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@pauljones: In LA, where rainstorms are comparatively few and far between, you can use that excuse. Around here that stuff washes off in the first few hours. And it takes a while for those oils to build up too, if it rained an inch and a half two days ago there's nothing to worry about if it's raining again today. …
I didn't know Bushwacker was getting into the European sedan market. I can't wait to see what Skyjacker comes up with.
This list is useless... for starters it doesn't include the current fair market value of these vehicles and it continues with the errors of omission by not including the names, phone numbers and home addresses of the tools who traded these gems in.
Also keep an eye on [lifehacker.com] for a link to the [www.instructables.com] post that completely undermines this entrepreneur's eBay business.
Whatever city I'm trying to drive in at any given time.
"Two things are guaranteed when you play with a pig in the mud: You will get dirty and the pig will enjoy it."
Well, Nugget Nose, Phantom Phink and Sinister Sludge were always coming up with mean plots against Huckleberry Hound, Yogi, Scare Bear, Wendy and Rita... But I don't remember that many 'spectacular' crashes.
@pj134: If it was from your grandfather then wouldn't that make you the 3rd generation? or does it skip a generation?
@Tanshanomi: I think this place needs a new award... keyboard ruining comment of the day or spit-take of the day or something along those lines. I do love me some old SNL references, that was top notch.
If it was made of the infamous inferior yellow webbing I would agree wholeheartedly... but this magical device was made of the vastly superior blue webbing, and therefore a marvel of advanced safety restraints. ...and a mere $2.50, a bargain at twice the price for the peace of mind you'll gain.
@Joshman Raffles Avenue: That one's part of my PS2 collection as well. Gives a whole new meaning to the phrase "pushes like a dump truck"... literally.
I bet we could spend a week calling out movie car faux pas: Like in 88 Minutes where one scene Pacino's Porsche has turbo twists, but by the time he gets to the parking garage it's sporting BBS LMs. Or later when they blow it up you get a clear view of the undercarriage and they have a square-tube rear axle, with…
Any tool can drive straight when they're drunk... I'm thinking their decals need some curves and stop signs to really drive their point home.
I was there, hangin' out with my fellow rednecks. That race was not very exciting... 'bout what all the stereotypes pin on NASCAR, especially since Daytona is a restrictor plate track. But I had a great view of that last lap wreck.
SCORE International Off Road Racing. The drivers and fans are every bit as wacky as WRC, but these guys do it in the desert where there track is even less of a road. The racing may not be as technical as rally, but the jumps are bigger, they race heads up, and the wrecks are unparalleled.
@MrHowser: Congrats on the job... I hope it allows for a little Jalopnik from time to time.
@Syrax: That's a ton of views, most standard Jalopnik features get 5-10k on the first day. Some, like Ray's cross post of Ms. Sklar's article, get 50k after a day or two. So far today the StreetView accidents article has nearly 90k... but that's cross-posted to Gizmodo.