2004, I'm driving north up I-97 from Crofton, MD towards Baltimore.  Heavy snow, so the normal (for 97) lint-speed driving is reduced to ludicrous speed.  I'm in the left of three lanes in my 2002 Sport Trac, gradually passing a semi.  Rear end comes loose shortly after passing him, and I'm just an observer, now.  

An interesting interview with Chris Theodore when he discusses Plymouth's plan to do retro (prowler, chrysler, etc)

The parts from the dealer is the JK-8 mentioned above. Made by (or for) Mopar, and not by AEV. This Gladiator concept is actually on the frame from a Ram, which is notable, since it's the chief reason Jeep hasn't made a truck since Chrysler bought AMC...it would compete directly (in their thinking) with Ram trucks.…

You know.. I love Jeeps, and somehow missed that this shared so much. I'd take the wagon, with fuel injection added, in the same colors as my Wagoneer, please! Awesome.

I used to have a recurring nightmare as a teenager that I bought a mid-60's muscle car and then forgot where I stored it. I would ride my bike around town looking for it.

Used to listen to this with my dad while he reminisced about street racing as a kid. It's now his ring tone.

CP.. poor paint, ugly stacks, no info on history of the swap.. quality is questionable. Love me some diesel jeeps.. not this one, though.

Did I miss something? How do we know this was a woman?

Definitely. Lots of good times here crawling up those dunes in custom buggies, jeeps, and everything in-between.

Used to see a guy on I-295 between DC and Baltimore with that badging all the time. Mk4 Passat.

Every ship out there accumulates rust incredibly fast. The USN ones always look good because their skippers have the crew out there with needle guns and paint scraping off every piece of rust and flaking paint and covering it up with new paint. This usually happens right before a major port. I suspect that it's not…

Road tripped my Grand Wagoneer this last weekend. Supremely comfortable floating tank; got 13mpg. Fine for a trip when the journey is the vacation. When I'm trying to get somewhere for the vacation, though, I'd rather be stuck in the TDI on the highway w/ the cruise set to 70mph and getting 47mpg.

Be upfront on everything (or at least most things) wrong with it. Last car I sold, I told the guy up front before the test drive every noticeable thing wrong with the car. It fosters some low-level trust that no one is trying to scam anyone, here. If the buyer has to fight you to get from you each thing wrong, then…

Stop now if you don't care about Star Wars.

Sailor Jerry and Diet Coke / Coke Zero. To the kitchen!

Not to be pedantic, but shouldn't it be "I hand over the weekend Jalopnik keys"? As is, it reads like "I'm giving the keys to weekend jalopnik"

My first thought as well.

Have you see the forth-coming Double Cab Brute? Far too much money, but oh-so-pretty.