3 Reasons to Drive the 2018 Ford Fiesta to College
The Ford Fiesta is one of the most sought-after cars among college students. Despite being the smallest and most affordable car from Ford, it excels in almost every department. For 2018, this subcompact car is stylishly designed, sophisticated, and well-equipped, and it checks all the boxes that matter to college students. Discover these three good reasons why you should drive the 2018 Ford Fiesta to college.
Affordability
Similar to other college students, you probably don’t have a steady stream of income. Therefore, the price is a major concern for you when you’re shopping for a car. The 2018 Ford Fiesta is one of the most affordable cars on the market. If you decide to get it, you’ll be paying low monthly installments and auto insurance costs. In addition, this car comes with a low ownership cost. It has an impressive fuel economy rating of 27 mpg in the city and 35 mpg on the highway, so it’ll help you save substantially on gas.
Excellent Reliability
Another reason why you should buy the 2018 Ford Fiesta is that it’s highly reliable. There are few things more than frustrating than having a car that won’t start or breaks down when you’re trying to get to a class or exam on time. The Fiesta is more reliable than most cars in its segment, so you can expect it to serve you well for many years. Its reliability also means lower maintenance and repair costs, which you’ll want to keep to a minimum while you’re in college.
Roomy and Versatile Cabin
If you enjoy going on road trips or driving around with your friends, you’ll appreciate the 2018 Ford Fiesta’s roomy and versatile cabin. In the front row, it offers 39.1 inches headroom and up to 43.6 inches of legroom, while rear passengers get 37.1 inches of headroom and 31.2 inches of legroom. The front seats can slide forward or backward to adjust legroom in both rows. Therefore, you can rest assured that you and your passengers will ride comfortably on both short and long trips.
Additionally, the Fiesta offers ample room for storing luggage, grocery bags, and other stuff. If you need to carry a lot of things on a frequent basis, opt for the hatchback model and get 14.9 cubic feet of cargo space behind the rear seats. When you aren’t using the rear seats, you can also fold them down to increase the storage space to 25.4 cubic feet.
The 2018 Ford Fiesta also offers a fun yet composed driving experience, thanks to its adequately powerful engines and sharp and communicative handling. Due to its small size, it’s easy to maneuver in tight spaces, making it ideal for urban driving. Also, the car comes with a long list of advanced tech and safety features for enhanced entertainment and safety on the road. If you want to find out if the Ford Fiesta is the right car for you, feel free to schedule a test drive.
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Nashville is known as the epicenter of country music. After you walk from venue to venue listening to tunes, you are bound to get hungry. Why not check out one of these food trucks that might be visiting your favorite business?
Smokin’ Buttz BBQ
Smokin’ Buttz BBQ has been cruising around Nashville since 2014 and serves mouthwatering slow-smoked barbecue. The menu varies from day to day, but they try to serve a couple of the standard options at each location. There is The Hickory, which is a smoked pulled pork sandwich, and The Mesquite, which is a smoked pulled chicken sandwich. Try The Gut Buster for a little more flavor; it has either smoked pork or chicken and is then topped with BBQ sauce, nacho cheese, and jalapenos.
Smokin’ Buttz also offers a few sides like coleslaw, barbecue baked beans, mac and cheese, and chips. You can also order loaded or basic nachos. To locate the truck, text “Buttz” to 88000 to get updates on where it will be that day.
Smokin’ Bowls
Smokin’ Bowls takes traditional Japanese ramen and other Asian street foods and gives them a southern twist. The specialty at this food truck are the fusion bowls, of which there are currently four varieties. There is the Snoop Bowl, which takes pork and miso broth and adds smoked pork, noodles, mushrooms, onions, ginger, and chili. The Jerry Bowl is made with chicken and miso broth, smoked chicken, noodles, mushrooms, basil, and ginger. Another option is the Shroomin’ Bowl, which is vegetarian and is made with a smoked vegetable broth, noodles, mushrooms, kale, and onions.
You can get a few Asian street food appetizers like the chili lime shrimp potstickers, Thai basil chicken potstickers, or Asian tacos. You can find out the schedule for the food truck on their website.
Yayo’s O.M.G!
Yayo’s O.M.G! or Original Mexican Gourmet is another delicious option in Nashville. Yayo’s sells Mexican-inspired dishes. All of their tacos can be purchased two or three at a time. The regular tacos come with either skirt steak, pork, chicken, or chorizo. Yayo’s does have specialty tacos that are made with mahi-mahi, shrimp, or a combination of brisket, chorizo, and pork. Yayo’s even has quesadillas and tostadas. Find the weekly schedule for Yayo’s on their website.
Retro Sno
Retro Sno makes gourmet sno-cones that can be a tasty treat on a hot Nashville day. Retro Sno creates all of their syrups by hand without using high fructose corn syrup. They then use filtered water to make their ice, which is shaved to achieve a light, fluffy snow. They offer some very creative flavors compared to those you may remember as a child. Try options like the sweet tea and lemonade, vanilla toasted coconut, sangria, raspberry wedding cake, or blackberry pomegranate. The schedule for this food truck can be found on their website.
Whether you want barbecue or Asian, or just about any other cuisine, you can probably find it on a food truck somewhere in Nashville. There are new trucks taking off every year, so keep yourself updated on the food truck scene.
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In the right vehicle, an off-roading adventure can be a wonderful break from the ordinary. Whether you’re rock climbing, river crossing, hill-conquering, or trail riding a mountain view, these places near Nashville will satisfy even the most thrill-seeking adrenaline daredevils, and the Ford Ranger Raptor is just the vehicle for the job.
Golden Mountain Park
Golden Mountain Park has 45 trails for all types of vehicles and driver experience levels. They offer a mixture of loose hill climbs, rock crawling, and trail riding. Their trails are rated easy, moderate, and difficult. Risk of damage to your vehicle increases with each level, as does the list of suggested off-roading equipment and tires. Overnight accommodations are available in the form of campsites, RV-hookups, and a bunkhouse. The park is open from 6 p.m. on Fridays until 6 p.m. on Sundays. It is located at 6338 Golden Mountain Road in Sparta.
Ford recently announced its 2019 lineup, and there are some surprising changes in store. The North American range has been scaled back dramatically. As sales of sedans and hatchbacks have declined, the company has enjoyed healthy increases in sales of its cornerstone F-series trucks, SUVs, and its quintessential sports car, the Mustang. As a result, Ford is reducing its lineup to reflect these numbers. According to a press release, by 2020 “almost 90 percent of the Ford portfolio in North America will be trucks, utilities, and commercial vehicles.” What does this mean for Ford fans? Read on to learn more.
Ford Cars
While Ford is phasing out its Fusion, Fiesta, Focus, and Taurus models, it is keeping the ever-popular Mustang on the market, and it will be adding the new Ford Focus Active, a crossover hatchback that will be released sometime in 2019. Ford’s vision for these vehicles is to offer them as hybrids at lower costs and with better fuel efficiency. The Mustang Hybrid will be designed to deliver the V-8-like performance its dyed-in-the-wool fans love with lower-end torque. The Focus Active will be a four-door hatchback that will effectively streamline the entire Focus lineup down to one model.
Take Your 2018 Ford on Safari
How would you like to spend the day in your Ford vehicle on safari seeing zebras, camels, giraffes, and tapirs? If that sounds like a distant, expensive dream, it shouldn’t. This is just a tiny glimpse at all that the Tennessee Safari Park has to offer. Just two hours from Nashville, this hidden treasure invites your family to come out and spend the day driving through the park seeing these animals and many more. Read on to learn more about this family fun attraction.
History of the Park
Tennessee Safari Park was once a farm owned by the Conley family. The farm, called Hillcrest, produced numerous types of crops and continues to produce cotton today. The family’s animal collection began with Claude H. Conley I, who gathered peafowl, pheasants, and deer to the family acreage. The tradition continued with his son, Claude M. Conley, who dreamed from an early age of owning a zoo. At the age of 10, he began his collection with two peacocks, then went on to later purchase the first herd of buffalo in the state of Tennessee.
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to take a lap or two around a real NASCAR track? Very few can claim to have had that experience, but with your own Roush Performance vehicle, you might be able to capture some of the same exhilaration of flying around a high-speed racetrack. Or perhaps you want to see what a vehicle is truly capable of when facing a challenging mountain climb? A Roush performance vehicle can answer that. What sets Roush performance vehicles apart? Read on to learn more about the history and special engineering of Roush Performance vehicles.
Roush History
The Roush Performance heritage is a rich and storied one. From drag racing to NASCAR, the company’s racing division has won numerous championships with its outstanding performance engines. The Roush tradition began with Jack Roush, who joined Ford Motor Company in 1964 as an engine development engineer. He founded Roush Performance Engineering in 1976 after winning several drag racing championships with his partner, Wayne Gapp.
In 1984, Roush began pursuing sports racing championships and succeeded over 140 times. In 1988, he ventured into NASCAR racing, where he saw tremendous success. In 2007, Roush partnered with Fenway Racing, which is still winning NASCAR championships today.
Wyatt Johnson Ford – 4 Reasons the 2018 Ford Super Duty Is the Baddest Boy in the Truck Market
Trucks need to be powerful, and nowadays, they also need to be stylish. The 2018 Ford Super Duty series of trucks, which includes the F-250, F-350, and F-450, go way beyond just meeting these criteria. With two powerful engine choices and multiple trim packages, you are sure to find a Super Duty truck that can tow pretty much anything you throw at it while being just right on the interior.
Towing and Payload
The Ford Super Duty lineup of trucks are the strongest available. Each model of the F-250 and F-350 comes standard with an extremely capable 385 horsepower 6.2-liter V8. If you want maximum torque and power, it is worth upgrading to the 6.7 liter Power Stroke diesel that makes 450 horsepower and a whopping 925 pound-feet of torque. The Super Duty can tow up to 34,000 pounds, so you can feel confident that if you want to bring it with you, you can. Towing isn’t the only way the Super Duty carries more than the competition. The F-350 has a maximum payload of 7,630 pounds.
The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum is one of the most popular attractions for Nashville visitors and locals. No matter if you are a die-hard country fan or just someone who enjoys learning more about artists who have shaped American music. you will find something you can enjoy at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
Exhibits
There are many exhibits to take in on your visit, including some permanent displays and others traveling exhibits. “Sing Me Back Home” is one of the museum’s most popular permanent exhibits and provides a historical timeline of the emergence of the country scene going back to its early roots. You can find vintage audio recordings and photographs that show the influencers who have shaped country music.
While there are multiple exhibits that will come through the museum throughout the year, some of the recent ones included an exhibit dedicated to Blake Shelton and one to Dierks Bentley. Shelton’s exhibit takes you through his upbringing in Oklahoma through to his dramatic rise to stardom, featuring artifacts, photographs, and memorabilia. Bentley’s display includes some of the singer’s guitars, stage costumes, song lyrics, and much more.
Activities and Programs
There is more than just exhibit viewing at the museum. You can take part in songwriter sessions, where you can enjoy some live performances in a small group setting. These sessions take place on Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. providing for a question and answer period after the session.
You can also enjoy various instrument demonstrations, which occur on Sundays at 1 p.m. You can learn about the various musical instruments some of your favorite country musicians use and also learn about some of the more common musical techniques.
If you are looking for a fun and educational program for your children to take advantage of, you can sign them up for one of the many hands-on programs that the museum has to offer. During these youth programs, your children will have the ability to interact with artists, educators, and even professional musicians. They can take part in workshops where they can learn to play the guitar, country music dancing, and even try their hand at songwriting. You can find out what programs are available each weekend at the Taylor Swift Education Center.
Shopping and Dining
Before you head home, make sure to stop by the museum store between 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to pick up some merchandise. You can choose from mugs, caps, T-shirts, and posters of your favorite exhibits. You may also want to pick up some of the Studio B merchandise, music, and books from some of the featured artists in the museum. If you want to grab a bite to eat, you can try one of the onsite restaurants, which include Bajo Sexto Tacos, which serves up unique Mexican fare, and the Red Onion, which offers grab and go options all day long.
Spend the day enjoying learning more about the roots of country and some of the greatest country artists of all time at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.
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Wyatt Johnson Ford – Focus ST vs. Focus RS vs. Fiesta ST: Which Hot Hatch Is Right for You?
Ford offers three different hot hatchback models, the Focus RS, Focus ST, and the Fiesta ST, each with their own personality and feature set. You might be wondering, “Which one of these sporty cars is right for me?” Here are some features to consider when making your decision. No matter which one you choose, you’ll be getting a fun-to-drive, high-performance car with tried and tested Ford quality.
Power
The most immediate difference between these three hatchbacks is power. Each has a turbocharged EcoBoost engine. The Fiesta ST includes a 1.6-liter engine that produces 197 horsepower. In a car with a curb weight of 2,742 with a manual transmission, this is more than enough to make you sit up and take notice. Next in line is the Focus ST, with a 2.0-liter turbocharged the makes 252 horsepower and 270 pound-feet of torque. The most powerful of the three is the Focus RS, which pulls 350 horsepower from an EcoBoost 2.3-liter engine
Nashville is an amazing place to live and to visit. There are many great neighborhoods and areas, whether you are looking for an active nightlife or just a place with a cool vibe. If you are looking to move to the Nashville area, or just want to find some cool neighborhoods, be sure to check out these three best Nashville neighborhoods.
The Gulch
One of Nashville’s most popular and up-and-coming premium urban areas, the Gulch, is filled with events and happenings for those who like to take advantage of everything a big city has to offer. Food lovers will enjoy the variety of dining options that can be found in the neighborhood. You can enjoy some evening drinks at Bar Louie, sample some sushi at Sunda, enjoy your favorite pizzas at Night Train Pizza, and enjoy some unique cuisine at Moto.
There are also many events to take advantage of in the Gulch. If you are in the mood to enjoy a few laughs, you can stop in to see the Doyle and Debbie Show at The Station Inn or take advantage of a night of music at the Bluegrass Jam or Grimey’s DJ night.
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