Silence while driving drives me mad. I need to hear engine or exhaust or, like you said, it feels as though you and the car are doing nothing. I threw a race dump exhaust on my Dart and never looked back. Driving my girlfriend’s Fit feels mindless in comparison.

But that makes too much sense. They want something NEW - NEW - NEW in order to not portrait the need for such common sense living.

My normal advice would be: go to Craigslist. Type “Camry” (or Accord/Civic). Buy the newest one you can for $5000.

Jason, I mention this every time you or another writer at Jalopnik writes about patents. You mostly do not understand them. As I’ve said before, a published application is not a patent, it’s just an application. You can file an application and have it publish for pretty much anything. It has nothing to do with whether…

While I understand the appeal of doing something like this, I dispute the notion that the only way to lead a truly “full” life is to chug a Mountain Dew and do something “Extreme.” There are many different paths to personal enlightenment.

You can afford you gift someone a $100k car? Cool, that means you can also afford to gift them the cash to cover the taxes.

Amen to that. I just don’t understand how people are so obsessed with trying to show off, especially with something as stupid as cars. Or, even if the intention isn’t to try and pretend to be “rich,” trying to enjoy life with a carpe diem attitude.

What are you talking about? So because the PDK can be manually shifted, it shouldn’t be used in auto mode? You are making no sense. The PDK is good because it does a good job of picking the right gear based on the car’s sensors (holds gears in corners, etc.) and because it shifts quickly. If you want to shift your own…

Probably in the minority here, but I think it’s fair for an athlete not to want to take part in someone else’s political speech - not wearing the jersey isn’t that different than not wanting to stand for the anthem. This isn’t a private team, it’s the USWNT, for all intents and purposes an arm of the state.

Every year it’s the same with this place. You don’t report on any of the racing on the Island, you only take time to post about racers dying with some sort of ghoulish attention to detail. Never any stories about the racing or the people who make it their sole aim in life to be there and be part of it.

Nah, not being forced, just having it take over the site for cars. I’m not a fan of Musk, but JC06Z33 is right: The constant Musk bashing is annoying as fuck.

No one forced us to keep adblockers up either.

It’s only a dog whistle if you actually mean it that way. If it’s not what a person really means, then the perceiver has simply misread the statement. And there’s not a whole lot of room for interpretation here. I think it’s extremely clear that Musk was operating in a specific context. Topolsky isn’t dredging up that…

Wouldn’t you rather just be able to buy what you want? I think cosmetic MTX in $60 games are never going away, but they feel far less predatory when you can just go to a shop and pick whatever skins or hats you want rather than rolling the dice in hopes you’ll get that rare Junkrat outfit you’ve been craving.

Nismo 350 owner, myself, and I fit squarely and comfortably in that “dad in the 35-45 range” that you mentioned. Every time I’m in that Z, the Ed Hardy/vape bros try to street race me. I tend to stare straight ahead, roll up my windows, turn up my Steely Dan, and save it for the autocross course.

Literally, no one is forced to. Don’t want to flip burgers? Make money another way.

Thanks. The B-pillar is actually fashioned from the original C-pillar, cut and bent into shape and welded in.

This is me exactly. 40s dad. owned a 1970s Z back in the day, 2003 350 Z also. Even had one of the first altimas with the V6 and manual. I just cant get my love for these cars out of my system.

Just finished my build last month: what this project might have looked like 20 years ago. Still gotta get those lawnmowers though.

Yep. Who the fuck just out of college can afford a $30,000 to $40,000 sports car with mods? The car payment alone would be at least $500, not to mention insurance and the cost of the mods.