A Week Behind the Wheel – 2009 Mercedes-Benz E320 Bluetec

I returned from a trip to San Francisco this past Wednesday and was greeted at the airport by a 2009 Mercedes-Benz E-Class BlueTech. Ok, it didn’t actually GREET me; I had to take a bus to the off-site parking (an adventure in itself at Newark), wait in line, fill out paperwork…you know the drill. Alas, after entirely too long dealing with the incompetent people at Avistar Haynes lot, I finally received the keys to the Diesel Benz. [...]

2010 Lexus RX – Preview

I am in St. Simon’s Island, GA for the launch of the new Lexus RX. Originally launched in 1998 as a 1999 model, the Lexus RX was the first car-based luxury SUV. Since then, Toyota’s luxury edition has sold over 780,000 RX’s. It is a core model for Lexus and when planning a new one, they took an evolutionary approach. I’ve been experimenting with updating via Twitter and so far, feedback has been great. So here we go again. I’ll be tweeting all day as we drive the 2010 Lexus RX350 and RX400h. A slide show of the 2010 RX350 and RX400h are below the Tweetbox. Enjoy. [...]

2009 Subaru WRX – A Week In the Life

We just took delivery of Dark Gray Metallic Subaru Impreza WRX in Atlanta, GA. And thus far, we’re digging it (and we’re Tweeting it – GayWheel’s version 2.0 of the Tweet Review experience). The ’09 Subaru Impreza WRX has jumped in power and performance to that of the ’08 WRX STI. That means 265 hp, 244 lb-ft of growly flat-four torque, and more athletic suspension tuning to cling to Atlanta’s arcing curves, blast at autobahn speeds (every driven highway 400?), and navigate (ouch) the patchwork of metal plates covering the largest sewer system re-do in the last century. [...]

OutQ Now on XM 98

If you are regular reader of this site, you know that we’ve been guests on Sirius OutQ a few times in the past 10 months. Sadly, many of you couldn’t hear us live because your car is equipped with XM and OutQ was a Sirius-only channel. As of February 2nd, that all has changed. Thanks to the merger of Sirius and XM, you can listen to the award-winning OutQ on Sirius channel 109 AND XM channel 98. [...]