Well the people weren’t just throwing trash, they were also smacking their windows and trying to open the door. When surrounded by an angry crowd like that, most people’s first instinct would be to try to drive out of there as soon as possible (similar to this case involving a mob of bikers and a civilian):

Hey, if you’re surrounded by several thousand people and they make a move to block your path - you have to cut a swath.  Remember that guy in LA that got dragged out of his truck? Neither does he. They beat him with a brick. That cop deserves to go to jail for a long time and so do the ones who were helping - but cops…

The power imbalance between someone in a vehicle and a pedestrian is tremendous. In the case of the Brooklyn events, protestors faced down a Ford Explorer Police Interceptor Utility, a vehicle that weighs in excess of three tons unloaded with more than three hundred horsepower under the hood. When aimed at…

Oof this comment section has a ton of cringe in it.

Thank you. Of the first few comments that I’ve seen, I’m shocked at the high percentage of rational opinions. Usually Jalopnik is a cesspool of groupthink.

There’s a difference between running over a bunch of people on a walking path minding their own business vs accelerating out of an angry mob that’s blocking the street and attacking you. Comparing these to ISIS is a bit of a false equivalency.

The police ramming these rioters don’t really bother me . There is a difference between protesters and rioters  .Protesters should be protected rioters need to be protected against . When a crowd attacks it can get real ugly real fast .

He was protecting his business.

And it does have a bit more flair that “1LE”

It’s holding 133F - unless we’re talking creep (unlikely at 133F) you’re never going to reach any material melting points. And you’re certainly not shocking anything. It’s not like the car is going from 133F to -50F repeatedly. 

You mean, is it ok for cars to sit in the sun every day during the summer?

And yet, Dodge does not require people who purchased their cars with the supercharger option to also purchase a subscription to use that option

You should probably ask the accountants.  But I’d hazard a guess that they do it because they make money on them.

How did I miss that Hertz owned Dollar Rent a Car and Thrifty Car Rental? Also, why are Dollar and Thrifty still a thing in the 21st century? I see their names every time I drive through LAX and they seem like they’re brand-names trapped in the 1960s.

If anyone doubts the power of a lot of water... It was making me nuts.. I looked at the street view and I couldn’t figure out where the beige building next to the fiero garage came from. Nowhere within visible range was there a building that looked like that. Messed around on google maps and I found it. Between the…

Acura officially announced a second gen NSX in December of 2007. The first sale did not occur until Summer of 2016. Ford officially announced the Bronco was returning in January of 2017. There was a Bronco concept way back in 2004 but not sure I would count that as it was not a commitment to bring it back. I can’t…

6th gen Camaro and also the LFA were worse I believe.

Whaddaya mean?

That’s like showing up to your first autocross with a fire suit.

Hi. I build iRacing setups.