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2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG - Long-Term Update
One of the first lessons I learned as an automotive journalist is that it takes time to appreciate the little things in a car new to my... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230k Sport - Long-Term Update
Tuesday morning, keys are tossed to me as I sit at my desk. Keys belonging to the Mercedes-Benz C230 Kompressor Sport sedan sitting in the... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport
Tuesday morning, keys are tossed to me as I sit at my desk. Keys belonging to the Mercedes-Benz C230 Kompressor Sport sedan sitting in the... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG
One of the first lessons I learned as an automotive journalist is that it takes time to appreciate the little things in a car new to my... more |
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2003 Porsche 911 C4s - Long-Term Update
It's still a 911, isn't it? It may be as large as a whale (killer), and like a whale, this one needs water to live, but with the exception... more |
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2003 Saab 9-3 Vector - Long-Term Wrapup
Some goodbyes are easy. You shake hands, exchange a few hollow pleasantries and then split. Clean, emotionless, easy. Saying goodbye to our... more |
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Long-Term Wrapup: 2003 Saab 9-3 Vector
Some goodbyes are easy. You shake hands, exchange a few hollow pleasantries and then split. Clean, emotionless, easy. Saying goodbye to our... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 Porsche Carrera C4S
It's still a 911, isn't it? It may be as large as a whale (killer), and like a whale, this one needs water to live, but with the exception... more |
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2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 - Long-Term Update
Great execution; bad concept. Volkswagen's eight-cylinder Passat is a car I've wanted to unreservedly love, but ultimately I've had to... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport - Long-term Update
Ownership of a Mercedes-Benz has long been a privilege reserved for the older and well-heeled, but times have changed. The company has... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG
I was a bit worried. As the magazine's most enthusiastic fan of our long-term Z4, I've frequently had to explain (read: defend) the SMG to... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 Passat W8
Great execution; bad concept. Volkswagen's eight-cylinder Passat is a car I've wanted to unreservedly love, but ultimately I've had to... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport
Ownership of a Mercedes-Benz has long been a privilege reserved for the older and well-heeled, but times have changed. The company has... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 Saab 9-3 Vector
It was during one of those mid-morning editorial meetings that usually lose their focus around lunchtime. The procedure is to continue the... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 Porsche Carrera C4S
Sometimes when you drive a car as special as a Porsche 911 Carrera 4S, it's your duty to school others: Here's why my car is better than... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 BMW Z4 2.5 SMG
The tail of an arctic storm was whacking Los Angeles as I got reacquainted with our Z4 roadster. Previous, short stints in the car had left... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 VW Passat W8
No good deed will go unpunished. I don't know who said that, but it sure applies to my recent string of luck. Nice guy that I am, I offered... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport
I remember being surprised how much more fun a C240 six-speed was to drive than a C320 with its automatic. The shorter-stroke V6 revved... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 Saab 9-3 Vector
This Saab 9-3 Vector is a surprising mix. I get used to the turbo torque, and appreciate it. I manage to pretty much not think about the... more |
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Long-Term Update: 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera C4S
A question raised while negotiating 25 miles of stop-and-go commuter traffic: If the 911 is considered to be an uncompromised "driver's"... more |
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2003 BMW Z4 2.5i
New release or rerun? Since Exec. Ed. Sherri Collins hit the Wayback Machine for the landshark skit on "SNL," I recall one episode where... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport
It must be tough for a car to wear the three-pointed star. It's like being Serena Williams, Barry Bonds or David Beckham. Perform in any... more |
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2003 Volkswagen Passat W8 Update
You are not quite the man or woman off the street--you know cars, you like cars--but you drive this one with no expectation, only the... more |
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2003 Mercedes-Benz C230K Sport - Long-term Update
It must be tough for a car to wear the three-pointed star. It's like being Serena Williams, Barry Bonds or David Beckham. Perform in any... more |
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Long Term Update: 2003 Saab 9-3 Vector
It was a hot August day, temperatures reaching well into the hundreds. The air conditioning in my house was being replaced, so the family's... more |
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