprecedented staying power for a type of car that is by definition not a "practical" choice.
The VW Beetle and ...
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 Those crash test scores you read about are more than a little misleading. You read, "highest possible" or "Five stars" - and conclude, reasonably, that the car in question must be pretty safe.
Well, maybe it is. But maybe it's not.
For example, I read news coverage the other day about the crash test performance of the new Smart ForTwo micro... |
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 Monday 7th May 2008 - a day I shall remember as I was able to test ride the 2008 Ducati 848 and 1098 at Cadwell Park. Below I have given some basic specification and performance details for each bike followed by my impressions of riding the bikes on track. Please remember I am neither a journalist nor a bike tester, just an ordinary Joe... |
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 This past weekend, I spent eight hours attending "driving school."
Unfortunately, it wasn't Bob Bondurant's school.
And it wasn't really about driving so much as it was about spending eight hours dutifully pretending that the entire shebang wasn't anything other than a low-grade version of the "re-education" seminars for thought criminals th... |
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 If you get into an accident - especially a relatively minor, "fender bender" type of accident where there are no major injuries involved, just some bent metal - how do you proceed?
The following checklist might be helpful:
* First, make absolutely sure no one is seriously hurt -
Anything more than minor scrapes and bumps means call ... |
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