Good Morning Warren and Friends, Say Congratulations to Warren Brown of the Washington Post! I am in Washington DC today. I flew in last night to celebrate a very special day with Warren; yes our Warren. Yesterday was Warren Brown Day in the District of Columbia as proclaimed by the D. C. Government. It was [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, I'm in San Diego today, saying goodbye to my friend Jim. RIP Jim, you were real, and I liked that. It's heating up in California; 101 degrees in Auburn, CA today! Don't forget to carry water with you, and make sure all of your liquids in your car are accurate. [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, Is everyone getting ready for the Holidays? Does that include changing tires, getting new windshield wipers, a new snow blade for scrapping snow, some sand/kitty litter in the trunk in case you get stuck? Stretch has been sick with the flu this week, and it reminded me to keep hydrated. [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, How was everyone's Thanksgiving? It was wonderful at my little house on the hill. Lots of fun, friends and food and food and food. Last week I drove from Auburn, CA to Laguna Beach, CA. It takes about seven hours to drive without stopping. That's no fun, so we decided [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, I'm still in Los Angeles at the auto show. It's been a whirlwind. We test drove the new Toyota Prius Toyota RAV hybrid in Dana Point. Great new design for both and new fuel numbers and pricing below. The new models for the Prius based on Toyota’s New Global Architecture [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, Next week is the Los Angeles auto show. If you want me to ask any questions or take pictures of certain cars let me know. I have put up some pictures I took from the 2015 Frankfurt Motor Show of MINI, Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, BMW, Audi and other pictures on www.drivingthenation.com [...]
New Mazda rotary I read that Mazda has unveiled a rotary-powered prototype. Have you heard anything about it? Thanks. A: Lou Ann Hammond Here is the speech that was given at the Tokyo Motor Show about the Mazda RX-Vision sports car. RX-VISION represents a vision of the future that Mazda hopes to one day make [...]
Volvo and WWCOTY The Women's World Car of the Year awards results just came out and the Volvo XC 90 won. 2016 Volvo XC 90 soaring I drove the Scion iA, Chevy Malibu, and the Honda HRV this week. The Scion iA was around $17,000, the Honda HRV around $27,000 and the Chevy [...]
Good Morning Warren and Friends, I've driven a group of SUVs in the last couple of weeks and my favorite is still the 2016 Hyundai Tucson. For just $27,000 you can get a decent SUV that isn't big and bulky, doesn't wallow when driving and has lots of standard equipment and technology. Tesla's cars are [...]
Good Morning Warren and friends, The Dow is down today because of the jobs market, but car sales are up. If you bought a car this year, do you consider it a one-off buy that you had to have, or do you feel more comfortable about the market? How do you characterize the overall economy? [...]