There is no way to completely prevent this. The tether is not holding the wheel or the tire on, it is holding the HUB on. And the spindle the wheel spins on can break off in a crash. The wheel itself can break away from the hub with the hub staying attached to the car. This can only reduce the chances of the wheel…

I know you're saying this like it's a bad thing, which it undoubtedly is, but also I am really interested in knowing how many times it can happen hahahahahaha

I am in agreement here, everyone should retire at the age of 40. 

A reminder for those who are upset is that this is just Capitalism being Capitalism.

Capitalism wants all the money in the world, and you don’t get all the money in the world if you don’t do business with—and in—China. So if you want to be a good Capitalist and not let billions of dollars sit on the table so that your…

“HERE WE GO!”

YO! The contact page has a 949 number... that means one of these things might be chilling down in Newport right now. We need to GET ON THIS ASAP.

The producers need to learn to pick better for topics for the episode. Some of the stuff feels outright manufactured, for example, the “rivalry” between Sainz and Ricciardo in episode 1, which wasn’t really a thing at all.

There was a SNL skit with William Shatner at a Star Trek convention where the trekies knew far too much about Star Trek episodes and Captain Kirk’s personal life. I am sure VW visiting Jalopnik feels just like William Shatner at a Star Trek convention.

That’s just rude. Torch has a life. He has a Changli!

Beetlegate

“...further into madness...”

Have you ever seen Torch & Dr. von Lovebug together? No?

Yeah. This. Exactly this. That S-Klasse was freaking driving me crazy— even the “VIN range decode” didn’t come up with the right combination of parts.

Here’s the rear of my 64 that I sold about 10 years ago. It was absolutely stock when I bought it with only 55,000 miles. I had to look it up because I remember thinking it was a 63 when I first saw it due to the “pope nose” license plate light. It has clear front turn signals and pinstripe upholstery. It had never…

This is exactly the sort of bullshit I come to Jalopnik for to escape from reality.

I wonder if it was an early 1964 model where they were using some parts from 1963 as they made a gradual shift. Like there’s some sort of forgotten 1963.5 model in there where they were testing out turn signals and the license plate light wasn’t ready yet.

Somebody just wants to watch you descend into madness, and they know exactly how to do it.

I know it’s not really the right thing, but this is almost obligatory to share for ship issues.

The flat earthers may yet prove their worth, the way things are going by next year we’re going to need a sustainable and ethical source of Soylent Green...