I enjoy the Zoom Zoom as much as anyone (2/3 in my garage are Mazdas) but I can’t support this. Too happy looking. I’d take the first gen almost just for that alone!  But in more seriousness, good choice besides the useless first gear or two :)

You can’t expect Raph to actually research something before writing about it. Googling “BWM CLAR” takes 20 seconds that he just can’t spare.  Too busy writing his magnum opus about his bike.

A platform developed specifically to handle multiple forms of propulsion is not “a shell of a gas-powered car with some batteries jammed in”.  That’s the beef.

He’s reinventing himself into the David Tracy of bikes. Except, the things David does to cars are actually much harder, more expensive, and interesting.

That sounds harsh writing it out, but that’s how I see it.  This is sort of interesting but not 1,000 word interesting.

Late to the party, but the irony of this post is absolutely astounding considering you and your son were recently almost turned into a bloody pulp in a car that is no more safe than the one in the post.

To those complaining... why? Typically in PvP games, you want microtransactions to be purely cosmetic. Riot has been doing this for a long time with League skins, and it’s also how they are monetizing TFT and LoR.

The price is ridiculous, sure.  But the concept is fine with me for these sort of games.

I tried browsing an article last night on my phone, without a blocker. I almost screenshotted it, but I had an autoplay Jalop video (with an ad to start it off) at the top half of my screen that followed my scroll down, and an autoplay ad at the bottom quarter, with ad bar below that, and literally THREE LINES OF TEXT…

My thoughts too. I had hoped the new EIC would clean things up but if anything, this place has gotten worse. If that’s even possible.

Tracy for EIC!

Jalopnik hasn’t really been big on the whole sensible/rational/logical take thing in a while. They either have obviously-biased takes, hot takes, or no takes like in this case.

That article of Stef’s reminded me how good Jalopnik used to be.  Now we have clickbait and short shorts.

I can’t say; we only play in a limited space: outdoor footwear. But business has been great for hiking, running, trail, and aquatic footwear. Also anecdotally, beaches on the Great Lakes are also holiday-level packed even on weekdays this summer.

You’re telling me. That car ripped out my heart and wallet at the same time. :(

“There’s not a lot of vehicles playing in this space. We’ve got the equity and the credibility,” Mark Grueber, Bronco’s consumer-marketing manager, told reporters in a briefing last week. “We just see it as an ideal time.”

I work IT at a global retailer and outdoor gear is KILLING it right now. Up year over year in spite of the pandemic.

Midwest me is jealous of your salt-free roads. 

First turbo blew on the way home from the used dealer even after doing a PPI at a Subaru dealer (first owner probably dumped it knowing that would happen) Removed the bolt during the new turbo install along with UP/DPs, and second turbo still only lasted ~50k.

Even with the banjo removed, these turbos never lived much past 100k. First turbo at 110k is a time bomb.

Unless something changed since I was in the scene 5-6 years ago.

I’m on my third automatic Mazda.  They are not alone in slowly dropping the manual transmission.  Even their autos are a joy to drive.  They still “get it”.

Manual buyers being passionate does not mean that automatic buyers are instafluencers, FYI.

I had turbo > timing > turbo. Sold for less than the labor on the heads once the second turbo started grinding :/