Tag: cars

  • My C and D Pillar Design Rules: Why So Many Cars Have Ugly Backs

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    I have a long-running obsession, unusual for an American, with station wagons. Why the wagon got such a bad rap here, I’m honestly not sure. They were never considered cool even before National Lampoon’s Vacation permanently chained them to the suburban-dad image — but Europe figured out decades ago that the wagon (and its cousin,…

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  • Tesla Model Y LR 7-Seat: The Four-Month Reality Check

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    After four months and about 6,000 miles with my first EV — a used 2023 7-seat Model Y Long Range with the Acceleration Boost — I’m ready to give an honest report. The short version: I’d probably make the same decision today, but with significant reservations about which parts of the car I actually got…

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  • How We Ended Up With a Model Y 7 Seater (And Which Parts I Actually Liked)

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    I had a 2019 Honda Ridgeline and I really liked it. But we’d decided we needed a third row — for the occasional extra kid, or for piling everyone into one car when the grandparents came along. With two boys around 11 and 12, we started looking at hybrids as our first toe in the…

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