TBH, I used to think all wheel drive was a waste, but I have grown to appreciate it when I have to borrow my mom’s Nissan Rogue because my Mazda 3 got hopelesly stuck in snow ten feet from my driveway. I know lots of places in the USA don’t get snow at all, but for people who deal with shear ice at hills and…

Make a home-brew ultra-aero kit for it, if you have fiberglassing or aluminum working skills. You could turn it from a garbage old MG to a fantastic homage to the glory days of speed records!

Can confirm; it isn’t too hard.

People aren’t making jokes about Toyota uncontrolled acceleration anymore (yes, the actual cause may be debatable) so there is hope for VW to get out from under it.

I can’t understand why Norh Americans are afraid of towing things with cars. The manual for my Mazda 3 states it should not tow anything, at all. What? Why? My MGB is rated from the factory to tow a decent trailer. Yes yes, blahblah transmission wear blahblah unibody blah blah weight distribution. Some crossovers with…

At the end of the day, this isn’t so much about Uber’s conduct (which has been so spotty) but more about the question of what qualifies a person to be a professional in an industry. Taxi driving has been considered a proper profession, especially in London, for over a century; Uber and similar sharing economy services…

I kind of hope that whatever the RX concept turns into will have engine options. I know that designing it to hold other layouts would negate some advantages, but Mazda has some great piston engine tech right now, and I would love to see what their new engines can do in an outright performance car platform. Plus, the…

No, that Aztec is BETTER, like when you see a guy rolling around in a Pontiac Firefly that has been lifted to the moon, or a Ford Contour with 300 horsepower. It is a subversion of the intent behind it’s design, making it remarkable and, to it’s new owner, more sincere because it acknowledges the baggage that comes…

Toggle switches, but on the steering column. My headlight switch is a toggle on the steering column hiding under the turn signal/horn stalk. Best of both worlds!

Don’t listen to the naysayers. It is absolutely worth it, as long as you give yourself lots of time to stop! I did the stint from BC to Ottawa in a couple days and after the third night sleeping in the driver seat in a corn field it got old.

Whenever I see a local dentist driving around in a <5 year old 911 (it is always <5 years old; he wouldn’t want you to think he was a poor) all I can think is how he isn’t rich enough to maintain a properly rare and hand built machine.

Would give you a star but you currently have 69 and I would hate to chsnge that number

Once upon a time, my friend.

Chevrolet already tried that with the Avalanche. It didn’t go over very well with buyers.

“Jalopnik’s West Coast Bureau office in LA (my apartment)“

Does it baby?

You get a start for replying to your own post, and having it be worth it.

I see what you did thar.

Mr. Torchinsky, your writing resides somewhere between Patrick McManus, Hunter S. Thompson, and the Victoria Canada resident who has been constantly vandalizing planned parenthood posters at bus stops by replacing the pregnancy test with a wand and writing “YOU’RE A WIZARD HARRY.” Never stop. Also, please send more…

Don’t feel bad if you miss out on this deal. Drive around that area or anywhere on Highway 97 between Cache Creek and Prince George. There are dozens of properties, each with scores of old cars. None of the owners usually want to sell though. They need each one badly for a future project. Don’t feel bad. Most of BC is…