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Well, I&#8217;m no different, except that I&#8217;m going to write extensively about it!<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for updates&#8230; it should be fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thinking about starting some new driving-related sections here at Core Dump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"webmentions_disabled_pings":false,"webmentions_disabled":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,199],"tags":[134,81,100,124],"class_list":["post-797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cars-and-trucks","category-my-opinion","tag-behind-the-wheel","tag-driving","tag-opinion","tag-review","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pimUj-cR","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3192,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/10\/26\/behind-the-wheel-2010-dodge-charger\/","url_meta":{"origin":797,"position":0},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2010 Dodge Charger","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 26, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith finally gets his wish and spends some time behind the wheel of a 2010 Dodge Charger!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cars and Trucks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3200,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2010\/10\/29\/behind-the-wheel-2010-kia-soul\/","url_meta":{"origin":797,"position":1},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2010 Kia Soul","author":"Keith Survell","date":"October 29, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Keith spends a day behind the wheel of the all-new 2010 Kia Soul.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cars and Trucks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2748,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2009\/08\/08\/behind-the-wheel-2009-pontiac-vibe\/","url_meta":{"origin":797,"position":2},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2009 Pontiac Vibe","author":"Keith Survell","date":"August 8, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I get behind the wheel of a 2009 Pontiac Vibe and find out that this little car has got it where it counts!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cars and Trucks&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Cars and Trucks","link":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/category\/cars-and-trucks\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4654,"url":"https:\/\/www.starkeith.net\/coredump\/2015\/06\/10\/behind-wheel-2011-kia-soul\/","url_meta":{"origin":797,"position":3},"title":"Behind the Wheel: 2011 Kia Soul","author":"Keith Survell","date":"June 10, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Long-time readers will remember that I've reviewed the Kia Soul before - but that was the 2010 model. 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