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When Driving is about Lifestyle, Car Life Nation is the Answer

When Driving is about Lifestyle, Car Life Nation is the Answer

What’s Not to Love About Going Suburban?

The suburbs get a really bad rap. All those perfectly manicured lawns, the homogeneity of the houses, the lack of culture as compared to the nearby bustling cities. However, the one thing that the suburbs can always offer that most cities can’t? Ample parking. Why should you care about parking? Because once you set your […]

The Ford Escape = A Mom’s Escape

Once you become a parent, you become a lot of other things too – a full-time nanny, a chef, a housekeeper, a personal assistant, a nurse… hell, I’ve even caught myself playing the role of an engineer when trying to ascertain why certain obnoxious music toys refuse to light up and blast “Old MacDonald Had […]

2018 Mazda3: The Coolest Compact Car

Hopefully, you are at a stage in your life where being considered “cool” just isn’t that big of a deal anymore. You know what I mean – we were all teenagers once, teenagers who freaked out if they didn’t have the right Jansport backpack or the coolest flip phone (I’m clearly aging myself here). But […]

Best Truck Accessories for Families

By now it’s old movie trope – the unaware soon-to-be father cruising along in his sexy sports car, only to be stopped dead in his tracks by a thin blue line. Of course, rather than be overjoyed at the prospect of his bundle of joy, the first thing that the father thinks is that he […]

Best Practices for Buying Used

So you’re searching for used cars and you’re suddenly realizing there is a whole lot more that goes into a buying a used car than simply finding one online and sending a quick payment to the seller via Venmo or PayPal. It’s okay, we understand – buying a used car seems like one of those things that […]

Why You Should Lease Your Car

I would say it’s possible that I have commitment problems, but this ring on my finger and baby on my hip make that a false statement. Although I guess it’s possible that I do have a fear of long term relationships – with my car that is. Yup. When it comes to cars, I’m a […]

Questioning the Nissan Quest

So you’ve finally lost the battle huh? If you’re reading this, most likely you’ve surrendered to the fact that it’s time to accept that you are in the market for a minivan. It’s okay – we all start out saying “I’ll never drive one of those” and then 2.5 kids, one dog and one mortgage […]

Buy a Minivan, Not a Maserati

Here’s a riddle for you: what do a Maserati and a Minivan have in common? If you said four wheels and a steering column, well then, yes – you’re right. And of course, they both start with the letter ‘M’. But really, that’s where one would think most of the shared similarities between the sexy […]

A Mom’s Review of the 2017 Honda CR-V

Remember the days when you would go car shopping and your biggest criteria was: do I look good driving this? Oh, just me? Well, anyways, as time has gone on and I’ve gotten married and had kids, I’ve lost the vanity (it’s really tough to care how you look when you haven’t sleep in weeks […]