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Bringing Tire Safety Into The Driver’s Ed Conversation

March 18, 2015 by Carissa Rogers Leave a Comment

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Teen Driving Safety Doesn’t End With Driver’s Ed. When my good friend was teaching her teens to drive near a particularly dangerous 3-way intersection she would tell her kids this: “Expect Stupid to Happen.” It became my teaching mantra as I was attempting to teach my daughter how to drive during her  year driving permit… 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving Tagged With: #SafeTires, michelin, Michelin tire safety, teen drivers, teen driving, teen safety, tire

Waze App Announces New Connected Citizens Program

October 3, 2014 by Carissa Rogers Leave a Comment

new version of Waze App including the places functionality

The cure for traffic congestion. If you haven’t started using the Google owned Waze app and you live in a congested city, you need to! As described earlier, Waze is an interactive GPS and traffic app.   This app literally helps you circumnavigate the worst of traffic nightmares in your area. In turn, you help others… 

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Filed Under: Apps Tagged With: Google, Google Waze app, interactive traffic app, Navigation app, traffic app, waze, Waze app, waze GPS, waze navigation

Waze GPS & Traffic App: Does It Really Work?

July 3, 2014 by Carissa Rogers 1 Comment

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50 Waze to Lose Your Traffic Nightmares My husband used to have a commute that took exactly 5 minutes. He came home for lunch most days. It’s one of the main reasons I was worried about moving to a larger city with… gulp… a much longer commute. Currently his 14 mile drive in rush hour… 

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Filed Under: Apps, Technology Tagged With: best GPS, best traffic app, GPS, waze, waze GPS, waze navigation

Used Car Shopping For Teen Driver: Harder Than It Looks

June 11, 2014 by Carissa Rogers 2 Comments

Safety Features to help teen drivers

Parent challenge: purchasing the perfect first used car for your teen driver. We’ve had a really hard time locating a  loved and gently used car  for our teen driver; something we could be happy having our teen drive. Our daughter has had her license for months, and with the chaos of after school events and three… 

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Filed Under: Buying a Car Tagged With: teen driver, tips for buying a used car, used car, used car for teen, used cars

Michelin Tire Safety: It Will Surprise You

May 10, 2014 by Carissa Rogers 1 Comment

Michelin Tire Safety

Did you read tire safety guidelines that came with your car and fall asleep? Hang with me for 5 minutes. I promise NOT to put you to sleep. On a recent trip with Michelin Tires, I was completely shocked when I learned about the dangers of mis-aligned tires. QUICK: Answer me! Don’t look it up…. 

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Filed Under: Safety & Driving Tagged With: buying tires, michelin, Michelin Tires, new tires, tire safety

Is Three Times The Charm? Buying A New Chrysler Town & Country

January 6, 2014 by Carissa Rogers Leave a Comment

We Went to Buy a Used Mini-Van and a Brand New Chrysler Town & Country Followed Us Home! We did it. We bought our THIRD Chrysler Town & Country last week. First I need to back up and tell you about our family. There are 3 (very excited about our new van, as you can see) kids who are… 

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Filed Under: Buying a Car Tagged With: Chrysler, gas mileage, roadtrip, technology, third row

OnStar Makes Following Santa’s Trek Easy

December 19, 2013 by Carissa Rogers Leave a Comment

OnStar Teams Up With NORAD Santa Tracker! Will your family be traveling on Christmas Eve? Are your kids worried they won’t know where Santa is during your trip? Follow Santa’s Every Move! If you have OnStar you will be able to Track Santa by clicking your blue OnStar button. OnStar is again teaming up with the… 

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Filed Under: Connected Cars Tagged With: Chevrolet, Christmas Eve, drive, General Motors, NORAD, OnStar, santa, Santa Tracker

OnStar | 10 Things You Didn’t Know

December 3, 2013 by Carissa Rogers 37 Comments

Odds are you’ve probably heard of OnStar before. Maybe you own a GM vehicle with that little blue button up near the rear view mirror? And even if you’ve used the OnStar service, we’re betting there are a few things about OnStar you DIDN’T know? I was able to attend a press trip with OnStar… 

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Filed Under: Ask Me Anything, Safety & Driving Tagged With: Cadillac, Chevrolet, General Motors, Impala, OnStar, safety, technology, teen drivers

Lunch & Drive Thru Oil Change | Who You Calling A Dipstick?

October 9, 2013 by Carissa Rogers Leave a Comment

Consider it a lunch date. Quick, grab your favorite drive-through lunch and head to your local drive-through oil change artist. Why not? Several auto oil change stores guarantee a 10 minute oil change. You might not be able to eat your whole burger in that time! Don’t leave your car, just drive in and snack… 

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Going Pro in the GMC Acadia; and The Real Meaning of Denali

July 16, 2013 by Carissa Rogers Leave a Comment

2014 GMC Denali review

Am I the only one who has no idea what GMC stands for, or what GMC means when they call a truck or SUV a Denali? And, that there’s more than one? In case I’m not alone… GMC is Professional Grade And yes, this mom needs that! Well, sometimes. Professional grade means sturdy and powerful… 

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Filed Under: GMC, SUV Tagged With: Acadia, Denali

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