Transportation

It has been an absolute revelation to see what has been happening to me because I have temporary access to a handicapped parking card for my car. Here’s how it came to pass.

The whole week I had the Highlander Hybrid, from the very minute I got into it the first time to the last day when I begged the agency to give me another week or forever (unsuccessfully), I wanted it.

When I saw that the now 14-year-old Toyota division Scion was sending me its sporty tC coupe with a manual transmission, I was a little surprised. You don’t see many sticks these days, don’t meet many people under 40 who know how to drive a stick. Maybe it’s a trend.

If you want to compete against “The Ultimate Driving Machine (BMW),” and I assume that is what Cadillac is after, then you better make it drive like a BMW. This ATS does not.

Scion, the lower-priced Toyota line launched in 2002 and targeted toward Generation Y (those people, generally, who came of age around the year 2000), has always struck me as a kind of enigma.

The only difference between this vehicle and a nice mid-sized SUV is that, as a pickup with a double cab, it is a bit longer, and you need to think about that when you round corners.

When making a major purchase like a car, one really needs to do the kind of test drive that I get to do – usually a week long.