Chances are they already had to run a gauntlet getting into Mexico. Mexico shoots Guatemalan illegal immigrants that don't respect their southern border.

I went to Long Beach in 2011. It was a good party. The cars made noise and accelerated out of the corners impressively. The race itself was more about mistakes than brilliant driving. I think the last man that had a chance to fix CART was Andrew Craig, and he squandered it with a vengeance. The sport really was…

I'm with you. The problem is that there are people that think they're entitled to think for others, even lying to them to influence their behavior. They're called progressives.

The VIN is posted on the listing. The 5th digit is a J, which means that it has an L48 350 V8 with hydraulic lifters and 190 net hp. I'm surprised wild man Grammer went for a base engine model, but maybe he toned things down after flipping a Dodge Viper RT/10 in his driveway.

Similarly, the Chevy Luv was really an Isuzu P'up. Eventually, Isuzu sold the Chevrolet Colorado as the i-series, not that anyone noticed. Dodge and Plymouth also used to sell Mitsubishi pickups as D50s and Arrow Trucks. Eventually, Mitsubishi sold the Dakota as the Raider. This was doubly weird because Dodge used to…

When they first came out, there were a number of body styles ranging from the Gremlin's skin through a boring wagon and sedan through a fastback sport coupe. Trim was often intended to be sporty, with two-tone red and blacks common fitted with alloy wheels and aggressive tires. There were multiple engine options and…

The wagon on the beach is an AWD Eagle. Many of them had wire wheels. The Concord wagon had a lower ride height and fake wood trim that wasn't cut high to emphasize the fender flare like on this Eagle.

If running with scissors isn't a good idea, what does that say about driving a ground effects F1 car with scissors?

We have really short yellow light cycles to improve tax collection on our red light camera-equipped intersections. There are also poorly marked no-right-turn-on-red intersections that serve no purpose but to catch the uninitiated. I'm against running red lights, but camera enforcement encourages abuses to raise…

I wouldn't bother. I currently have use of an 8-speed company car, and I'm pretty much over it. There is no lasting joy in any automatic. The novelty wears off in hours and then it is just a matter of remembering how much I'd rather have a manual with every one of its ill-timed or clunky shifts. With 10,000 miles, the…

IIRC, Mercedes Benz had the 600SL with a real naturally aspirated, 48-valve V12 making about 400 hp and engineered to a better standard than anything they've built since.

I'm sure by the time it is installed in a Corvette it will sound just fine, but I wouldn't have leaked this dyno test video to the public.

I can see a physical key slot in the door handle, so failure to open the doors is on Jerry too. If it really isn't possible to open the door conventionally, then buying such a car is a silly move anyway.

If he drove a car with a manual transmission like a real man, he'd have been able to roll start it instead of whining about how long it takes his nanny to show up.

One of the partners in the company I worked for in college traded his 5-speed E30 325 for a Diamante. I couldn't believe it at the time. I also couldn't fit comfortably in the driver's seat, not even in my 6'2", 180 lbs college form. The back seat was surprisingly small too. Were it not for my accurate memory of what…

I was in LA yesterday and saw lots of current Prii with aggressive body kits and wheels. Personally, I hope everyone that doesn't care about manual transmissions and precision, high-RPM naturally aspirated engines buys a Prius. That way demand for gas will fall and so will prices, in spite of various efforts to the…

I'm glad somebody got it. This place has a real think tank feel today.

This is why people say to take it to the track. Racing on the street is stupid.

Thank you for acknowledging my comment. I often feel that informative posts are completely ignored here to preserve a level playing field.

Surely this is Gawker or Jezebel fodder. Why does it say Jalopnik at the top of the page?