Category: Reader Stories
True stories that happened in and around cars or trucks.
Your Car Stories Amplified
Welcome to DrivenAutos.com’s newest feature: Your Car Stories Amplified! While we’ve always celebrated personal narratives, we’re now opening the floor for contributors to share their brief car chronicles. We’re eager to hear tales about the cars you’ve possessed, coveted, let…
Observations From a Lowly Lube Tech
Smooth paint to rusted Engine bay dusty and cracked Days, months, years of neglect Torn seats, chipped leather, tires deflated Flat, bald, nail in the middle Empty tank, dry dipstick Not sure of the make or model Cup holder sticky,…
A White Corvette & a Black Trans-Am Bind This Classic Car Couple
In search of a classic car, specifically a muscle car. It’s been a while since we last spoke. Previously, I shared how elated I was to finally get a prized big block 1960s car. While not a muscle car, acquiring…
Why the Toyota Corolla Is the Best Car Ever Built
I would like to preface this article by saying, I miss my Corolla. It was about as cookie-cutter as they come, being a silver 2013 LE with an automatic. I was 16 when my parents bought the car for my…
A Muscle Car Quest With a Twist
If I knew back then, what I know now… That seems to be the thought most commonly associated with romantic relationships. For me, it is the most common thought associated with muscle cars. Call me weird, but yes muscle cars…..or…
10 Things We Hate About Cars
We love cars. Don’t you? It is safe to say most Americans do love cars for the freedom they give. Still, between car payments, upkeep, fuel prices, traffic, and parking, they also seem like a necessary evil. Those are known…
How Can An Insurance Broker Help You?
Trying to find the right insurance can be difficult. It involves a serious and long-term commitment. Insurance is designed to help people if something goes wrong later in life. However, trying to find the right insurance broker can also be…
How Ford Plans to Overtake GM in Pickup Truck Sales
Nearly everyone knows that the Ford F-150 is the best-selling pickup truck line in the United States. In fact, it has held that position since the late 1970s. As such, some may be under the impression that Ford leads the…
The Car that Found Its Way Home from Connecticut to White River Junction, Vermont
A curious account of a Camaro that returned to its Connecticut roots. Everyone has heard stories of cats or dogs who travel miles and years to get home. But I have a story of a car – an automobile —…
Infiniti Family Feud: QX55 SUV Versus Q60 Sports Coupe
Infiniti struts its stuff with its current model line. It doesn’t happen often where we receive models from the same brand within a week of each other. Notably, a special one-day preview of the upcoming 2022 Infiniti QX55 SUV took…
The Advantages of Car Sharing
Car sharing will continue to shape the way we get around for generations to come. Developed countries are passing legislation to allow car sharing to support the global agenda for having a world that is less polluted. Environmental friendliness is…
