September 15, 2013

“Dogs ride inside”, says Ford

It is a personal pet peeve — pardon my pun. I hate to see dogs chained or loose in the beds of pickup trucks. Yes, yes, I know you profess to love them more than your […]

August 21, 2013

The big tease: 2015 Chevy Colorado and GMC Canyon

It’s happening again. GM is tantalizing the market with a little lift of the skirts on its new trucks. For the Silverado and Sierra it was footage and still photos of camouflaged vehicles months before they […]

August 14, 2013

Towing stats announced for 2014 Ram 1500 EcoDiesel and Ram V-6

It seems like only yesterday when I wrote about Ram’s new diesel light-duty pickup truck. Actually it was late last month when I covered the latest addition to the Ram 1500 offering, and the company had […]

July 14, 2013

First drive: the 2014 Chevrolet Silverado 1500

Patience is a virtue. Sometimes I like to wait for the dust to settle after driving a newly launched vehicle. You can equate it to swirling a fine wine around in your mouth before declaring it’s […]

June 23, 2013

Free from GM: 3 months of OnStar

Usually when I write about older vehicles, it’s about recalls, fixes or problems. This time it is about a great freebie for owners of 2006 model year or newer General Motors vehicles that do not currently […]

June 11, 2013

2014 GMC Sierra Denali pickup to be tow monster with finesse

The truck media grumbled for months (me included) as GMC dribbled out details on the 2014 Sierra Denali, scheduled to arrive in dealerships this fall. Nonetheless, when you spoke with a GMC person there was more […]

May 28, 2013

2013 Chevy Suburban still impresses

For years I have asked my Chevy contacts to give me a Suburban for a week so I could do a full ride/drive review. Alas, there was never one in the regional media fleet, and I […]

May 6, 2013

Your other car: Texas Spring Roundup winners tough to call for 2013

About 60 cars, crossovers, and performance SUVs faced judgement by almost as many auto writers and photographers last week at the Texas Motor Speedway; and it was amazing to see how far everyone has come. In […]

April 24, 2013

In my rearview mirror: GM Foundation grant, Honda recall, Best of Texas vehicles

Often stuff happens that isn’t quite major enough to merit a single large story. Here are some from the past week: GM Foundation gives $100,000 to the American Red Cross On April 20th, GM provided a […]

April 18, 2013

1995 Silverado rocks it at 500,000 mile mark

If your truck hit 500,000 miles, what would you do? Keep it until the wheels fall off. Trade it in for a new bigger one? Or, all of the above. I know what Dudley Thomas of […]

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