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The Ultimate Solution for Impostor Syndrome: Retake MSF Basic RiderCourse

Being a car and bike journalist is weird. I’ve been licensed to ride motorcycles for four years, but I’ve really only regularly ridden them for one — yet manufacturers will trip over themselves to hand me the keys to a brand-new bike, fully trusting me to take care of it and write an informed review.

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Top Online Finds: Fire Truck, Supercharged E36 M3, Honda Acty

Big cars are bad. We know this. They’re harder on infrastructure, spew more toxins into the air, and kill more people than smaller commuter vehicles. This is all plain, boring fact: Big cars are bad. But are all big cars bad?

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Car Culture’s Negative Impact on America: Insufficient Hooters Locations

We’ve talked a lot about how America’s garbage infrastructure is negatively impacting our lives, but we’ve never really covered the fact that all of these places for cars have been taking up valuable real estate that could be used for Hooters locations. I know what you’re thinking: “Andy, there are already 430+ Hooters

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Feel Young Again with a Dual Sport Bike: 1 Hour of Pure Joy

Remember being 12 years old? The wind whipping through your hair as you pedaled your bike down the steepest hills you could find; the wonder of exploring all the nooks, crannies, and trails of your local park. There’s something so freeing for kids about bicycles — they’re independence, freedom of movement, and the…

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Top Cars for Sale Online: Ford Mystic Mustang, Toyota Land Cruiser FJ40, Husqvarna Svartpilen

Earlier this week, the brand new Toyota Land Cruiser was revealed to the world. I’m a fan of its retro-inspired design, but I’m also a sucker for Land Cruisers — of course I was going to like one that serves as a Greatest Hits album of the truck’s previous generations.

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