2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited Turbo Review

As our reviewer will say in their opening remarks about the 2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited Turbo, "Waht's not to like?" is a common theme with this Large Car, one class above competitors like Camry, Altima, Fusion and Malibu. It looks very nice, but the reviewer has much more to say about it.

Taking it from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan, home of your favorite Michigan Wolverines :P, it was driven through the highways during a nice blizzard during his journey with great results and around 34 MPG in the gas tank. I have personally driven this route many times over the years and I-94 is one of the most annoying drives on the trip. Plagued with semis running from Chicago to Detroit you have almost no chance on most days to roll around with the cruise control on since they tend to pull out in front of you randomly going 15-20 MPG slower than you are. Once you hit Chicago though, all bets are off outside of traffic jam hours. You are like a NASCAR racer if you want to live. click here to find the best network cable tester

It was really hard to find any fault with my 2011 Hyundai Sonata Limited 2.0T test car and if I did it would be a nitpick. I had a week of drive time with the Sonata which included a week-end road trip from Chicago to Ann Arbor, Michigan and back. I was happy to be in a car, a sedan, and not a truck for this trip. There was no blizzard, no heavy rain, I wasn’t hauling a lot of stuff, just my wife and I off to a family gathering. full review

2011 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic Review

Sexy. The 2011 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic that is. Looking like it is ready to leap at you from the front the e350 is one pretty looking ride. Checking in at a base price of nearly $49,000 I hope it will tuck me in at night too, and not be gone when I wake up in the morning. After all I took a diet pill that works fast just to be pretty enough to sit inside this beauty.

Steve Purdy in the Detroit division of The Auto Channel takes us on a road test for the next CILF (hehe) the 2011 Mercedes-Benz E350 4Matic.

The E-Class Coupe is a beautiful car. Yes, I know, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and indeed subjective, but there’s no denying this one is a head-turner. Bold, brash lines flow from front to rear suggesting a big cat with arched back ready to challenge all comers. Dramatic sculpting along the body sides suggests movement. The pillarless hardtop-coupe design, a rare style today, gives a manufacturer the opportunity to make a serious design statement. Mercedes-Benz has done just that with this E350 Coupe. full review

Volkswagon Unveils Their Temporary "Auto-pilot"

I am pretty sure we have all dreamed about cruising that 300 mile trip on the highway while we are ready to knot off to have an auto-pilot. Being able to "ride" while in the driver seat would surely be a glorious thing indeed. We could chat away on the phone, play a computer game, or watch a movie. I'd go for a ride just to relax...LOL

Anyways, clearly we aren't anywhere near having a road full of cars that drive by themselves and doing it safely. My knees are still going to have to cover for me on that straightaway with nobody around when I want to change my coogi clothing, but Volkswagon at the final presentation of the EU research project HAVEit (Highly Automated Vehicles for Intelligent Transport), Prof. Dr. Jürgen Leohold, Executive Director Volkswagen Group Research, has presented the “Temporary Auto Pilot” by Volkswagen: Monitored by the driver. The car can drive semi-automatically up to a speed of 130 kilometres per hour on motorways. It represents a link between today’s assistance systems and the vision of fully automatic driving.

“Above all, what we have achieved today is an important milestone on the path towards accident-free car driving,” emphasises Leohold at today’s final presentation of the EU research project HAVEit in the Swedish city of Borås. The Temporary Auto Pilot (TAP) bundles semi-automatic functions, i.e. functions monitored by the driver, with other driver assistance systems, such as ACC adaptive cruise control and the Lane Assist lane-keeping system into one comprehensive function. “Nonetheless, the driver always retains driving responsibility and is always in control,” continues Leohold. “The driver can override or deactivate the system at any time and must continually monitor it.” full story

Teens Tell Teens About Texting and Driving Dangers

Does anyone truly believe that texting and driving is proper, or safe? I mean I do it at times, and I KNOW it isn't safe. Texting, trying to grab the military coins I dropped on the floor, turning the iPod song to a different one, taking a drink while texting. It's like driving the problem here! Ha! Of course I am the greatest driver in the world so surely nothing will happen to me ;).

Of course we all know that many of the messages related to safe driving or nothing more than common sense. Wearing your seatbelt may be uncomfortable, but we know it is safer. That doesn't mean I would wear one if it wasn't for it being required by law. Motorcyle helmets being worn is something else many try to keep open. Catchy sayings like "Click it, or Ticket" stick with us though so I guess the easier it is to pound a message into our heads to get u to think about road safety the better. We learn by repetition so having a texting and driving discussion is necessary.

Six U.S. high school students were selected from nearly 300 journalism entries around the country as winners of the national Keep the Drive High School Journalism Awards to curb distracted driving, earning prizes totaling $7,500. The Keep the Drive High School Journalism Awards, sponsored by The Allstate Foundation, encourage high school journalists to educate their peers about the dangers of texting while driving, to raise awareness about youth traffic safety and empower teens to take on the issue locally. more