Archive for 2020
1973 Ford Pinto
Most automotive styling affectations were born of functional vehicle features. Real wire wheels, for example, lead to the faux-wire hubcaps that were so common in the Eighties, especially on Buicks and Oldsmobiles. Likewise, the vinyl and landau roof craze of the Seventies and Eighties was born of the landaulet and carriage-roof vehicles from decades earlier.
2020 Cadillac XT6 Premium Luxury in Satin Steel Metallic (a $625 option)
2020 Cadillac XT6 Premium Luxury AWD
Class: Premium Midsize Crossover SUV
Miles driven: 227
Fuel used: 12.6 gallons
2020 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited 2.0T in Machine Gray
2020 Hyundai Santa Fe Limited 2.0T AWD
Class: Midsize Crossover SUV
Miles driven: 575
Fuel used: 26.8 gallons
1949 Mexican-market Studebaker chassis-cab truck
Have you ever attended a party at a good friend’s house only to be stunned by all the people in attendance that you don’t know?
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Test Drive: 2020 Volvo S60 T8
2020 Volvo S60 T8 Inscription in Crystal White Metallic (a $645 option)
2020 Volvo S60 T8 Inscription
Class: Premium Midsize Car
Miles driven: 447
Fuel used: 11.7 gallons
Test Drive: 2020 Ford Escape Hybrid
2020 Ford Escape SE Sport Hybrid AWD in Agate Black
2020 Ford Escape SE Sport Hybrid AWD
Class: Compact Crossover
Miles driven: 240
Fuel used: 5.4 gallons
2020 Ford Mustang manual-transmission shifter
I don’t know why this surprised me, but my daughter has no idea what UHF TV channels are … or more correctly were.
I just turned 55, and well recall the TV channels of my youth. I grew up in Chicago, and available to us in the Seventies and Eighties were CBS (channel 2), NBC (channel 5), ABC (Channel 7), popular local WGN (channel 9), and our area public-television affiliate WTTW (channel 11).
2020 Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium in Renaissance Red
2020 Toyota GR Supra 3.0 Premium
Class: Premium Sporty/Perfomance Cars
Miles driven: 360
Fuel used: 13.0 gallons
2020 Infiniti QX80 Limited in Coulis Red (a $595 option)
2020 Infiniti QX80 Limited
Class: Premium Large SUV
Miles driven: 366
Fuel used: 26.6 gallons
