San Diego's Weekend Driver

Listen in during Dave Stall’s “You Auto Know” show tonight, Sunday, Jan. 29, at 8 p.m. for some Weekend Driver talk. I’ll be calling in about 8:15 for a chat about great roads. KCBQ is at 1170 am or on the web at kcbq.com.

It’s winter and that means it’s time for a visit to the desert. Here’s a great drive I took a couple of years back in the then-new Cadillac SRX crossover. It’s not peak flower season yet, but I did see a few blooming a few weeks back when I took the Mercedes ML350 (an SRX [...]

I’ve had a couple of comments from readers that they couldn’t read the map link in today’s paper (mine was a bit smudged as well). Here it is. And if you want to type it in by hand, http://g.co/maps/p82hg Hope you enjoy your trip!

And the replica Auto Club directional sign.

Here’s a real ghost town. This is all that’s left…

The test car — a Georgia-built AWD Kia Sorrento — is here, so no matter what the weather it’s time for the next Weekend Driver. I’m headed out to Ogilby in the desert dunes. Watch for the story soon in the U-T.