With summer barreling through the calendar faster than you can say "water wings," it's likely you have a family reunion looming on the horizon.

As friends and co-workers will tell you, there are generally a few minefields that are best to avoid at such potentially volatile family gatherings. These include the alarmingly yellow potato salad, political affiliations and showing up alone _ again.

Maybe bring Acura's all-new ILX instead.