Posts Tagged ‘roof’
Photo & Review by Stu Wright Volvo builds the XC60 in Ghent, Belgium, and the car has been the company’s best seller since its introduction in 2008. It is a compact crossover SUV that was unveiled at the 2007 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. I tested one this past week both in Denver and [...]
Tags: ABBA, AWD, car, climate, Denver, Front Range, Greeley, highway, IKEA, Mamma Mia, North, North American, parking, problem, roof, side, Super Trouper, SUV, USB, week
Photo & Review by Stu Wright Lexus, the luxury line of Toyota automobiles, made headlines this past week with the announcement that the company would begin producing some of itsr product in the United States. A plant in Georgetown, Kentucky was selected for the production of the ES line of sedans, and the start date was announced as [...]
Tags: Akio Toyoda, AWD, body, car, company, ES, highway, Kentucky, Lexus Enform, line, Mark Levinson, rate, roof, RX, second, Several Lexus, Standard Lexus, SUV, Toyota Motor Company, week
Photos & Review by Stu Wright Infiniti began selling cars in America two dozen years ago with a pair of initial offerings; the Q45 and the M30. As the luxury division of Nissan of Japan, they brought out the Infiniti line pretty much in response to Honda and Toyota’s introduction of their Acura and Lexus [...]
Tags: American, approach, car, charge, control, Detroit, Detroit Auto Show, driver, heart, highway, Japan, Lincoln, line, process, roof, second, sound, speed, time, train
Photo & Review by Stu Wright Japanese manufacturer Mazda Motor Corporation has been around since 1920 and has been selling vehicles in the United States since 1970. They are noted for having sold Wankel-rotary powered cars all over the world, a design that suffered a setback during the 1973 oil crisis. It remains an option [...]
Tags: Bridgestone Blizzak, car, crisis, driver, emergency, Grand Touring, guidance, highway, lot, Mazda Motor Corporation, model, night, oil, roof, RX, second, speed, SUV, Velocity Red, week
Photo & Review by Stu Wright Aretha Franklin knocked it out of the park with her hit song that was recorded 46 years ago this past week in New York City. Otis Redding wrote “Respect” from the perspective of a desperate man, but Aretha turned the ballad into that of a strong, confident woman [...]
Tags: Aretha Franklin, car, control, DOHC, end, Franklin, highway, LED, man, Mitsubishi Motors, Otis Redding, Outlander Sport, Rally Red Outlander Sport, respect, Rockford Fosgate, Rolling Stone, roof, SE, Tokyo, week
Photos & Review by Stu Wright 1st The first impression of this car was good. Front visibility! Nimble and quick, I had to check the specs to see it had no turbo. Black everywhere, but that’s OK; it looks pretty. The leather front buckets are supportive, and in the back there appears to be [...]
Tags: AWD, car, control, day, driver, EPA, Friday, highway, Kersey, lot, Mazda Adaptive Bi Xenon, morning, night, OK, parking, Pirate Radio, roof, SUV, system, Toyo P225
Photos & Review by Stu Wright Recently Ruth and I travelled to Phoenix to watch the final 2012 Colorado Rockie series at Chase Field against the Diamondbacks. It was nice that our home team won both games that we attended, and also nice that we were allowed to test a [...]
Tags: car, Chase Field, control, Deluxe Touring, DIA, FX, highway, home, Japan, Phoenix, Premium Package, Recently Ruth, right, roof, Ruth, SUV, Technology Package, week, Weight, year
Photo and Review by Stu Wright This white little Swedish number was waiting for Ruth and me at DIA upon our return from Chicago last week. In Latin, the word Volvo means “I roll”, so we rolled up to Greeley, and I was forced to familiarize myself with the controls in the dark (late arrival). [...]
Tags: AWD, car, City Safety, climate, DIA, driver, highway, list, lot, parking, program, roof, someone, speed, Sweden, system, USB, Volvo S60, week, word
Photos and Review by Stu Wright This past week in Illinois I was presented an Infiniti FX35 to drive around the state. Ruth and I picked it up at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and set sail to the Northwest towards Rockford. Our ultimate destination was Galena, Illinois, an old lead mining town that is [...]
Tags: AWD, car, Civil War, FX, Illinois, Limited Edition, model, parking, Phoenix, rest, road, roof, Ruth, speed, state, top, town, USB, vehicle, week
Photos & Review by Stu Wright An evolution is taking place within the Toyota Prius lineup, most recently with the introduction of their Prius c (city), which occurred earlier this year. It’s the smallest Prius, and is the fourth model that the company currently makes available. Toyota brought me an orange one to test [...]
Tags: area, body, Bridgestone P195, car, Cheyenne, company, control, Denver, Evolution Orange, highway, KW, model, OK, place, roof, Ruth, system, Toyota Prius, train, week
By Stu WrightBobby Goldsboro is a well-known singer-songwriter to me, but I didn’t know he was THIS well-known. THIS man had eleven top-40 U. S. Billboard Hot 100 hits, and twelve on the country charts. The Florida native that once played guitar for Roy Orbison broke onto the scene by himself in 1964 with his [...]
Tags: Australia, AWD, Bobby Goldsboro, car, country, cross, Denver, Funny Little Clown, line, Little Things, lot, place, roof, Roy Orbison, someone, speed, system, top, week, year
Staff Reports – GREELEY – Just before 2:00 pm today (05/01/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 2405 49th Av Ct in Greeley on a report of on a possible explosion. Upon arrival they found a roof had been completely torn off of a home, apparently from a wind “microburst”. Upon [...]
Tags: City, City of Greeley, Department, fire, Fire Department, Greeley, Greeley Fire Department, home, house, investigation, report, roof, scene, Staff Reports, time, today
Photos & Review by Stu Wright This past week I was presented for review a new Nissan Xterra, the compact SUV that has been in production for about twelve years. Nissan, formerly Datsun, has been in business for almost 100 years (1914), and is now the sixth largest auto manufacturer in the world. I actually [...]
Tags: BFG, Cocoa Beach, door, Florida, highway, model, Nebraska, Nissan Xterra, right, road, Rockford Fosgate, roof, Rugged Trail, second, show, speed, SUV, transfer, vehicle, week
Photos & Review by Stu Wright I have been presented three Infiniti automobiles for review, and must say I have enjoyed them all. The least expensive of those three was brought over last week, the G25x all-wheel drive four-door sedan. Infiniti is the luxury division of Nissan Motor Company, and has been shipping cars to [...]
Tags: AWD, card, door, Drive Sport, end, hand, highway, model, Moonlight White, Nissan Motor Company, rate, right, roof, RSA, size, snow, speed, top, USB, week
Staff Reports – GREELEY – At 10:42 am, today (04/06/2012), firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 3000 13th St (Scott Elementary School) in Greeley on a report of someone who had fallen from a roof. Upon arrival, the fire crew (GFD Engine #3) found that the victim had fallen from a higher [...]
Tags: Elementary School, fire, Fire Department, GFD, Greeley, Greeley Fire Department, NCMC, patient, Rescue, roof, School, Scott, Scott Elementary, Scott Elementary School, someone, Staff Reports, system, Weld County, weld county paramedic services
Staff Reports – At 10:00 this morning firefighters from the Greeley Fire Department were called to 1841 7th Av in Greeley on a possible structure fire. Upon arrival, fire crews found light smoke coming from the attic space of a single story house. Fire crews quickly established that all occupants had safety evacuated the home [...]
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by Stu Wright The Italian phrase for, “My Goodness!” came to mind as I tested the Volvo S60 this past week. It was a Passion Red all-wheel drive four door sedan dressed out in the “R Design” configuration, fully loaded. R Design refers to the special front [...]
Tags: ABBA, Active Bending Xenon, car, care, Continental Extreme Contact, control, IXION, line, Mamma Mia, model, month, Passion Red, reason, Red, road, roof, sound, speed, Toyota Camry, Volvo S60
by Stu Wright Infiniti is the luxury automobile division of Nissan Motor Company, and has been selling cars and light trucks in North America since 1989. The history of the company goes all the way back to 1914, when the first “Datsun” was produced in Tokyo. The Datsun [...]
Tags: Auto Review, car, climate, company, door, foot, lunch, mph, Nissan Altimas, Nissan Motor Company, Old, Old Town Ft, road, roof, speed, time, Tokyo, USB, VGA, word
Evans approved solar panels like these to be installed at Campus Crest apartments by Jack Minor – The Evans city council approved a solar power project that will provide enough power for 44 homes at the Campus Crest apartments. Derek Esposito, project manager for Solar City, told councilmembers the company wanted to install solar panels [...]
Tags: Ave, building, Campu Crest, Campus Crest, City, company, Derek, Derek Esposito, Evans, interest, Jack, Jack Minor, Lyle Achziger, Mayor Lyle Achziger, percent, roof, Solar City, time
by Vanessa Dominguez for the Greeley Gazette Frontier Academy, a Greeley charter school, was recently selected from over 1,100 schools to receive a $92,280 grant from State Farm Insurance. The grant will be used to build a cutting edge “green roof” on the school. The state of the art “green roof” will eventually cover the [...]
Tags: biology classes, Frontier, grant, literature department, roof, Sara Grant, School, state, state farm insurance, Vanessa Dominguez, youth advisory council
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