I flew out to San Francisco for my cousin’s wedding in September and thought it’d be cool to get a Mustang convertible and drive up and down Big Sur while I was there until literally every 5th person on highway 1 had the same fucking idea.

This confirms Jalopnik staff can always find something to whine about.

Meanwhile one whiny, effete cubicle rat, uh, I mean Gawker-lite “journalist”, will be following the event and vacillating between speed envy and relishing the bittersweet taste of sour grapes as he writes about racing while looks down his nose at people who actually do it.

And that’s cheap! I spent $2200 on my Miata’s, almost 50% of what I paid for the entire car (though admittedly that includes springs - woohoo).

2.0 and 2.5 shocks and or coilovers do do a better job of soaking up the bumps, but the valving is the valving. What you get with the bigger shocks is more fluid, less heat, larger shaft, and the ability to tune. I just rebuilt my 2.5" coilovers and it’s nice to put a couple hundred into a set and have them be…

Uh, dampers are where all the tech is dude. A spring is probably the least engineered part of the suspension. Dampers/shocks ARE the sexy bit that makes a good suspension.

Thanks for ruining those wheels for me.

I know it’s cliche for the commentariat to say they’ll buy a small (this is as small as trucks will ever be again, if you want smaller, buy an old Ranger or Tacoma), diesel, off road capable truck- but I will actually buy one of these. Full stop. The trick shocks, factory lockers and Duratracs will probably result in…

If they’re that fancy, I bet they’re rebuildable.

#COTD

Jalop, the word is jalop.

That has more to do with the nature of the electric motors than anything else.

Why are you here?

Sooooooo, the Amazon servers are going to crash tomorrow night then. Got it.

I don’t know what you are doing at 4:01 pm on a Thursday, probably getting pitted surfing, or maybe you are watching the clock for 19 more minutes to tick away. But most of us here on the East Coast are still working or just leaving work. So 7:01 works just fine with me.

Taller offroad suspensions are just not suited for heavy payloads. The TRD Pro is only rated 1150 lbs and even the 2500 based Ram Power Wagon only has 1460 lbs of payload.

I’m guessing the problem with this truck is the problem with all current Colorado Diesels, right now (from my experience).

1. This is mid-size. Not compact. Not full size. This is the size this segment has been since 2005.

The want is strong.