My friend has a Google Home. His wife thinks its hilarious to yell “Ok google, play smashmouth on all speakers” and then she dances in her underwear for him. He hates smashmouth and it is indeed hilarious. I discovered that the google home is sensitive enough that I can send him a voice message over facebook messenger…

The screen works better than anything else this side of a Tesla. And they do give you a read knob for volume. It is very intuitive and it is an infrared screen so it can be used with gloves or anything really. It was very well though out and is clean and modern.

The sedan is really very pretty; the wagon is gorgeous.

It only has one big, beautiful problem.

And if you aren’t sure the direction of the prevailing winds where you live, just fire up Google maps and look for your closest airport. The main runways tend to be aligned with the most common prevailing winds. The big numbers at the ends of the runways correspond to the compass.

Anyone knowing a bit of French knows how much it’s a bad choice.

I remember back in the early 80s, when my family didn’t make enough money to be dirt poor, my parents being without a car. My dad was a Plumbers Helper (the base level plumber that’s basically a gopher) and my mother was a stay-at-home mom (because there was no work for her). Anywhere they went, they either had to…

The problem with all of these companies is that they completely miss the way you shop for a helmet.

This is very similar to the “sandwiches” they serve at the Staggering Ox across Montana.

It’s Friday. My girlfriend is out of town for the weekend. I have the place to myself, and I’m going to try and make this. I already have a bagel cookbook, so I can get the dough/boiling part down. I will let you all know how it turns out. If I never post again, well... someone else will need to pick up the Torch (no…

Should we mark that down as your epitaph? ;-p

It’s Tuesday, and that means another edition of Resignation Letters to Patrick. Today’s letter comes from Doug DeMuro, Jalopnik’s resident humorist, part-time Ferrari owner, and specialist in the Rule of Three. Doug writes:

Back in the old country in 92', we (2 girls and I) were going to a party out of a farm house. Took the last bus to the middle of nowhere, “we will hitchhike the rest of the way” was the plan, except this is Hungary, 11:00 pm in the middle of farmland bumfudge nowhere, zero traffic, the last bus left, and we still had…

*quietly recalling all the times I rode in the back of our station wagon laying on the floor and wondering how I’m alive....

BMW 228 w 6MT and Track Handling package

Undoctored Photo of Ronaldo’s Abs:

One of the biggest problems VW has is attracting good, young, engineers and managers. Wolfsburg is still the center of their operations, and the area is not generally seen as an attractive place to live. It’s too far from Berlin or Hannover for an easy commute. Audi, on the other hand, is in Ingolstadt, which is…

Mayyybe. When you have a newborn combined with an obsession for fast, impractical cars, see if you can avoid frantically researching car seats and safety.