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Hybrid Appeal: Wife & Hubby Love the 2016 Chevy Malibu

August 9, 2016 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

The hybrid Malibu gets us both revved up. I have a confession. Though I love the idea of saving the environment, one of my chief reasons for choosing gas-sipping cars is that I’m cheap. No matter how low gas prices sink, every dollar spent at the pump is one that I can use on a… 

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Filed Under: Car Reviews, Chevrolet Tagged With: #ChevySafety, 2016 Chevy Malibu, Chevrolet, Chevy Malibu, hybrid malibu, hybrid vehicles

Which car? Which college? Choosing the 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander

April 2, 2016 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

2016 Mitsubishi Outlander

The under the radar 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander. At the same time my middle child was college shopping, my husband and I were car shopping. We test drove a number of mid-size SUVs in our search, which was similar to the test runs my daughter took at each school she visited. We spent lots of time researching… 

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Filed Under: Mitsubishi, Reviews Tagged With: 2016 Mitsubishi Outlander, 7 passenger suv, best SUV

What Happens When Grandma Hits the Road in a 2016 Toyota Corolla

March 3, 2016 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

2016 Toyota Corolla

Meet Grandma and a compact car. In my case, Grandma means blonde ambition. My mom is a very young 70, loves to travel and meet new people and just has a good time everywhere she goes.  She and her husband like to hit the road for day trips, week long trips, month long trips –… 

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Filed Under: Car Reviews, She Buys, Toyota Tagged With: 2016 Toyota Corolla, Best compact car, test drive, Toyota

Flexing Its Status As A Top Crossover: The 2015 Ford Flex

December 29, 2015 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

Top Crossover

Top crossover for cruising alone, or bringing the family. As a transplanted southerner, I have spent most of the holidays in the northeast. This year, my husband and I decided to take our three kids to my childhood Kentucky home for Thanksgiving, but flying was cost prohibitive. So we compromised: he and the kids flew… 

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Filed Under: Car Reviews, Ford Tagged With: 2015 Ford Flex, best crossover, best roadtrip car, best SUV, Ford, Ford flex, Top Crossover

2016 Cadillac SRX Premium Collection: Fancy Enough?

December 22, 2015 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

2016 Cadillac SRX

Is the 2016 Cadillac SRX premium enough? When my father drove a Cadillac, it was the best of the best. Before fancy imports hit the US, a Cadillac was what you drove to impress. So I had a lot of expectations when I slid behind the wheel of the 2016 Cadillac SRX Premium Collection. The… 

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Filed Under: Cadillac, Car Reviews Tagged With: 2016 Cadillac SRX, best crossover, best luxury SUV, best SUV, Caddy, Cadillac

Keep On Trucking: Roadtrip With Kids and a 2015 GMC Canyon

October 6, 2015 by Kim Orlando 1 Comment

GMC Canyon

This Kentucky Girl is at home in a GMC Canyon. On a recent trip to Florida, I needed a big vehicle to outfit my son’s first apartment, and a comfortable ride so I could take my daughter to visit my mother. I needed a GMC Canyon. The midsize truck not only provided the necessary utility, but… 

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Filed Under: GMC, Truck Tagged With: 2015 GMC Canyon, Best truck, best truck for family, crew cabin truck, GMC, luxury truck, midsize truck

2015 GMC Acadia: Made for Road Trips with Teens

May 20, 2015 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

GMC Acadia

Keeping everyone happy in a huge SUV. I make my teenagers take roadtrips with me. There is lots of moaning and groaning during the days preceding but we always have great stories to tell at the end.  For our spring break, we spent a week in a GMC Acadia Denali on the Florida freeways, and… 

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Filed Under: 7-passenger seating, Automatic Transmission, Crossover, GMC Tagged With: Acadia, best SUV, Denali, GMC, roadtrip

Fiat 500L: Cool Car For A Warm Weather College Trip

March 5, 2015 by Kim Orlando 1 Comment

Mother and daughter bonding in the Fiat 500L. Seven schools, two states, four days. Once again, we started our college tours in Southern California – it’s a winter break rite of passage in our family. Spending time in 80 degree weather when it’s 10 degrees at home makes sense to me. Spending it in a… 

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Filed Under: Fiat Tagged With: college tour, Fiat, Fiat 500L, mother daughter road trip

2015 Nissan Pathfinder: Space, Agility & Rear Sonar

February 17, 2015 by Kim Orlando Leave a Comment

Three rows for three teens in the Nissan Pathfinder PLT 4 X 4. Although I think of my children as kids, they are in their teens and fully grown. A five passenger car tests the outer limits of our sociability, so for our recent 14 hour road trip from Connecticut to Kentucky, we retained family… 

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Filed Under: Nissan, Reviews Tagged With: best SUV, NIssan, Nissan Pathfinder, rear sonar, SUV

Impressing the kids: driving my teens in a manual Mazda 5

September 24, 2014 by Kim Orlando 3 Comments

2014 Mazda 5 Minivan

The Mazda 5, a basic minivan, gets my teens excited about stick shifts Parents can feel like aliens around their kids; we never know what will click with them. The latest iPhone – or a huge plug-in hand set to make actually talking on the phone easier. And driving a stick shift – sometimes annoying… 

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Filed Under: Mazda, Reviews Tagged With: best manual car, best minivan value, manual Mazda, Mazda 5

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