The only ones I’ve ever used that were stiff enough to be a worry were on cars that had been sitting in the open unmoved for decades. I’ll take being able to unlatch my hood, bump it, and watch it open all the way on its own over the fear that I might accidentally park my car for 15 years and then slam the hood with…

The good springs on my Falcon are 50 years old and haven’t worn out, and if they did I’m pretty sure they’re a $10 part.

I’m the 5th generation of my family to live in the same neighborhood in Denver. I love this place. But the last 5 years have been rough, people are surprised when they meet me and find out I actually grew up here and didn’t move in, and housing prices have roughly doubled. If Amazon chooses us, I’m leaving. Half…

I’ve never been more sure that I was looking at a Russian troll account.

For some reason people are just completely unable to grasp the shift pattern on my 3 on the tree Falcon. I guess that might make it harder to steal though.

Every single time someone tries to drive my Falcon (3 speed manual) they reverse first accidentally. I recently converted it back to a column shift from a previous owner’s floor shift modification and I love it, someone can sit in the middle of the front seat and I don’t have have to feel around their crotch to…

Buttons were an art that was perfected in the 60s and has been completely forgotten since. It’s a very sad thing to push a button with no tactile feedback.

“Yes my friend, I see no issues at all with you buying this 50 year old Dodge Dart that hasn’t been started in 10 years. I’m sure it will be a reliable daily driver for you!”

I had no idea there were so many Polish readers on Jalopnik, but I really love hearing what you have to say about this video!

There was, just after many many hours of me stressing and freaking out that I was going to burn my car down. I ended up with the correct gauge of wire, though it doesn’t have the correct insulation, but it seems to be holding up okay. In the 60s Ford used a resistance wire instead of a wire and a ballast resistor for…

Also based on the design features they claim they own, FCA just perfectly described the FJ40. Are they also going to go after Toyota for building a product they sold here 40 years ago?

When you think about it that way Mahindra is closer to owning the design in terms of the number of times the design has changed ownership. I know that doesn’t actually count for anything, but when they’ve built something more similar to the original design, for decades longer than the current company (FCA) has been…

“I don’t need to think of an actual justifiable argument for you because I don’t like you.”

This one in particular I’m having a hard time making sense of in any way that doesn’t make my stomach turn from how hypocritical it is. Maybe this is part of a joke that I would agree with but am not understanding currently, but more likely it’s just uncontrolled anger in Tweet form. Regardless of what many people are…

I’m not really sure what other racial or gender defined group you could put in this tweet that wouldn’t have everyone horrified. I’m firmly in the “old white men have caused and continue to cause the world many many problems with their power” camp, but this is just blind. How does behaving in an extremely hateful way…

Actually after I left that comment I thought about that. Thank goodness I’m pretty sure no one at Ford will ever read my comment.

They already messed up by calling a new F150 sized truck “Ranger” though. Also most years of Ranchero were unibody, since they were Falcon and Fairlane based.

Less glare in snow. Their usefulness somewhere it doesn’t snow could be debated. Fog maybe? Is there fog in LA? I have no idea.

6500k? God god why, I detest blue light more than many many other detestable things.

Man I could’ve used your help when replacing the wire between my ignition switch and the coil a few years ago.