See, the real problem at Jalopnik is that most of you are <30 (for the little ones out there, “<” means “less than”). So of course you do not realize you you don’t know anything and you think everyone thinks like you. I don’t listen to AM, but I know many who do. And a trade industry publication arguing that using the…

We used a battery operated AM radio during Sandy when my city was pretty decimated. Ironically, something like this AM radio mandate would probably benefit poor white rural Americans more than anything, so of course the politicians they vote for will oppose it. So fuck them. As someone living in NJ, usually ranked the…

The cost to add AM radio is minimal, regardless of what these “estimates” say. These days, a complete AM radio chip (essentially just RF and IF sections, as the amplifier is a separate set of IC’s), costs next to nothing. Shielding and a ferrite antenna costs slightly more, but still very little. Interface is…

NPR and college radio are on the low FM in my area. Not perfect but infinitely better than zombie Rush Limbaugh.

Technologically, AM radio is probably the cheapest, most robust way to reach the most people quickly.

Those island will be long underwater. How about on top of a nice butte somewhere in Wyoming or Montana? Or maybe atop a mesa in the arid southwest.

This is exactly what first should be electrified: any vehicle that runs the same limited route, day after day, and returns home to recharge each night. Every mail truck, school bus, city bus should be an EV ASAP.

When you lose friends - and I suspect you already have - know that it’s in part due to stupid opinions like this.

I would argue that the appearance is a feature, not a bug. For a vehicle aimed at such a dedicated use, having an unusual look is a big plus. You immediately know what it is, and you have a good idea of what it is likely to do. Sometimes I come up on the white vans that USPS is using now and I don’t know just it’s…

For something as essential and utilitarian as a postal truck, it’s nice that appearance was the least important factor and they went all in on function. Hopefully, the reliability is just as good as the form factor.

You, uh, seem to have excised the “every year” part off that quote.

Bad parenting can lead to a life of crime that can cause misery everyone who comes into contact with the kid throughout his life. Just look at the example of Donald Trump.

Don’t want kids treated like adults but when showing signs a potentially dangerous pathology like this there needs to be an obligation to intervene. Right now non-violent (in terms of people) offenses but it’s not a far stretch to see things escalate to endangering people (a 12 year old driving is dangerous but not…

Well friend, here’s the thing - the average conservative supports a rapist, pedo, draft dodging, felonious traitor. They aren’t very smart. They think anything they don’t understand or like, is Woke/Fascist/Socialist/Communist/Marxist at the same time.

Excellent idea, as there was a kit to install a Chevy 350 into the Vega. But I would opt for the V6 instead and keep the manual trans. As the Chevy 350 kit would make them do wheelies twisting & destroying the body in the process, as I once knew someone who did exactly that...

I kinda love it.  I understand the Vega hate, but 45 years later this doesn’t have to be a car you live with.  It’s a car I would absolutely enjoy driving around on weekends...even if that ends up being very slowly.  The irony of the flames might just be the cherry on top.  NP.

It’s almost astonishing how Vegas and even their less-troubled later derivative models (eg, Monzas) have virtually disappeared from the face of the earth. As early as the late 80s, they were pretty much gone from the road. By contrast, it’s not rare to see a Pinto puttering away or parked on the street, albeit as a…

I gave the a no dice,but I think it’s not far off on price. get it t0 $6500 and we have a deal. So regular negotiations might get us where we want to be.

My first cars were a 77 Chevy Monza (4cyl 4 spd), 78 Pontiac Sunbird (4 cyl 4 spd ) These had the Iron Duke engine, not the aluminum block of the Vega, 78 Oldsmobile Starfire (V6, Dogleg 5 spd)

I love my Fit, but I’m 5'7" and 150 lbs. I’ve seen plenty of posts on Facebook and fan sites like fitfreak.net where bigger, taller folks say the front seats don’t go back far enough for them. Some have added spacers.