In this article How the Three Stack Up: Fall Commuter Rankings #2 Trax: Maximum Efficiency for the Solo I-80 Commuter #3 Trailblazer: The One for Commuters Who Also Play in the Mountains #1 Equinox: The Right Call for Most Auburn-to-Sacramento Commuters On a 6:30 a.m. Auburn morning, when it’s 52 degrees and you’ve got a…
Skip the last-minute scramble and get your Chevy service-ready now. Here’s the straight answer up front. If your Chevy has sat through an Auburn summer with temps routinely hitting the low-to-mid 90s and above, it needs more than a tire kick before carpools start. A battery weakened by three months of heat stress, a cabin…
In this article How Do the Three Interiors Actually Compare? Which Seat Material Gives You the Least Grief on the Drive Home? Pick by Your Auburn SRA Routine The Floor Mat Question Nobody Asks Until It’s Too Late You just got back from the North Fork American River trail. Boots are caked. The kids dragged…
In this article Why Does the Blazer Fit Here? The Cabin Is the Part People Don’t Expect Where the Evening Actually Takes You The Drive Home Makes the Case Old Town Auburn in August is genuinely special. The sun drops behind the canyon wall around 8 p.m., the brick storefronts along Commercial Street hold the…
Come August 26, Auburn’s fall sports season is back in full swing. Placer High School’s football and soccer programs are underway, the Auburn Recreation District’s youth leagues have kids scattered across the foothills from Foresthill to Loomis, and on every block you’ll find a parent staring at a pile of gear in the garage, wondering…
The 2026 Chevrolet Equinox EV carries an EPA-estimated 319 miles of range on FWD models. That number is real. It was also measured on flat, controlled pavement. Auburn sits at roughly 1,300 feet above Sacramento, and the grades on I-80 and Highway 49 aren’t flat or controlled. Plan for your actual driving here, and the…
You hear it all the time. The Chevrolet Colorado and the Chevrolet Silverado 1500 are basically the same truck, so just pick the one that fits your garage. We get why that’s an easy way to see it. Both trucks offer Chevrolet’s 2.7L TurboMax engine, both carry trailering tech, and both run the I-80 corridor…
For most Auburn families loading up at Ikeda’s in August, the 2026 Chevrolet Traverse is the one we’d point you toward. Chevrolet lists up to 98 cubic feet of maximum cargo space and 22.9 cubic feet behind the third row, so it swallows the pie boxes, the hard-sided cooler, the folding chairs, and the kids…
Auburn in August runs like a 100-degree oven, and the North Fork American River is where everyone heads to cool off, dogs included. The problem is simple. A trail at the Auburn State Recreation Area sends your dog back to the truck covered in river mud, foxtails, and whatever else lives on foothill singletrack. That…
In this article What’s the Real Difference Between These Two SUVs? Does the Third Row Actually Work for Real Adults? Cargo Reality on a Tahoe Weekend Trip Fuel Economy and the Garage Problem So Which One Should You Pick? Both of them do, really, just for different families, and if you get that wrong you’ll…
