I could never commute to the office or mall in this. The bed’s too small, there’s not enough towing capacity and I need AWD and higher ground clearance.

That truck is adorable. Retro isn’t usually my thing, but I like that. Steering wheel is going to need an airbag, unless they did a miraculous job of miniaturizing it into that center hub.

“The new Corolla SUV is a very slow car, but I expect it’ll rush off dealer lots.”

We don’t get the really cool versions of the Toyota Hilux and Land Cruisers here:

It may not be “interesting” in the sense that it’s unique in a lot of ways, but it’s “interesting” that America once got several varieties of the Ford Focus, and now NONE. First Gen focuses came in a 2-door hatch, 4-door hatch, 4-door sedan, 2-door coupe (for a bit), and a true station wagon. Then it went to 4-door…

You drove around with your high beams on because you were too lazy to change your bulbs. There’s negative undertones to almost everything you write. Do I really need to say anything more?

Literally every manual RHD car.

Bro, do you even JDM?

This is fragile ‘masculinity’. Imagine not having fun because you are worried what people think you look like. Insecure much?

Sounds like something insecure people say.

“clueless, hueless and now-swimming pool-less” and “Gentrifier from the block”....

I love the hypocrisy of these racists saying two women kissing in front of their children is unacceptable, and yet screaming obscenities and getting kicked out of a pool in front of said-children is a-ok. “Mommy screams at women of color so you don’t have to see them kiss!” Toodaloo, Karen!

That list bit about the 9/16th is not likely to be relevant in my life ever. But I still love it.

You missed a few things which any old trucker could’ve told you. First off, in trucker parlance, these are called “Maxis”, as opposed to the non-spring brakes, which were just called “cans”. On your typical 18-wheelers, you’ll find maxis on only the last drive axle and the 2 trailer axles, never on the steer, and…

No, what you have pictured is a B210 (in the US), aka Sunny (in Japan), aka Datsun 120Y (in the EU/UK) which would look like this in JDM land:

Congrats on the new Honda. As for the warehouse.. .this is so cool:

That colour is fan-bleeding-tastic.

Don’t know about the rest of the country, but in the Midwest, it’s definitely Michigan, and just about everyone here knows it too.

I’d rather Jalopnik didn’t report on the ooh-ahh sensational aspects of accidents in which people got killed. “Isn’t it just crazy how this car got split in half by a tree? By the way the driver died!” isn’t what I want to see driving advertising dollars into Jim Spanfeller’s herb-encrusted pockets.

Oh no, not at all preachy. I totally get where you’re coming from.