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All the Golf You Want and None of What You Don’t: 2022 VW Golf R and VW Golf GTI

May 9, 2022 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

2022 Volkswagen Golf R in North Carolina. Photo by Scotty Reiss

If you like to have fun behind the wheel, this is for you. Unlike many people who learned to parallel park in a city, I learned to parallel park in the mountains of North Carolina. I’d been able to skip this skill in driver’s education, but if you want to park a car on the… 

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Filed Under: Manual Transmission, Volkswagen Tagged With: 2022 Volkswagen Golf R, 2022 Volkswagen GTI, manual transmission, stick shift, VW Golf, VW GTI

Rainbow Wishes and Magic Pony Dreams: 2020 Ford Mustang 2.3L Ecoboost Convertible

April 9, 2022 by Erica Mueller Leave a Comment

When we were girls, we dreamed of ponies. Cuddly and gentle with flowing manes and soft wet noses that twitched with excitement over apples and carrots. When we hit our mid-teens, many of us were ready to trade those 4-legged beauties for four wheels and an engine. A different kind of beauty. This week, I… 

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Filed Under: 4-Passenger Seating, Ford, Manual Transmission, Sports Car Tagged With: 50th anniversary Mustang, convertible, ford mustang, Mustang, sports car

2022 Toyota GR 86 First Drive Review: Don’t Let This Sexy Little Sports Car Fool You: It’s Fun, Fast and Affordable

April 6, 2022 by Jill Ciminillo Leave a Comment

toyota gr 86 sports car

The Toyota GR 86 performs as good as it looks, and it looks really good.   Sometimes I like to get behind the wheel and just drive. I turn off the music, open the windows, and listen to the rumble of the engine as it filters into the cabin. It’s “me” time, and taking it in… 

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Filed Under: 4-Passenger Seating, Automatic Transmission, Manual Transmission, Sports Car, Toyota Tagged With: 2022 toyota gr 86, sport, sports car, Toyota, toyota 86, toyota gr 86

2022 MINI Cooper Hardtop Makes Driving a Manual Transmission More Fun

April 5, 2022 by Chastity Beene Leave a Comment

Mini Cooper

The MINI John Cooper Works Hardtop is reason enough to learn to drive a manual transmission. It was an early Saturday morning in the fall of 1998 when my mom declared it was time for me to learn how to drive a stick shift. Despite my grumbling about how this was an unnecessary skill I… 

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Filed Under: Car Reviews, Manual Transmission, Mini Tagged With: MINI Hardtop, MINI Hardtop Johan Cooper Works

USED: Sporty and Roomy? You can have both in the 2015 Mazda3

March 3, 2022 by Fadra Nally Leave a Comment

2015 Mazda3 in blue reflex mica

This article was written by Fadra Nally “Quick question – can you or your husband drive manual vehicles?” When I received an email asking if I was interested in reviewing several cars in the area, that was the sentence that caught my eye right away. Of COURSE, I can drive a stick. I don’t need a… 

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Filed Under: Manual Transmission, Mazda, Reviews Tagged With: 2015 Mazda3, manual transmission, Mazda, mazda review, Mazda3

USED: 2018 Volkswagen Golf GTI: This Might Be the Best Car to Learn How to Drive a Manual

February 15, 2022 by Erica Mueller Leave a Comment

2018 Golf GTI Review best car to learn how to drive a manual

Learning to drive a stick shift… because I had to! Maybe your parents insisted you learn to drive a stick shift. Mine didn’t. Even with all the drivers in our household (I’m the oldest of 8), we didn’t have a manual vehicle other than a John Deere tractor on the farm until just before I… 

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Filed Under: Hatchback, Manual Transmission, Volkswagen Tagged With: hatchback, sports car, sports hatchback, stick shift, Volkswagen Golf GTI

Learning to Drive a Stick Shift? Here’s What You Need to Know First

January 9, 2022 by Scotty Reiss 2 Comments

learn to drive a stick shift

Isn’t preparation the key to everything? You’ve talked about why drivers should learn to drive a stick shift: you’re more in command, you can avoid up-charges at car rental counters in foreign countries, it makes you a more in-tune driver. Plus, it’s a lot of fun. But then there are the reasons NOT to learn to… 

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Filed Under: Manual Transmission, She Drives Tagged With: learn to drive, manual transmission, stick shift

A Quicker Heartbeat and a Bigger Grin: The Hyundai Elantra N and Kona N are Here

November 23, 2021 by Connie Peters Leave a Comment

2022 Hyundai Kona N

I don’t know of any other car that has grin mode, do you? “It’s not about power or RPMs,” says Albert Bierman, president, and head of research and development of Hyundai and Kia Motors, “It’s all about the grin on your face and your heartbeat” when he spoke passionately about the all-new 2022 Hyundai Elantra… 

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Filed Under: 5-Passenger Seating, Canada, Car Reviews, Events, Hyundai, Manual Transmission, Reviews, Sedan, Sports Car, SUV Tagged With: Elantra, Elantra N, Hyundai, Hyundai N, Kona, Kona N

5 Reasons You’ll Want To Drive A Manual Transmission

July 2, 2021 by Dawn Thigpen 8 Comments

manual transmission

I have always had a fascination with cars. So much so, that while growing up I was completely obsessed with the General Lee from the 70s/80s TV series, The Dukes of Hazzard. I could not wait to sit in front of the television each week to watch the vehicle fly through the air leaving Boss Hoss… 

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Filed Under: Manual Transmission Tagged With: 2 seater, best manual car, Mazda Miata, roadster, stick shift

Honda Civic Si Review: What If An Inexpensive Stick Shift Sedan Could Actually Be Fun? 

April 16, 2021 by Scotty Reiss Leave a Comment

Honda Civic Si

That’s what Honda thought, too.  I’m pretty sure anyone who saw me driving the 2020 Honda Civic Si thought I was driving my son’s car or I was having a mid-life crisis. It’s not really the car for a mom from the ‘burbs. (Maybe it’s the sport spoiler on the trunk the gives it away,… 

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Filed Under: Honda, Manual Transmission, Sedan Tagged With: honda, Honda Civic, sports sedan, stick shift

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