YOU DRIVE LIKE A WOMAN?.....

Here is a little secret about automotive journalists, the ones who write for the glossy magazines. While a few are excellent drivers, many are pretty ordinary behind the wheel. A fellow who used to do road tests for a major publication confessed to me that when he started, he couldn’t actually perform a proper emergency stop, yet enthusiasts were hanging on his written words.

You might be surprised to know how many automobiles are damaged during press introductions. Manufacturers, wary of bad press, generally treat journalists with kid gloves, regardless of the toll of wrinkled fenders. Unbridled testosterone is often part of the problem, but the offenders still get to go home feeling reasonably heroic.

For our male readers, if a passenger comments that you drive like a woman, take it as a compliment.