I work for a large utility with an on-site clinic, and every year during flu season we can go get a free flu shot. It keeps workers healthy and we don’t have to take time away from work to go get a shot. I assume it will be something like that: when the vaccine becomes available and Ford is able to get some, employees…

Good catch! I’m going to ALL the dealerships this weekend, just to spite Tom. 

The Dodge Magnum and (original) Chrysler Pacifica were both discontinued to be replaced by... the Dodge Journey. Not cool, man. Not cool. 

Me, looking at the picture: “Jeez, that looks like a cheap Barracuda knock-off.”

Could Ram please offer the console shifter in the regular 1500? 3+ years and I’m still not used to the rotary shifter. 

Tim’s is very generic now. It’s fine if you’re on the road and need to grab something, because they’re quick and you know what you’re getting. The downside is you know what you’re getting because everything is frozen mediocrity. You can tell when you walk in: it doesn’t actually smell like donuts anymore. I know…

As long as The Morning Shift doesn’t adopt a slideshow format, I’m good. 

I’d have gone with Abscess Andy, or Viscera Vic. 

I’d have gone with Abscess Andy, or Viscera Vic. 

So you drove halfway up the precarious truckbed/ramp setup, then GOT OUT TO TAKE A PICTURE? Bold move, my friend. Bold move. 

The headlights don’t help, but the grille is the first thing you see. It’s like looking at Spock: his eyebrows hit you first, and by the time you start to accept them you realize his ears are pretty pointy, too.

Payroll is going to love making every paycheck out to John Doe.

Wagon?

I have this horrible feeling you’re going to get through the TUV to be told that, yes, while your vehicle has passed the “checklist” portion of the test, but unfortunately the inspector assigned to your vehicle has been following your repair blog and there’s no way he can - in good conscience - let this vehicle on the…

Agreed: I was quick-scrolling and it looks like a plumped, Jeep’d Durango: more modern and angular, but the same basic shape. And I’m not saying that’s necessarily a bad thing. 

See, some people just get It. 

Hate-clicks are page views too, my friend! This is a business, and bad opinions are big sellers right now. 

Agreed. Also, I don’t think ventilators are the go-to treatment anymore. I know in the beginning it was a quick last resort for people and there was a legitimate shortage, but from what I’ve read (admittedly sporadically and not in-depth) they’ve come up with other breathing and pharmaceutical treatments, and have…

I’d like to head up a new Malaiselopnik sub-brand of Jalopnik, where we celebrate the underwhelming awesomeness of American automobiles from 1973~1988. We’ll acknowledge the belief that the Big Three were doing the best they could while trying to deal with emissions regulations, Japanese imports, and cheap cocaine. No …

“There are very fine tires on both sides.”