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I began writing this post on Monday during the drive south from San Francisco to Big Sur for a mid-week camping trip with my family.

Our kids are pretty good in the car — I wrote my road trip tips mostly for myself and my own sanity because I loathe them so much — so the short drive time is a big plus in my book.

In the process, I'll get to see a big slice of the country — the trip starts in the Armenian capital, but we'll drive a few hours south on the first day.

Actually, MacCready predicts that the big market in the coming decade or two may not be so much for all - electric cars as for hybrid cars designed to run on batteries in pollution - choked cities and on gasoline — or natural gas, or ethanol, or hydrogen, or some other range - extending fuel — on long highway trips (though the way Americans drive now, 90 percent of all car trips fall within Impact's 120 - mile range).

You can be as fired up as you like right now to get lasting, life - changing results, but heading over right now to your local gym in fury and smashing out the most intense workout you can by lifting the heaviest weights you can get your hands on and doing the best exercises that come to mind followed up by a drive - thru at McDonalds to down 10 Big Macs... or dropping down right this second and cranking out 100 pushups and 100 situps in a rage followed by a trip to your kitchen to munch on a couple horses worth of food... there's more to it than that.

-- The Guest One of the best movies of 2014, The Guest is a badass synth - driven trip into a hyper - realistic world that would make John Carpenter proud, set during the days leading up the big Halloween dance, featuring not only substantial seasonal imagery but also thematic elements of identity versus disguise that lend well to the holiday, the highlight (for me) is a climactic visual homage to the Silver Shamrock masks from Halloween III: Season of the Witch.

The GranTurismo is too big and heavy to be a track star, but its design oozes sex appeal, the exhaust note is surreal, and the car is comfortable enough to drive on a long trip, even with the nonadaptive suspension.

I drove our long - term GTI on several long road trips and never wanted something bigger or more luxurious.

Many small electric cars are best used for short distance trips within big, bustling cities — so perhaps Mercedes - Benz's decision to unveil the new 2014 B - Class Electric Drive hatchback at the 2013 New York auto show is more than fitting.

It's too early to comment on reliability (shame that it's required) but the car's most definitely fun to drive, is good looking, and very comfortable on our first big road trip.

It even gets relatively good fuel economy for a big SUV: I've gotten an average of 17 mpg in city and highway driving, and I often get up to 19, even 20 on long trips.

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Driving in town for everyday trips it is a pretty big car to navigate around in.

It accommodates 3 car seats with plenty of room for groceries and big haul trips to the warehouse, has 4 wheel drive, yet isn't a minivan!

The driving event consisted of two parts — a morning track session where we had the chance to experience the driving dynamics of the M2 on the famous Laguna Seca and its corkscrew, and a second afternoon session where we took the M2 for three - hour trip along the Pacific Coast Highway and around the hills surrounding Carmel Valley, and towards Big Sur.

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Despite the tough climate and traffic conditions during the trip which involves heavy rain, high temperatures, big differences in altitude and also heavy rush - hour traffic, they succeed to reach an average fuel consumption of just 3.8 l / 100 km adopting a fuel efficient driving style.

The Hyundai Elite i20 should be the choice if you aren't looking for a bigger boot and can make do with comfortable driving dynamics whereas the Figo Aspire should be chosen if more highway trips are done considering it gets a powerful engine and is loaded with safety features across the line - up.

This is a CLEAN TITLE Luxury plus this is a well cared for 2 - OWNER vehicle.The automatic transmission makes driving easier in stop - and - go traffic and on hilly roads plus this reliable 4 Cylinder engine is one of the most economical engines on the market.You can expect better gas economy thanks to the front wheel drive and a sleek color combination of Quartz White Pearl exterior with a sharp Gray interior is a big plus.Unbelievable gas mileage at 25 MPG around town and 37 MPG on the highway.The satellite radio delivers a variety of stations that's sure to make any road trip more exciting, meanwhile the Bluetooth connection is the ultimate option for hands - free calling while driving.

If you drive, you will save money on gas by doing it in one big trip, but you'll also be less tempted to impulse buy since you won't be going into the store as often.

The ultimate Californian destination for majestically rugged and truly wondrous seascapes, a trip to Big Sur will take you on a 300 km drive though sun - kissed coastline, golden plains and faraway mountains.

My favorite road trip was the Big Sur drive in California and I thought that was amazing but this made me realize that this could be much better!

For a dream California road trip that incorporates sections of Big Sur, check out the Highway One Classic road trip for a coast - hugging drive with worthy detour stops along.

What to Expect: The Golden State's famous Pacific Coast Highway offers serious California Dreamin» bang for the buck — salty seaside towns, dramatic sea cliffs, lazy turns, pure top - down - wind - in - the - hair driving joy — especially with noted landmarks such as Hearst Castle, oft - photographed Bixby Bridge and Big Sur, and Oceano Dunes State Park, where the road trip can continue right onto the sand.

Bigger cities such as Florence and Rome are within 2 hours drive and available for day trips also by catching the train from nearby Perugia.

I usually stop at least one time to break up the drive, often in Monterey or Santa Barbara, but for this trip we wanted to try out Morro Bay, the first beach town South of Big Sur.

Even if the relatively small battery can only get you 10 - 15 miles of pure electric driving, that's enough to make a big difference for most people who frequently drive short trips.

I think when we looked at, at that point we had to sort of say, can we retain the values and the cultures and the reasons we started it and what we appreciated and still get big or get bigger and the risk that was involved from that standpoint and from just a financial standpoint and having to make that, it to me pushed us out of our comfort zone and sort of took us in a direction that we weren't, I don't want to say prepared for, but we weren't necessarily looking for and sort of midway through the drive to have to say, «Hey there's this whole other road trip over there, you want to go on that while you're driving?»