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Is Your Car Road Trip Ready? Easy Checks Anyone Can Do – and What a Mechanic Should Look at – Before You Hit the Road

April 10, 2021 by Cindy Richards 6 Comments

summer road trips

Our 12-point checklist offers peace of mind on the road this summer. Ah. The Great American Road Trip. Who doesn’t doesn’t need this more than ever these days? It’s worth cramming everyone and everything into your car for a trip to the lake or the beach and suffering yet another game of license plate bingo… 

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Filed Under: Road Trip, Safety & Driving Tagged With: car travel, maintenance, roadtrip, safety, summer road trip, Summer vacation

6 Simple Steps to A Flawless Road Trip

July 11, 2016 by Judy Antell 39 Comments

Road trip tips AGirlsGuidetoCars

Make sure you’re really road trip ready, and puke free. Everyone is packed, the itinerary is set and you’ve had your car checked over by your trusty local mechanic. (No? Check out our tips for getting the car road trip ready here.)  Now, just one more thing – are you prepared for an emergency? From… 

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Filed Under: She Drives, Travel Tips Tagged With: apps, emergencies, emergency kit, road trip, roadtrip, safety

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

From San Francisco to Boston: MINI Takes The States

November 7, 2014 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

Mini

Cross country roadtrip to celebrate the iconic car. Last summer, Sherlock, a three-year-old, five-pound Yorkie from Indianapolis, and his owner, Lana Trent, drove the St. Louis to Chicago leg of MINI TAKES THE STATES (MTTS).  The driving partners were among 4,000 MINI owners from around the world who were traveling along the 5,142-mile route from San… 

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Filed Under: Mini Tagged With: mini, mini cooper, mini coupe, roadtrip

Is Your Child’s Car Seat Safe? Win a New Britax Car Seat or Travel Cart

September 11, 2014 by Meagan Wristen 10 Comments

Britax Advocate Car Seat and Travel Cart

We buy the safest cars, invest in airbags, rear view cameras and top-rated tires, but maybe the most dangerous thing in your car is your child’s car seat. Wait–what? Yes. The car seat. It turns out that 75% of all car seats are installed wrong or are the wrong seat for the child. But, this week will change that:… 

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Filed Under: Road Trip, Safety & Driving, Travel Tips Tagged With: Britax, car seat give away, child passenger safety week, roadtrip, safety, win a car seat

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

Road Trip to Key West

September 23, 2013 by Judy Antell Leave a Comment

For many travelers to Key West, getting to the beautiful beaches and party atmosphere the quickest way is the goal. You can fly into tiny Key West Airport, or drive south from Miami on US 1 in about 4 hours. But you may want to linger for a couple of days. The Keys, small islands connected by frequent bridges,… 

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Filed Under: Road Trip, She Drives Tagged With: beach, drive, Key West, road trip, roadtrip

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