The Porsche Macan proves to be a sure-footed beast in the snow
(LA Times Books)

I rarely succumb to envy. On a journalist´s salary, it´s better not to. I lust not for the Range Rovers, the BMW X5s or the Audi Q5s driven by parents at my fifth-grader´s fancy pants private school. When my daughter, my wife and I drive up to Lake Tahoe from Berkeley - as we do nearly every weekend...