Driving

Shopping for a conventional midsize sedan is akin to looking for a new pair of trousers. We seek functionality, practicality, and faithful coverage. Durability is good too. And it would be nice if they didn’t cost too much.

Twitter, that online Tower of Babel, is at once the best and worst of humanity. On one hand, no other platform better enables a lie to run around the world before the truth has got its boots on.

A biweekly roundup of automotive news, good, bad and just plain weird: Donkey eats McLaren Goats are most commonly considered the garburators of the animal kingdom, but your average donkey isn’t all that discerning either.

This is one charming growl machine

Dropping backwards off the top of a five-metre platform, champion freeride mountain biker Brandon Semenuk whips a 180 to pull off a perfect half-cab, then segues into a flawlessly rhythmic run down the mountain.

While Chrysler’s competitive vehicles have changed with the times, the Chrysler 300 has retained its classic styling since its debut in 2005. It is a distinctly American vehicle that has roots from Germany, if you can believe that.

Fresh rain after a long dry spell can lead to treacherous driving conditions, but there’s no reason the situation should go spinning out of control.

What is that wet stuff falling from the sky and, even more confusingly, what is that milky white stuff running on the ground? Drivers across the Lower Mainland were greeted by a welcome bout of rain on Sept.

With most Lower Mainland car shows over and rain clouds on the horizon, it’s time to start thinking about putting your classic car down for the winter.

North Van's Silk Cat Automotive hosts last classic ride of the summer