Summer Fun Guide for On & Off-Road Travel

By this time of year, you’ve may have already done plenty of interviews about travel. We hope you’ll consider one more, a unique topic which takes a look at automobile travel, which just happens to be the number one way most people will travel this summer. Americans love traveling by car for the flexibility of being able to stop along the way. No one likes to have packing limits when traveling that why Americans love hitting the open. They can take whatever and whoever they want in their car. If you’re seeking adventure you can go on an off-road adventure with some of the best trails in the US.

“Planning is great and important part of a road trip because it can really help elevate stress, “said Claudia Lombana, Shopping Specialist & Award-Winning Journalist “So before you get on the road this summer know your route, where you want to go and preplan your stops. Carry those emergency kits in your vehicle and know that your vehicle is in top shape.”

Whether it’s a road trip or an off-road experience avoid a disaster where your tires are concerned. “You only get to put one set of tires on for your road trip so plan ahead,” said race car driver, stunt driver, stunt coordinator, automotive journalist, and TV personality Andrew Comree-Picard. “There are a couple of tires I really love. If you’re going on a long summer road trip or everyday driving there is a new tire from Michelin. One is called the Premier All-Season this tire has EverGrip™ technology as it wears. The tread locks up open up so it works just as well in rain as when it’s warm. For more adventurous driving if you’re going off road in the trails you want some kind of tire that is going to get you out of those sticky situations. There is a new tire from BF Goodrich called the Mud Terrain KM3 it has the traction and toughness to get you out of those toughest spots. You really want to prepare ahead from my perspective by putting good boots on your vehicle. ‘

Tips for Hitting the Road

Prepare Vehicle: Make sure you have enough washer fluid, check the oil, check the tread depth on your tire. Make sure tires are in good shape.

Cell Phone: Make sure you have your cell phone with you with emergency numbers.

Emergency Kit: Make sure you have your car fully stocked with an emergency kit with water. If you have kids you want to make sure you have some food and snacks.

GPS: We are very reliant on our phones. Make sure you know your route and what your plans are going to be for taking breaks when you’re on that long road trip.

“We have lots of options for trails many are in the west you have Moab in Utah and Death Valley in California,” said APC. “You can look for routes it’s all about what adventure suits you at funtreks.com,”

For more information visit michelinman.com and BFGoodrich.com

About Andrew Comrie-Picard

(born April 28, 1971) is a Canadian race car driver, stunt driver, stunt coordinator, automotive journalist, and TV personality.[1] He left a career as a New York City entertainment lawyer to pursue his passion for racing. He has won events in Europe and North America, including the 2006 Sno*Drift Rally in Michigan,[2] the 2007 Rallye Perce-Neige in Quebec,[3] the 2009 Rally Colorado, and the 2010 Oregon Trail Rally. In 2008 he won outright the Modern division of the Targa Newfoundland road rally in the competition debut of the Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution X, repeating the win in 2012. He won the 2009 North American Rally Cup championship overall in a Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX.

Comrie-Picard competed in the inaugural rally car event at X Games 12 in 2006, and competed again at X Games 13 in 2007, X Games 14 in 2008, X Games 15 in 2009, and X Games 16 in 2010, making him one of four drivers (with Tanner Foust, Travis Pastrana, and Ken Block) to compete at the first five X Games where Rally Car Racing was featured. At X Games 16 he won the bronze medal in Rally Car Racing.[4]

He also has raced off-road trucks[5] and in 2010 he competed in drifting, driving the Dodge Motorsports BFGoodrich Samuel Hubinette Racing Dodge Viper.[6] Also in 2010, he entered the Pikes Peak International Hillclimb event where he crashed his Mitsubishi at Engineer's Corner.[7] In 2011, after several seasons of rallying in the top-level AWD category, Comrie-Picard returned to rally competition in the 2WD category, campaigning a 2011 Scion xD in selected Rally America events. He also drove a Mark IV Toyota Supra to second place in the Modern division at Targa Newfoundland, after coming in sixth in the same car in 2010. He competed on the Baja 1000 desert race in 2011 and 2013 in a Class 10 Baja Challenge buggy for BFGoodrich; he and his team won the class in 2013. In 2012 and 2013 he continued to drive for Scion in Rally America competition,[8] finishing 2nd in the 2WD category championship in both seasons. He also competed in the 2012 and 2013 Pikes Peak International Hillclimb with a version of the Scion xD. Coming off the successful 3-year development program with the Scion Rally Team, in January 2014 “ACP” moved over to Ford Racing and Team O’Neil, driving a Ford Fiesta ST developed by Team O'Neil and M-Sport to compete for the 2014 Rally America 2WD Championship.[9] In July 2014, he secured the 2014 Rally America 2WD Championship with two events remaining, and in the 2014 season took five firsts, two seconds, and a third. He also secured seventeen consecutive podiums 2012-2014, and for only the second time in a decade of Rally America history, put a 2wd car on the overall national podium.[10]

In July 2017, Andrew Comrie-Picard returned to rally competition in the American Rally Association series New England Forest Rally, for the gravel rally debut of the Ford Focus RS developed by Team O'Neil. The new car, which had earlier competed for the first time at the Mount Washington Hill Climb, placed first in Production4WD class and fourth overall.[11]

Unusual for an automotive expert, he has five university degrees, including a B.A. from The University of Trinity College (University of Toronto), an M.A. from Trinity College, Oxford, and MBA and LL.B. (law) degrees from McGill University. He was a competitive rower at both Oxford and McGill.

In 1992 Comrie-Picard was appointed the Scribe, or head, of the Episkopon society at Trinity College, Toronto. Comrie-Picard took the society underground by disassociating with the College in 1992, after the administration demanded that Episkopon develop a constitution and Comrie-Picard refused. He told the Globe and Mail newspaper, "It's humour."[12]

He is a wine expert who worked in Bordeaux, France, ran the wine societies at the University of Toronto and the University of Oxford, and competed on the Oxford University Blind Winetasting team.

His acting and television hosting centres on automobiles: he has co-hosted the Canadian Rally Championship on the CHUM and A-Channel networks, Targa Newfoundland on SpeedTV and Rogers Cable, hosted the reality show "War of the Wheels" on Global Television, and was an "extreme auto" correspondent for The New Drivers' Seat TV on CHUM and A-Channel. He co-hosted with car designer Chip Foose and fabricator Lou Santiago a show for the Discovery Channel called "Ultimate Car Buildoff". Ten episodes aired in the summer of 2010. In 2011, Comrie-Picard hosted a special called BattleXross on SpeedTV in which he sets up a stunt course for two top extreme drivers to compete on. The show aired several times in late 2011. In 2013 he hosted a series of Yahoo!Autos videos,[13] and in 2014 he hosted a GranTurismo6 launch segment.[14] He has co-hosted Ford's Truth About Trucks video series 2014-2017. In 2017, his auto build/stunt show "Car Saviors" aired on Discovery Channel; the pilot episode saw Comrie-Picard drift a 1977 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow that he and his co-host Brian Scotto had fitted with a new Mopar Hemi engine and other performance upgrades. Comrie-Picard was a Consulting Producer and Stunt Coordinator in several seasons of Top Gear USA on the History Channel and appears as a stunt driver in recent Tyler Perry, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Charlize Theron films, and in NCIS New Orleans.[15] He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and two daughters.

About Claudia Lombana

As a nationally-respected Shopping Specialist, Claudia Lombana shares her expert tips on bargain hunting, trend-spotting, online and mobile shopping security, avoiding Internet scams and more. Lombana is the national shopping specialist for PayPal, and regularly shares her insight and expertise to national television audiences including FOX News and to major markets including New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta, San Diego, Phoenix and more. Her tips and advice have appeared in national publications including People StyleWatch, New York Times, USA Today, FIRST for Women, Essence and MAXIM.com. She has educated viewers and readers on unbeatable travel tips, holiday gift deals, back-to-school shopping and fraud protection. In addition to her consumer expertise, Lombana is a two-time Emmy Award winning journalist and a Peabody Award winner with 18 years of journalistic experience. She has traveled the world covering news stories for CNN, CBS, FOX, Tech TV and E! Entertainment.

Interview Courtesy BFGoodrich and Michelin

Photo Courtesy BLM Nevada CC-By-2.0 from flickr.com

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