RIP, but they’re tough old ships.

Oh the visual on twirling Dorito....bless you, sir. Never heard it put that way before, and I can never un-see it. Awesome.

Really, guys? We’re gonna ignore the twirling Dorito?

My favorite Monaco F1 story ever is the one about Juan Manuel Fangio braking to avoid a multi car pileup, which he couldn’t see around a hairpin.

“This ship might not be a destroyer, but she sure as hell has the power to fuck shit up.”

In 15 minutes? But seriously I’m with you - I’ll bring lawn chairs and beer, you bring the camera. Just backing is hard for most! Honestly that would be YouTube gold. Give em a car, a 10’ trailer, and target cones at the 8 o’clock position 30’ back. We need this as a reality show stat!

I’m not saying we cringe at it, but to us, serving is just something we *do*. It’s like thanking the line cook at your favorite restaurant for making you a good meal. I have taken lately to saying “thank you for your support”. We really do appreciate the thanks, but we’re (at least I am), fairly modest about our…

Marines get the worst funding and often go in first. That is why they have a chip on their shoulder.

Back when I was in the Army we got a new guy who immediately revealed himself as an ex-marine by calling one of our sergeants first class the slang term “Gunny.” That sergeant called the ex-marine up in front of the formation and said he’d show us the difference between a soldier and a marine.

If you get a new neighbor and you notice he has the big USMC bumper sticker on his truck with the bulldog logo on the window. And he wears a Marines t-shirt every day. He’s probably about 5’8 and all muscle. Don’t worry about him. He is a nice enough guy. He might get into the occasional bar fight and maybe a huge…

That dealership obviously gets it.

So what you are saying is having AWD is like carrying a ribbed condom for that special occasion. A regular condom would serve the occasion just fine, but ribbed improves the experience for everyone involved.

The scam of getting people to show up at the dealership I saw backfire once. I was test driving a pontiac and the sales guy needed to get all my information first so I sat at his desk, and a guy stormed in asked for the manager, when the manager came around the corner he gave him a massive uppercut and laid him out.

E46 M3 GTR - First 3 series with a V8, super limited homologation special, and I believe it is one of the best looking 3-series cars ever made.

Why is this on Jalopnik now?

Great stuff. I love the MR2 story - the AW11 was VERY picky about torque spec. From the Holy Book of AW11:

Other than agreeing about the amount of aggravation involved, I found almost all of your comment rather naive. Lots and lots of people cannot afford new. I have been able to buy new on occasion but that simply isn’t an option now. In my mid 30s with a family of five and a need for 2 cars, new would financially cripple…

I have to say that pretty much the worst form of trolling I do is when I’m ahead of friends I make up fake spoilers 99.5% of the time and the other .5% I sprinkle in a real spoiler. I keep saying things similar to “Did you get to the point where Leia dies yet? No? How about Vader being Luke’s father? Han shooting…

That engine transplant would result in a car that could lose a drag race to a glacier.