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Tailgating: What are the Top 10 cars for your football party – Part 2

Tailgating: What are the Top 10 cars for your football party – Part 2
Now that you know our Top 10 tips for tailgating (Monday infographic) and half of our Top 10 vehicles for tailgating, we follow-up today with five more tailgating vehicles. “In the starting lineup for any good tailgate party is the right vehicle,” says the infographic, which points in particular to one of the trucks on our list. (The list, which is based on our survey of various automotive-related websites, is not a ranking of the vehicles, just 10 vehicles which made the cut.) All vehicles on our list appeared on at least two… Read More
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Tailgating: What are the Top 10 cars for your football party – Part 1

Tailgating: What are the Top 10 cars for your football party – Part 1
Now that you know our Top 10 tips for tailgating (Monday infographic), it seems appropriate to suggest the Top 10 vehicles for tailgating, based on our survey of various websites. “In the starting lineup for any good tailgate party is the right vehicle,” says the infographic, which points in particular to one of the trucks on our list. All vehicles on our list appeared on at least two other 2012-13 lists compiled by sources such as KBB.com, Cars.com, CarsDirect.com, Edmunds.com and Bankrate.com, as well as RoadandTrack.com, MotorTrend.com and FoxNews.com. RoadLoans is a favored lender of… Read More
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The top 10 playmakers for your tailgate party [Infographic]

The top 10 playmakers for your tailgate party [Infographic]
The kickoff to football season has us digging for our favorite jersey, picking our fantasy team and planning for Sundays filled with football fever. However, nothing says "good game" like a good tailgate party. RoadLoans.com had a compiled a list of 10 winning plays when planning a tailgate. If you have the menu, but no means of transportation, we've got you covered there too – with our Top Ten Vehicles for Tailgating, which will appear Tuesday and Wednesday on The Open Road blog. RoadLoans has everything you need to make this football tailgating season a winning one.   Read More
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Road Trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 3

Road Trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 3
Memorial Day Weekend in Charleston, South Carolina is a lot like politics. Everyone shows up with good intentions, but after things heat up, and waves start hitting you, you relax and look for a source of pork. The road trip from Aiken, S.C., to Charleston, via Orangeburg is just gorgeous … for the South. This isn’t like the Pacific Coast Highway in California or the I-70 pass in Colorado. It's not that kind of gorgeous. It’s the kind that makes you fantasize about moving to an idyllic, secluded village. It was, in… Read More
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Everyone’s a winner in RoadLoans road trip contest

Everyone’s a winner in RoadLoans road trip contest
Many folks love to go on road trips in the summer, making unforgettable memories at every stop. These memories are special because years after, recalling them can take us back in time. Thanks to technology, now, we can instantly capture precious moments and save them for years later. The RoadLoans road trip contest is all about sharing your favorite road trip pictures with others. The entries from our first contest, captured in a YouTube slideshow, were amazing and inspiring. Following are some of those stories: Colby Belcher shared his road… Read More
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Road Trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 2

Road Trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 2
The road trip from the airport in Augusta, Ga., to Aiken, S.C., was easy. I was reminded that the civil engineers in the South hold to high standards, and know well the business of getting you where you’re headed. We arrived at the farmhouse where my wife’s sister and her family live. A southern charmer, it’s on the east edge of town, in the deep woods of South Carolina, and it backs up to 100 acres of cropland. The 100-year-old house is all wood, has a huge attic, is painted white… Read More
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Road Trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina – Part 1

Road Trip: Visiting the South – Georgia and South Carolina - Part 1
My wife is an adventurer, for which I am very thankful. The way this usually manifests is that, without my knowing it, we suddenly have dinner plans, a party to go to, or a vacation or road trip in store, and it’s my job to show up and be delightful. I can report that this system is working well. In June, my wife bought four plane tickets so that the two of us and her parents could fly to Augusta, Ga. She reserved a rental car so that we could drive from Augusta to nearby Aiken, S.C., where her sister,… Read More
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Road Trip destination: Floating down the Guadalupe River

Road Trip destination: Floating down the Guadalupe River
Texas is known for many traditions. There’s the age-old football rivalry between the University of Texas and the University of Oklahoma, the state’s ability to combine our native Mexican fare with Texas flair to form Tex-Mex food and boots worn any time and anywhere. The state flower may be the bluebonnet and pecan the state tree, but the state pastime has to be floating down the Guadalupe River. That’s where my road trip took me during the first week of August. The temperatures were hovering at 100 degrees and nothing sounded better than taking a dip in what the locals… Read More
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Hyperloop: Elon Musk’s transportation revolution?

Hyperloop: Elon Musk's transportation revolution?
How would you like to go from Los Angeles to San Francisco in less than 30 minutes, paying less than what you would pay for a plane ticket? If the “Hyperloop” concept is adopted as a fifth mode of transportation – alongside cars, trains, planes and boats – it could revolutionize travel, especially for distances separated by 900 miles or less. Elon Musk, the visionary behind the electric car-firm Tesla and spaceflight company SpaceX, has described his Hyperloop concept as “a cross between a Concorde (supersonic plane), a rail gun and an air hockey table.” “I originally started thinking about… Read More
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Authenticated James Bond “submarine” car – Lotus Esprit – going to auction

Authenticated James Bond “submarine” car – Lotus Esprit – going to auction
James Bond "submarine" car If you ever fantasized about driving a “James Bond” car, your chance is now.   The Lotus Esprit Series 1 “submarine” car from the 1977 film “The Spy Who Loved Me,” will go up for auction in Battersea, London, on Sept. 9 by RM Auctions Europe. Built for an estimated $100,000 – approximately a half-million dollars today – the car is expected to sell for at least $1 million, perhaps several million dollars, according to auction estimates. “The car, the only functional submersible Lotus ever built, was designed by Perry Oceanographic in Florida to propel itself… Read More
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