The V probably has staggered wheels (front vs rear), which is why they didn’t even bother with the spare.

The run-flats that came with my 2013 MINI lasted less than 23,000 miles. And I had to get one replaced in the first month of ownership after it picked up a chunk of metal and of course the dealer would not repair the damaged tire. Now I run non-run-flats.

AAA service is great. I sign up for the 100 mile + motorcycle service and have them tow my crap all over creation for far less than I’d pay otherwise.

I won’t touch my inflator kit, use that stuff and most tire shops won’t repair the flat, have to buy a whole new tire. Mind you, the last flat I got was from a massive chunk of scrap metal. My tire proudly joined the display tires with other impressive punctures. The flat before that was a complete cording, no…

It’s ALWAYS Dave’s fault, that sumbitch.

Yeah well I would carry a spare but somebody won’t share. I’m looking at you Dave, you greedy fuckface.

i mean, frame looks decent

Thank you for this nice article. I could feel in it your affection for that car, because indeed we have an old saying, that says: “Whoever Despises, Loves”.

I think it’s just... all of them.

Right hand drive McLaren F1?

Dealer owned & never sold (see all those LFAs).

That tape not peeling after 20 years is McLaren’s most impressive engineering feat.

Great idea. I may actually drive down from Boston for this. It’d be good to connect the sarcastic comment section to some real, dumb faces.

patrick. been following jalopnik for years. this is my first time posting. im a mechanic in port aransas tx. cannot say how much this appreciated. locals call the growing debris pile mount trashmore. its huge, and maybe only half done collecting debris. they expect 60 to 70% of this town to be in the pile when done.…

Sneak preview of the Jalopnik auto show

A car show in Newark. Once the stolen car capital of the US!! At least it’s close to the Pru Center and appears to be in a garaged lot.

Easier to work on than cars, that’s for sure. They’re designed to be maintained with minimal downtime. Airbus’ are especially easy, in my opinion.

“A silly waste of money,” one councilman said at the time, according to the 1954 Detroit Free Press account. “No driver is going to stop at a corner if there isn’t a policeman right there to halt them.”