SUVs and Crossovers

Mechanics promise to find good home for station wagon, unless we buy it back first

2013-05-16 20:05:00

We had planned to keep our beloved 1997 station wagon. Then something happened. On the way home from picking up a small, new SUV, its air conditioning stopped. Its temperature soared and the needle on its temperature gauge flew past "H." The towing...

Sea turtles leave Baltimore after winter rehabilitation

2013-04-06 19:14:44

Three endangered sea turtles that spent the winter in Baltimore departed Saturday evening, joining a caravan of at least 43 others bound for Florida's warm waters and a return to their natural habitat. The three turtles — Chet, Biff and Two-Bit &#...

Yellow Cab, MTA stock fleets with first vehicles built for wheelchair users

2013-03-27 00:00:00

Baltimore's oldest cab company and the Maryland Transit Administration are updating their fleets for wheelchair-using customers, replacing small buses and minivans with an SUV-like vehicle that provides a smoother, more civilized ride. The MV-1 is...

Deputies pull over youth suspected of having gun on Route 1

2013-01-10 14:22:44

Harford County Sheriff's Office deputies made a high-profile traffic stop early Thursday afternoon on Fallston's Route 1 after they thought a juvenile had a gun, which turned out to be just a toy. Deputies got a report of someone "possibly armed with a...

2 more city speed cameras issuing erroneous tickets

2012-12-06 15:24:00

The speed camera ticket that Baltimore City issued to John Slingluff last summer said he was speeding, yet the evidence says he was closer to stopping than to breaking the law. The citation alleged that his Chevrolet sport utility vehicle was headed...

Hurricane Sandy brings Marylanders an unexpected off-day

2012-10-29 20:25:00

With one day before Hurricane Sandy was expected to knock out power for much of the area, Marylanders like Rob Reichel spent Monday braving the wet and windy weather to ensure their families had what they needed to get through the storm. "We wanted to...

D.C. politicians and life in the fast lane

2012-06-08 12:21:23

Remember former Mayor Sheila Dixon's Jimmy Choo shoes and closetful of fur coats? Who could forget — except, perhaps, Washington, D.C., City Council President Kwame R. Brown, who resigned from office this week after federal prosecutors charged him...

Review: 'Street Fighter X Tekken' aims for the best of both fighting worlds

2012-03-08 10:18:00

"Street Fighter X Tekken" Developer: Capcom Platform: Xbox 360/PS3/PC Score: 8/10 "Street Fighter X Tekken" is a game about combinations. It’s a game that combines the two most critically acclaimed fighting franchises into one. It’s a game...

Gasoline prices make Catonsville florists feel less than rosy

2012-04-17 12:05:00

Just because gasoline prices now hover around $4 per gallon in the Catonsville area doesn't mean that Tom Medicus has started thinking about ways to cut costs. It's practically ingrained in the Catonsville florist's DNA. The Hilton Flower Shop had...

We can't drill our way to energy independence

2012-03-16 05:15:00

Robert L. Ehrlich Jr.thinks the "Road to energy independence goes through ANWR, Keystone" (March 11). I disagree. America has 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, and we use 20 percent of the worlds oil. So we could pump as fast as possible and what...

Auto show in Baltimore draws shoppers, but mostly dreamers

2012-02-11 14:38:00

They came to the Motor Trend International Auto Show in Baltimore with five cars on their list and a plan to narrow it down to three. "We're moving out of the minivan category because we're now 50-somethings with no kids to haul," said Mindy Doring,...

Ask Outdoors Girl

2011-08-13 20:03:38

Tim Sherman of Cub Hill writes: I fish at several locations in lower Gunpowder Falls State Park. It appears that anti-erosion measures have been taken to curb rain runoff near the parking area at Harford Road. I understand and applaud the effort. However,...

GM is recalling 18,871 model year 2013 Cadillac SRX crossovers equipped with 18-inch rims for a problem in which the wheel nuts might loosen.

2013-05-23 07:06:44

Hennessey Performance Engineering has taken the Ford F-150 pickup, the bestselling vehicle in the U.S. for decades, and transformed it into a roomy SUV with seating for up to eight.

2013-05-22 11:46:51

Front, moderate overlap - Good Side - Good Rollover - Good Rear - Good Front, Small overlap - Marginal

2013-05-16 06:32:29