Who’d’ve thunk that at any point in history, Jason Torchinsky would be commenting on the Hofmeister Kink on a full size KIA SUV. Everyday we stray further from God.

right? it really surprised me. Root insurance.

this. My 2012 Odyssey has full coverage and I got charged all of $10 a month more to add full coverage, road side assistance, and tow coverage on my 280k mile 96 Chevy 1500.

In my area you arent finding an h3 for less than 8k. Id buy today with a stick!

As red as possible gatesville texas is fining and forcing removal of unregistered and “damaged” cars from driveways and garages. So much for it being a liberal thing.

ya know, i have only given these a passing glance so far. I am smitten by the V60, but i can’t justify spending nearly 20k MORE than the buick regardless of how amazing it looks. 

Not gonna pretend like that wasn't exactly what I just did

Now if we could get this under 25k, it’d be tempting, but its just too easy to find a 3 year old odyssey ex-l or touring with low mileage for less than 20k and it is a vastly superior van with more features. But they are all (grand caravan included) are better than every rolling compromise that is a crossover

lots of oil field workers in Texas use and abuse trucks like this too and require them for work. 

Mr. Spinelli, amazing writing. I found Jalopnik in 2005ish as a high school kid more interested in beater old BMWs and Volvos and Alfas than the typical muscle car/tuner/truck interests of my peers. The Jalopnik you and Davey curated truely shaped my view on cars. My often unpopular view on cars taught me to have…

EDIT: I stand completely corrected. I questioned whether that statement was true then did a quick search. Lo and behold! So it appears that instead of it being due to the E-series vans, they just trademarked Model E right after Elon suggested the name on twitter.

It is definitely a ridiculous name, BUT, as you said, we wouldn’t be talking about this discovery if it wasn’t for the ridiculous name. if it takes a silly name to bring awareness of how our world is changing to more people, then give every research vessel we can name a silly name!

Yep! My mon still drives a last generation caravan and it blows my mind how much more usable space you get in it vs the journey 

My 2010 with 130k just ate its transmission but it was mostly trouble free to that point. That’s a great way to put it. We used to call it the inconvenient minivan. All the stigma of a minivan but none of the pluses

We call them the magic doors in my house

I read jalopnik for Torch. 1000% agree. Went from a Dodge Journey (nowhere near as bad as everyone pretends it Is, but still a compromise) to my 2012 odyssey touring elite and I will never go back. I can fit 10' long boards and 5 people in it comfortably with the center seat and center console out and in the back, get…

Bradley, I don’t generally respond negatively to Jalopnik articles, but I can’t hold my tongue today. In no way will this take the place of falcon heavy (or really any other conventional rocket). It may supplement but not replace. The air drop launch rocket is really a dead end and makes a lot of compromises to hit a…

That’s surprising that the tow truck driver didn’t get some trouble too. In Texas, he would have gotten some trouble for “disturbing the peace.” Used to happen to our repo drivers all the time when my family ran a repo company in Texas. Truth is that maybe 5% of repos are any more than the debtor cleaning out their…

There is a company building copies in China now. If I had money I’d import a knock down kit and register it as a replica. That would be fun!

I remember changing the oil in one of these in high school when I worked at a valvoline and thinking how there is no logical reason I like it, but I do! I’d love to drive one