Don’t Forget Dad!

  Father’s Day is this Sunday, June 19th.   What was the best advice you ever received from your Father?  Share it with us!  We’d love to hear it. Or just enjoy some of these pithy quotes about our favorite dads: "A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station." -- Bill Cosby "A father is always making his baby into a little woman. And when she is a woman he turns her back again." -- Enid Bagnold "A father is a guy who...

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Kia Sportage is About.com’s Reader’s Choice

The 2011 Kia Sportage is About.com’s Reader’s Choice. About.com, one of the country’s leading online information providers, recently asked its millions of readers to pick their favorite rides of 2011, and in the Best New Crossover Vehicle category, the votes were all about the new Kia Sportage. In fact, the dynamically designed Sportage dominated the rankings with 64 percent of the votes—no other rival received more than 15 percent. It’s yet another impressive honor for the Kia crossover, which also was recently named a “Top Safety Pick” by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS). “Launched as part of Kia’s ongoing...

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Mazda2 Named “2011 Best Overall Value on Fuel-Efficient Vehicles”

  The Mazda2 was named the “2011 Best Overall Value on Fuel-Efficient Vehicles” by TrueCar.com.  This is especially impressive because the Mazda2 has only been on the market for a year. The list took into account both a vehicle’s purchase price and its average annual fuel costs, and included only those with seating for four or more occupants. MSRPs were for the least-expensive model configured with an automatic transmission, and, per TrueCar, the study “did not include pure electric vehicles because there is no cost associated with filling up a tank.” For the nimble and responsive Mazda2, that means EPA fuel-economy ratings...

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