I'm not going to blame anyone other than Clarkson, but if there was a job opening to serve him steak while being brutally assaulted I would be there with bells on.

Their contract is up, there is no quitting to begin with and you can't force someone to sign one of those because they're leaving. You either have it or you don't.

I doubt we've seen the last of this trio. They would be just as awesome on any other platform, and I can envision them on Netflix easily. I'm not gonna lie, praying that the Jezza moves to the U.S. I would volunteer to be punched in the face while serving him steak.

LSEVs are a small but increasigly popular class and can be easily assembled from common pre-existing workshops already used to make cell phones and other electronics. Electric motorcycles were kind of the cool kid thing to have during the 90s and their localized production, followed by local repair and therefore…

No, it's a side effect of 山寨, Shanzhai. The word means mountain fortress and comes from when bandits could live on a massive hill/small mountain and essentially run their own microcosm. It started to mean knockoffs when making fake cellphones in these workshops became a hell of a way to make money and avoid the…

The worst part is knowing that China can do so much better. There are small craftsmen shops everywhere capable of making or repairing things you normally buy in a store. 山寨 are practically common, and if the shanzhai would go crazy and spin off their own crazy designs based on what they have/need China would have it's…

I love reading Chinese news, which tries to spin this as if they improved VW's design. The government tries to defend 山寨(shanzai) as best as they can, but it just looks insane.

I hate to say this, but that's exactly what the post you are replying to says.

If you read the post, I was actually commenting on a specific form of industry in China and the car was a reference to copied designs that manage to look unique. The fact that it is a "retro version of" isn't what I'm talking about to begin with, frankly.

I would be genuinely interested if Chinese auto companies developed their own styles as fearlessly as they copy others. 山寨 (lit "Mountain Fortresses", a very old phrase that describes the knock off businesses and their reverse engineers/factory capabilities) could be used to fling daring new designs out that we would…

As a flipside, in the game Transistor, which is utterly amazing, your weapon is someone important to you but the main character is a woman.

Yeah, but every now and then an old XJ-C pops up, and I'll be damned if it doesn't get my attention.

Can't you swap both of those for Chevy components? If not, then my heart is broken. I've always wanted a Chevuar.

Then you have a gorgeous, relatively reliable coupe that's easy to work on and mod!

I used to work at a Jag dealership and the engines in these things were painful jokes to every person that worked there. The dealership in question actually used to swap the originals out for various Chevy engines for brand new cars, for owners who needed reliability and more horsepower.

At six grand, you will have just enough to fix it's inevitable vicious engine problems by swapping it for a Chevy!

Full disclosure: I prefer luxury to speed. At just over 7k, you'll have room to do whatever you want to the cavernous interior.

Whichever idiot street raced this thing before breaking it in should be forced to drive an old jaguar inline 6 and do it's maintenance for the rest of his life. Also, this should be used to make some resto-mod monstrosity post haste.

Also, just a side thought, I paid 650 this month for a one bedroom rent on the beach near Worth Avenue, one of the most expensive streets in America. For one single night, it got down to like 37 degrees Fahrenheit, and it was insane. The next day it was back up to it's normal 76 during the day and 60 during night,…

No, it really isn't. You'll get 10,000 points in an interview just for being from somewhere interesting, if you have a degree or trade skill you won't even need an explanation. It's really, really lax in Florida. I know mechanics, HVAC guys and some idiot with a liberal arts degree from random south american spots,…