Remember the old “this film has been formatted to fit your screen” message in front of movies you watched on TV or DVD/Blu Ray? Essentially when they film the movies they have the theater, or in this case, giant IMAX screen in mind. So usually they film in one or a couple different aspect ratios in order to achieve…

This is the best article I’ve read on Jalopnik in a long time, possibly ever. Bravo. I grew up as a truck hater but after living in the South for the last 10 years and developing many outdoorsy interests I’m finally giving in and fully plan to buy an F-150 Tremor later this year. The added capability and sense of…

Speed limits should be just that, a limit. An upper limit, not a lower limit. It should seem fast. What we have today is a system where probably 80% of drivers are breaking the law at any given time. Who does this serve (aside from municipalities who use it as an easy way to boost their revenue via speeding tickets)?

Probably around the time wages started stagnating. Most people can only afford 1 car so it has to do everything.

The whole thing just looks amateurish imo.

It’s one of the main reasons to pay with a credit card. If something goes wrong they will absolutely go to bat for you.

I’ve been arguing for years that Yakuza is actually a JRPG with brawler combat instead of the shallow GTA/Shenmue comparisons people love to make. I feel rather vindicated right now that the studio seems to agree and is taking it one step further.

Eh. I don’t believe in backlogs. If you feel like playing a game, do it. If not, don’t and don’t feel obligated to even if you already paid for it. Don’t fall for the sunk cost fallacy. Ultimately your time is more precious. And if you start a game but don’t finish it, that’s fine too. Let it be. As long as you were…

Yep, forget a car get a scooter.

 But Charlie Hunnam is English.

I’m just commenting to say that this site has gotten so bad I can only read the articles via safari reading list otherwise it consistently crashes halfway through. I’m mentioning this on David’s articles because these are the only ones I read anymore. His do tend to be longer and more image-laden than most so that…

What it needs are pop up headlights.

Once again, all terrible recommendations. Get yourself a 2010-2015 RX350. Perfect AWD comfy luxury commuter. Tons of cargo space for weekends. Under $15k all day and bulletproof.

#vanleben

Counterpoint: why buy an off-road toy with an automatic at all? So you can fiddle with switches and engage some computer controlled drive mode that gets you over obstacles without any driver input? Is that fun? The argument can be made from both sides as its not a matter of practicality just preference for the…

Prices have gone crazy in the last 6 months thanks to new Bronco hype. I paid $1500 for my ‘84 but had to scrap it a couple years ago so I feel your pain.

Great stuff, David. I’m not a rock-crawler guy so I’m more than ok with the compromises they’ve made to make it 1000% better on-road and just about everywhere else too.

1985 300D owner checking in. These things are tanks. If you source one in good condition a lot of the big ticket items will likely have been repaired or replaced by now, minus the engine which is legendarily bulletproof. And while they rarely break, you can do most of the maintenance yourself. If your time is valuable…

If you can afford to save 25% of your income and still have all your basic needs met, let alone live comfortably, Dave Ramsey’s advice isn’t for you. 

$6k is too much for this barebones machine. I respect what they’re going for with it but you can get a lot more bike for only a grand or two more new, never mind used. I’d pay that much just not to deal with spokes and tube tires. $4500 MSRP would be a much easier sell but maybe not profitable for them unfortunately.