The deal breaker here is not just the title issue, but the fact that this truck that’s supposed to have paid so much attention to detail didn’t get upgraded to the 6.0 Vortec. Weak sauce right there only doing the cosmetic upgrades and asking as much as a used 2010 Z71 for similar money within that mileage range.

It’s just interesting to me, to see how many $80k plus RWD electric sedans are being driven by guys who used to be the bread and butter of the pony cars. Guys in their late 30s to mid 40s who want something sporty seem to gravitate toward the Tesla rather than the Mustangs or Camaros their peers in other parts of the…

I want to see fleet sales numbers for the pony cars. In Chicago I see quite a few Camaros on the lots of rental companies and not a single Mustang. I have started to see quite a few new gen Camaros in general on the expressway, but not as many as Teslas...

My first car was an 89 Si with 4WS, I can say that buying one of those in less than mint condition will be far worth your money. I’d kill for a right hand drive version from Japanese Classics.

I’m from about 20 miles east of the Atlantic in Southeastern Virginia, and no one was expecting the amount of rain they got. The whole Atlantic coast has gotten tons of rain this summer, so short of driving hours inland you weren’t going to get away. My parents have always stayed through storms, mostly because we cut…

I’m envious of your mortgage. Granted I’m only living here a year, my monthly rent in the Loop is over $2500 with parking. At least I split it with a roommate. I can’t imagine living here or DC without a roommate unless I wanted to live outside and commute each day.

To be fair, I finally read Rebirth and it seemed like one big apology for the state of DC in general leading up to this summer. With Johns taking over a lot of creative control in the cinema side starting with this movie I think it will be a much better. Snyder can’t be given cart blanc or else we get stuff like the…

Drove a 15 Suburban with the new 5.3 from coastal VA to Pittsburgh Steelers home opener last year. Calculated my mileage at all stops, averaged 23.6 MPG cruising around 70 MPH through mountainous WV and PA. I’m still a big believer in the V8 being better suited to real world MPG than the force fed motors.

You’d be surprised at how many I see for insurance claims. Then I explain how a deductible works and that they’d be better served spending the money on spray on bedliner. I’d also say 90% of the white F150s and Silverados I see doing construction around Chicago don’t have anything but exposed paint in the bed.

Yes, because it’s still based on a $17k economy car. Sort of like how the RS3 is going to be in the $50k range. Yeah it’s nice and the performance features are great, but it’s still based off a $14k Jetta at its roots. The older I get and the more bills I start to see, suddenly $5k for a 10 year old Craigslist Xterra…

I imagine if that nameplate sticks, it will be stylized “TourX”, but we’ll all call it the “torks” anyways. I enjoy the Regal very much, however I don’t think anyone can outdo the current Outback this generation. The only thing missing in the Subarus case is a turbo 4 option rather than the H6, other than that it’s…

I got into an S3 and put the seat back to a comfortable position for myself. I’m not tall by any means, only 6', but I wasn’t even going to try and fit into the rear seat.

I remember when I bought my FR-S the salesman went to “check in” my trade in and they brought out a middle age Latina with her cleavage exposed to try and upsell me on paint protection, extended warranties, etc... Even with my fiancé next to me they tried using sex appeal to upsell me their isles product. My previous…

To the best of my knowledge, trains don’t have collision mitigation systems (other than attentive operators), but trains tracks can have proximity switches which notify operators which trains are occupying which section of track.

It’s funny that my fiancé made the same argument against me buying a WRX. She said I’d look like a tool pulling into an interview. I already had a job and used her argument as an excuse to get an FR-S since the BRZ had a horrendous markup. If the next SI is available with the auto trans from the ILX or TLX I can…

He picks up a Mercury Marauder for like $8000, then has plenty of money left over to soup up it up. Or maybe a used Pontiac G8, but the Mercury wins for the better visibility and ergonomics for big boys.

Personally, I don’t know any adjusters who ever not totaled a car, even if it’s a suicide with minimal damage to the vehicle. Usually blood in the interior means on the estimate we write to replace everything which costs a pretty penny. Thresholds depend from state to state, but if you can justify to the company and…

I’ve yet to write one, but plenty of my coworkers have handled total losses that ended with a fatality. Modern cars are really pretty safe and can handle a lot, the times we see most fatalities are when no seat belts are worn or the cars are pre-2000s.

I wish Jalopnik could pay me for a write up of the crazy reasons I total cars for. Like driving through the Pet Store you just picked your dog up from because he barked loud...

Basically if white men are making money off of it, you must be offended... Gawker in a nutshell.