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Driving Impressions Archive
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![Crossovers, you may have noticed, are here for the foreseeable future. Enthusiasts see them as an occupying force and the erasure of driving culture, but the scrimmage line is now […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Title-pic.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Test Drive Review: 2020 RAV4 Hybrid and Mazda CX-5 – The Best Of The New World Order")
Test Drive Review: 2020 RAV4 Hybrid and Mazda CX-5 – The Best Of The New World Order
Posted on August 30, 2020 | 33 CommentsCrossovers, you may have noticed, are here for the foreseeable future. Enthusiasts see them as an occupying force and the erasure of driving culture, but the scrimmage line is now […] -
![We’ve all seen, and probably tried, a compact SUV, and there are many, many to choose from, though not all of them vary as much you might expect. What is […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/20200226_135940.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Driving Impressions: 2020 Citroen C5 Aircross Flair PureTech 130 – In Need Of A Sense Of Direction")
Curbside Driving Impressions: 2020 Citroen C5 Aircross Flair PureTech 130 – In Need Of A Sense Of Direction
Posted on July 27, 2020 | 31 CommentsWe’ve all seen, and probably tried, a compact SUV, and there are many, many to choose from, though not all of them vary as much you might expect. What is […] -
![Upland, California Over the course of driving 10 Vettes in 10 days, I have learned that defining a good deal is the most difficult part of buying a car as […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/D5678406-28DF-4D73-A4B2-825CF19BCF38_1_105_c-b.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 10 – C4 “Ruth” – The Author Makes a Momentous Decision")
Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 10 – C4 “Ruth” – The Author Makes a Momentous Decision
Posted on July 27, 2020 | 35 CommentsUpland, California Over the course of driving 10 Vettes in 10 days, I have learned that defining a good deal is the most difficult part of buying a car as […] -
![East LA Finding today’s Corvette hasn’t started well. I’m at a dealership in Anaheim only to find that I wouldn’t be able to afford or drive the C6 I was […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/858D2C9F-2B62-4326-ACBD-1C3B291D27FC_1_105_c-e1595183083619.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 7 – Fiona")
Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 7 – Fiona
Posted on July 24, 2020 | 9 CommentsEast LA Finding today’s Corvette hasn’t started well. I’m at a dealership in Anaheim only to find that I wouldn’t be able to afford or drive the C6 I was […] -
Ten Corvettes Ten Days Day 6 – Chloe
Posted on July 23, 2020 | 21 CommentsCovina Lindsay and Tiffany, the C6 and C5 Z06, were both too much for me. Surely there must be a Corvette for the beginner… -
![Long Beach If there is anything that can redeem the Corvette name after yesterday’s misadventures it is the raw potential of a C5 Z06. Yet again, the GPS leads me […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/A53EE56F-C694-4DA5-BF81-AA649AE7D9EC_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 5 – C5 Z06 “Tiffany”")
Ten Corvettes, Ten Days: Day 5 – C5 Z06 “Tiffany”
Posted on July 22, 2020 | 11 CommentsLong Beach If there is anything that can redeem the Corvette name after yesterday’s misadventures it is the raw potential of a C5 Z06. Yet again, the GPS leads me […] -
![Covina Ten Corvettes in ten days, from the start of this endeavor, I have been favoring the C5 and C6 over the C4 on the basis that late ’90s and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/c4-y.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 4, C4")
Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Day 4, C4
Posted on July 21, 2020 | 28 CommentsCovina Ten Corvettes in ten days, from the start of this endeavor, I have been favoring the C5 and C6 over the C4 on the basis that late ’90s and […] -
![I am a bit of a Europhile. Over the last couple of years, I’ve read a lot of articles and heard a lot of talk about how Corvettes balance fun […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/72149CC8-3A3D-4A07-BFB4-AA398FA70B2B_1_105_c.jpeg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Can a Europhile Learn to Love America’s Sports Car? Day 1: 2005 C6")
Ten Days, Ten Corvettes: Can a Europhile Learn to Love America’s Sports Car? Day 1: 2005 C6
Posted on July 17, 2020 | 11 CommentsI am a bit of a Europhile. Over the last couple of years, I’ve read a lot of articles and heard a lot of talk about how Corvettes balance fun […] -
![A brief dive into sales figures for compact SUVs (or CUVs, depending upon your viewpoint) are an intriguing endeavor. Few would likely be surprised Toyota’s RAV4 is the king of […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/IMG_0962.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future CC Drive Report: 2018 Chevrolet Equinox – The Result Of Vern And Autumn Going To Work For General Motors")
Future CC Drive Report: 2018 Chevrolet Equinox – The Result Of Vern And Autumn Going To Work For General Motors
Posted on May 6, 2020 | 46 CommentsA brief dive into sales figures for compact SUVs (or CUVs, depending upon your viewpoint) are an intriguing endeavor. Few would likely be surprised Toyota’s RAV4 is the king of […] -
![Part of the seeming approach with Ford’s new 2020 Escape has been how its more car-like appearance might better entice traditional passenger car buyers into a CUV. Ford had better […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/IMG_0702.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future CC Drive Report: 2020 Ford Escape SE – Upon Which My Parents Continued Their Downsizing")
Future CC Drive Report: 2020 Ford Escape SE – Upon Which My Parents Continued Their Downsizing
Posted on December 26, 2019 | 72 CommentsPart of the seeming approach with Ford’s new 2020 Escape has been how its more car-like appearance might better entice traditional passenger car buyers into a CUV. Ford had better […] -
![My wife and I were once Minivan Deniers. We wanted desperately to avoid those most stereotypical of family vehicles, but after our second child was born our resistance crumbled and […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/LF-3-A.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Curbside Long Term – 2018 Kia Sedona LX: A Great Year With North America’s Least Popular Minivan")
Curbside Long Term – 2018 Kia Sedona LX: A Great Year With North America’s Least Popular Minivan
Posted on August 13, 2019 | 95 CommentsMy wife and I were once Minivan Deniers. We wanted desperately to avoid those most stereotypical of family vehicles, but after our second child was born our resistance crumbled and […] -
![Last Friday while the update on my 2018 Chevrolet Impala company car was nice and fresh, I was taking a new Ford Fusion out for a drive. Since I had […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/IMG_0339.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Future CC Driving Impression: 2019 Ford Fusion – The Workhorse, Version 2.5")
Future CC Driving Impression: 2019 Ford Fusion – The Workhorse, Version 2.5
Posted on July 31, 2019 | 53 CommentsLast Friday while the update on my 2018 Chevrolet Impala company car was nice and fresh, I was taking a new Ford Fusion out for a drive. Since I had […] -
![As we pulled in front of our friends’ house on Christmas evening, arriving for a multi-family, multi-generational feast, I was surprised to see a new Tesla Model 3 in the […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/model3.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Driving Impressions: Tesla Model 3")
Driving Impressions: Tesla Model 3
Posted on January 20, 2019 | 85 CommentsAs we pulled in front of our friends’ house on Christmas evening, arriving for a multi-family, multi-generational feast, I was surprised to see a new Tesla Model 3 in the […] -
![Here we are, the final pair in the quest for an enjoyable, affordable family car two years ago. The 2016 VW GTI was the benchmark to beat, and lightly used […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/2015_infiniti_q40_sedan_base_fqn_evox_1_815.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "Infiniti G37 and Volkswagen GTI: The Final Comparison")
Infiniti G37 and Volkswagen GTI: The Final Comparison
Posted on January 7, 2019 | 34 CommentsHere we are, the final pair in the quest for an enjoyable, affordable family car two years ago. The 2016 VW GTI was the benchmark to beat, and lightly used […] -
![If the heavens have roads and cars to drive on them, then this was the closest taste of such a heaven I’ve experienced. For getting to drive supercar is one thing, […]](https://i0.wp.com/www.curbsideclassic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/thumb_IMG_6075_1024.jpg?resize=115%2C115&quality=75&ssl=1 "CC Road Trip/Driving Impressions (Part 3): 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT – Climb Every Mountain")
CC Road Trip/Driving Impressions (Part 3): 2018 Mercedes-AMG GT – Climb Every Mountain
Posted on December 19, 2018 | 19 CommentsIf the heavens have roads and cars to drive on them, then this was the closest taste of such a heaven I’ve experienced. For getting to drive supercar is one thing, […]
