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Lunch at a hardware store along the Cuyama Highway
I was back on the Central Coast in February giving some exercise ...
Crazy Curvy Roads in California’s Central Coast
It's part one of wandering around the Santa Ynez Mountains in California's ...
i Loves Balboa Park: Mitsubishi’s Little Electric Covers Nearly a Century of Motoring
High-tech electric car takes an off-the-beaten path drive around Balboa Park.
Honey of a Drive: Beautiful Vistas, Challenging Driving in East County
In a region that has some of the most challenging and beautiful ...
Surprise Trip Up Mt. Laguna — A Back Road Suitable for a Volvo S40
Wandering around mountain roads on a beautiful Saturday lead to a big ...
Mid-City Ramble: Euclid and Adams Avenues Drive Through City’s Spine
Drive through the heart of San Diego on some of its most ...
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Madison High celebrates 50 years with awesome alumni auto assembly
Very nice neighborhood car show today at Madison High in San Diego. The show, with many cars from alums, also showed off the school’s new, state of the art auto shop, robotics and solar panels. Great job!
Weekend Driver in UT San Diego Today… Spectacular Desert Vista an Easy Drive for AWD Vehicles
Just in time to still enjoy a desert drive before the heat sets in, the latest Weekend Driver is published today in UT San Diego.
Good Guys Del Mar this weekend… a rare Stude on display
This rare 53 Studebaker was #153 off the line and has the ultra rare tri star hood ornament, only used until Mercedes Bens objected.
Video visit to Font’s Point in the Anza Borrego Desert and a Chevy Equinox test now online
Visit Font’s Point in the Anza Borrego Desert State Park, near San Diego, in a 2013 V6 AWD Chevrolet Equinox.
It’s the latest Weekend Driver in UT San Diego: Modern Muscle & Classic Burgers
It’s a trip around North County’s new and old highways, ending up at one of iconic roadside burger joints in Vista. All in a great Dodge Charger.
What a Lowrider show at SD Auto Museum; 650 @ opening
What an opening tonight at the San Diego Auto Museum for the Lowrider exhibit. A hometown San Diego creation and culture for 50 years. Absoutely great job by museum staff to bring together historic and contemporary classics. Well, back to the street tacos!
So where is my Mini Cooper Countryman? Lost between San Diego and Port Hueneme?
Uh… where is my Mini Cooper Countryman? Recapping for those of you who have just joined us: since mid-December it’s been built in Ganz, Austria; traveled to Bremerhaven, Germany; ridden on the Dionysos Leader across the Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean Sea, through the Panama Canal and up the Pacific coast to Port Hueneme, Calif. It was [...]
Mini’s on US soil… getting spiffed up for the trip to San Diego
Let’s bid a fond farewell to the Dionysos Leader, which has headed back out to sea after dropping off my Mini Cooper Countryman S at the BMW port facility in Port Hueneme (sounds much better than saying the port at Oxnard).
Let Weekend Driver San Diego be your guide to the best drives in San Diego County. From DeLuz to Dulzura, Oceanside to Ocotillo, nothing’s more exciting than a twisting drive through San Diego County. Read more»
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