It has been said that “age and wisdom will always defeat youth and guile,” but things aren’t always that simple.

There is a “club” with 2.9 million members that nobody wants to join. That would be the club of people injured in car accidents each year. The most common injury involves trauma to the brain or head. That is followed by neck, back and face injuries in terms of numbers.

Driving is a privilege, and one of the responsibilities you take on in exchange for that privilege is knowing how to react in case of an accident. No one enjoys being in a car wreck, but sometimes you haven’t got a choice in the matter. When it happens, a little preparedness goes a long way.

In case you missed it, Part 1 of this post featured a dead car 3 hours from home, followed by a tow truck driver that hit a car, blew a toll, and dropped us off at a concert promising he’d find a place to park the car. Now it’s time for my other two stories.

2015 was a great year for performance cars. Some great vehicles got even better, and some that haven’t been in the spotlight for a while are back with a vengeance.

Quick disclaimer. I tend to hate it when sites steal content from reddit. There are several blogs out there that survive that way. I get that it works for them, but I try to be at least slightly creative in my posts.

The day before Thanksgiving I had to run some errands around town for some last minute holiday items. I had a lot to be thankful for. My wife was at work, but my two sons were in the back of our brand new 2015 Scion xB that we had gotten just 12 days earlier.

Journalists make it known when they like a car, but what if you disagree? BMW’s 3-series spent a decade dominating Car and Driver’s 10Best list when many competitors in the sports sedan category were, in fact, excellent cars in their own right.

Every kid has a dream car, but exactly what that car is can change often over the years. Some kids dream of Corvettes and grow up to like pickups. Others are enamored with sleek imports as children, but love American muscle as adults. Personally, I’ve had quite a few dream cars over the years.

In spite of the massive strides made in workplace equality, the automotive industry is still a traditionally male-dominated field.