By Annie Boss You check your horoscope every day. It’s okay to admit it, you’re not the only one. Who wouldn’t want a little insight into how their day will go based on the position of the planets and the stars? It’s really just a good insurance policy. Have you ever considered that your horoscope […]
No. 8 Tire Pros Chevrolet/Image Credit: JR Motorsports The NASCAR Xfinity Series has a new sponsor hitting the track. Tire Pros, the largest franchise network of independent tire dealers in the country, has announced a partnership with championship-winning team JR Motorsports and its No. 8 Chevrolet. A subsidiary of American Tire Distributors, Tire Pros includes […]
By: Annie Boss Women’s History Month is coming to a close, and we’d like to finish on a high note with Part Two of our Trailblazing Women in Automotive Series. We’re here to honor some of the important and impactful contributions made by women in the automotive industry. Emily Post While Emily Post may be more famous for her numerous writings on etiquette (get your elbows off the table!), […]
By: Annie Boss & Tyler Domecq This month the Girl Scouts of America celebrate their 109th birthday. We’re all about Girl Power here at BestRide, and we wanted to participate in the celebration in our own sweet way. But how? If only there was a helpful, humorous connection we could draw between cars, car enthusiasts nationwide and the GSA. Hmmm… (Or should we say Mmmmm…) Thin Mints – Cadillac Escalade: Smooth and luxurious. […]
The Greatest Generation marks time by V-J and V-E Day. Baby Boomers by the first time they saw the Beatles on Ed Sullivan. For Gen X’ers, it’s the first time they heard the opening chords of Waylon Jennings’ guitar on the first episode of The Dukes of Hazzard, which first aired on CBS 40 years […]
There have been two pace car incidents at major races that have special places in the annals of ignominy. The first a lot of people remember: Car dealer Eldon Palmer crashed a Dodge Challenger into the press box at the Indy 500 in 1971, with astronaut John Glenn in the back seat. The second? Not […]
Here in the US, we have a love/hate relationship with car/truck hybrids. We’ve produced two — the Chevrolet El Camino (and its twin, the GMC Sprint) and the Ford Ranchero — and they have both rabid fans. In Australia, though, car/truck hybrids know as “utes” are popular alternatives to the compact pickups from Toyota, Nissan, […]
Back before Nintendo Switch, Frozen 2 merch and the Consumer Protection Agency, the toys we got under the tree had the real risk of injury and/or house fire. Some were good, some not so good. We’ve cataloged some of the biggest winners and losers from the Sears Wish Book, circa 1977.
It’s no fun getting pulled over by the police. Sometimes you know you’ve done something wrong and aren’t really surprised, but sometimes you have no idea what you’ve done to attract the attention of the local authorities. Turns out, driving a banana car is one of the things that attracts that kind of attention. […]