Hybernation's over

So this just happened – after much schedule-juggling, the Fića is off to my mechanic. This should be the last major repair before the car is fully driveable and reliable, like it should've been at the start.

Seeing as it was borderline dangerous to drive when I last parked it, we arranged a tow. The plan, however, is to drive it back to my house once the repairs are done.

Crazy, I know.

Review: 2016 Toyota Camry LE

After just two years, Toyota decided to drastically re-style the current Camry, supposedly to make it seem more fun. I don't see the point – why change what your washing machine looks like when people only care that it works?

Review: 2015 Toyota Sienna

If you look at the Sienna as a tool, you won't be disappointed.

It's an implement made for two purposes: carrying a bunch of people and their stuff comfortably, and being inoffensive. It succeeds in both.

I'll come back to that in a bit.

Review: 2016 Toyota Corolla LE

What if I told you this car is fun to drive?

Not in the traditional sense, of course. The tune it accelerates to is a duet of buzzy four-cylinder and CVT drone. Throw it at a corner, and you're rewarded with all the body roll it can give you. There's no road feel, or even general feedback through any of the inputs.

No, the fun the Corolla doles out comes from the fact that it's a car you simply cannot care about. To be more exact, it was specifically designed to have that effect on you.

Even I was surprised by the grin driving it made me bear.

Review: 2015 Dodge Durango Limited

This car feels like a limousine.

Seriously! You either feel like you're chauffeuring someone or being chauffeured, depending on where you're sitting. A quick peek under the skin and it all makes sense – this car rides on the $80,000+ Mercedes GL-class' platform.

Review: 2016 Volvo XC90 T6

Car companies are lazy sometimes.

Instead of waiting to get all the details right, they rush a car into production. The more patient ones produce cars like the Audi Q7 or original Volvo XC90 – these held their own through ten and twelve-year production runs because Audi and Volvo took their time.

But this isn't always intentional: Volvo, for instance, never meant to make the XC90 for that long...