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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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Long-Term Intro: 2003 Porsche 911 Carrera 4S
Its Seal Grey Metallic paint is an appropriate color for a sports car whose shape has been compared to a breaching killer whale. Its black... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 VW Passat W8
For anyone familiar with horse racing, the use of the phrase, "post time," will make perfect sense. For those who may think it has to do... more |
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Long-term Intro: 2003 BMW Z4 2.5i
The advertisements call it a land shark. As someone old enough to have watched the original episodes of "Saturday Night Live," I can't help... more |
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Long-term Update: 2003 Saab 9-3 Vector
"Super-model with great personality, MBA, Ph.D, loves kids, animals, home improvement, sports, music, canyon runs, blasts to Las Vegas,... more |
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