Name: Maria Hart Car: BMW X5 How do you like driving your car? I like it. It’s not as comfortable as my Explorer, believe it or not. The seat is not as comfortable. I like …
March 13, 2013
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Stories by Karen Boyd
Multitasking is Maria Hart's shortcut
Lacey hates the 8
Name: Lacey Micheals Car: 2003 Hyundai Santa Fe Do you like your car? I do! It’s small enough for an SUV and gas-economical because it’s a four-cylinder, but I have room to shove stuff in …
February 13, 2013
Tyler Crabe prefers not to take shortcuts
Name: Tyler Crabe Vehicle: 2000 Ford Ranger What do you like about your car? It’s a stick, it gets decent gas mileage, and it can hold stuff. I bought a camper shell, and it’s the …
January 30, 2013
Daniel Sigmon's dream of a Smart Car
Name: Daniel Sigmon Vehicle: 2004 Pontiac Vibe How do you feel about your car? I actually like it quite a bit. This is hard because I don’t care about cars. My dream is not to …
January 16, 2013
Verna Clark is never really sure how fast she's going
Name: Verna Clark Car: 2005 Chevy Cavalier What do you like about your car? It gets good gas mileage. Is there anything you don’t like about it? It’s kind of a piece of junk, but …
December 26, 2012
Gina Granier's Prius has bells and whistles
Name: Gina Granier Car: 2008 Toyota Prius Do you like it? I love it. I like its fuel efficiency and its comfort. I think Toyota has done a really good job making a sedan that’s …
December 5, 2012
Brian Lyng on getting in and out of P.B.
Name: Brian Lehman Lyng Car: 2003 Acura TL How’s your commute? I live in Pacific Beach. It’s about seven miles to downtown, maybe ten miles to SDSU. And it is crazy everywhere I go. There …
November 20, 2012
King of the road Bob Woolly
Name: Bob Woolly Cars: 2012 Ford Mustang GT 5.0; 1969 Chevrolet El Camino How did you decide to buy the GT? When I came back from Vietnam, I bought a ’68 Shelby 500 KR. “KR” …
November 7, 2012
Sarah D. loves her squishy seats
Name: Sarah D. Car: 2010 Nissan Versa Like it? I love it! What do you like about it? The seats are the most comfortable thing in the entire world. They’re squishy. It also gets really …
October 24, 2012
Eddie Long's '56 Pickup
Name: Eddie Long Car: 1956 GMC pickup; 1950 Ford sedan Is this your daily driver? Yes. I also have a ’50 Ford sedan. I’ve had a lot of older cars. What was your favorite car? …
October 3, 2012
Lawton Ferreira's NHRA Heritage Series Race Car
Lawton Ferreira has been over 200 miles per hour on public highways and never gotten a ticket.
September 12, 2012