I was offshore for most of that; I remember the fires the most. Even from several miles away, they were extremely hot. The destruction was severe. It was a detached fascination at first watching artillery and other various ordinance hit the city. Turned to disbelief and horror when you realized those were hotels,…

I just wanted to share that I just received an email from Davis Smith (i.e. Cotopaxi’s CEO, from this story). He explained a lot of the things that I was confused about and I wanted to make sure his perspective got heard. The following is shared with his permission:

Hello Raph! This is Alex with the Karmann Ghia. It was an honor to meet you. I am a long time reader and a massive fan of your writing. This series of stories is no exception. I wish I could have been more helpful in your time of need. What an adventure you had though! Happy motoring and all the best!

I dunno, Leni Heat-n-stall sounds pretty good.

There was a nice interlude after I crossed the mountains but before I called it a day — 395 had a lot of steady climbs and descents, one after another, and then there was one particularly mean grade that opened up to a huge basin below.

Best/only sub 5k sleeper I could find on ebay:

What about the brave heroes that stopped to kick the rocks and gravel out of the road the camaro threw there. They’re doing gods work and saving the public from rock chips and cracked windshields. They’re the real stars of this video.

Come on, there’s not a single bit of innocent bystander smeared across the hood…

Fantastic window sticker...

Really sad to hear Mate is gone... What the heck is happening Jalopnik/Gawker?

Seems vans are good at carrying a lot of things, including momentum.

IT IS

This might be worse than Takata.

But that didn’t happen, did it? We’re talking about a Trump supporter denying a Bernie supporter help. Could the same happen if it was the reverse? Certainly. Would most Trump supporters do the same that this guy did? Likely not, because they’re probably not assholes. But trying to justify this because the possibility…

OPPO saves lives!

While his parents were out working four jobs, Cambo spent his time learning how to survive in the rough backwoods of Alabama. When they went through a brutal divorce, he naturally fled to the woods to be alone. No traffic, no people, no responsibility—just pure survival.

reminder, that 1.4l multiair has STAGGERING tuning potential.

If all goes according to plan, Ben will be back later this week for a Jalopnik Q&A about his new book (which is awesome, I’m currently reading it), Top Gear, racing, drivin’ real fast, and anything else you want to ask him about!

Police were able to get a description of the driver from an eyewitness.

“But when I examined the accident scene, I saw only one set of skid marks. It was then that Satan said ‘That was me trying to kill you. I just installed some new Toyo Proxes on my BRZ and I never broke traction, brah. Sticky as fuck.’”