I know someone who had a similar problem, it was part of the reason she sold her house. In her situation, she had the last house on the street before the street ended at a right angle intersection with another street, and the north facing lane of that street pointed directly at her driveway, so people would just go…

To be honest, looking at the picture I’d probably be more comfortable with a speed of about 30mph, even with the appropriate type of all terrain tires with the 3 mountain peak snowflake symbol on them. However just the fact that the officer felt that a 5mph speed difference, something pretty trivial and difficult to…

Please don’t drive up the prices of old Jeeps any higher. People already think rusted out Wagoneers are worth $2500+, and mint ones are already well over $10k. XJ’s are now in high demand, there are times where you can’t touch a rust free XJ for under $3000, a car that at best is already 16 years old and you see…

Oversized rims usually, especially when the size is completely unsuitable and the tires don’t match and/or are facing the wrong way.

I have to agree, I can’t see that the Toyota driver did anything particularly agressive, careless, or malicious in maneuvering into the left lane. He signalled, and moved into the gap to his left at the speed of traffic, although it was a tight fit. The Explorer did not have to brake hard or abruptly at an unexpected…

I just don’t understand how the dune entombed the Jeep in the first place, these aren’t dunes like the Gobi desert or something, they don’t show up overnight. Once the dune is encroaching on your garage you’d probably take the Jeep out before the dune buries the doorway. Even if say I came back in the spring after…

I’ve always wanted a Yugo. Of course they were bashed as being junk because they were so inexpensive and cheaply made, but they weren’t actually poorly built cars, and they aren’t some kind of backwards rudimentary design, considering they were basically just license built Fiats. They were also built by Zastava, a…

Most stations in NY are required to remove the tabs on the nozzle, and there are big signs plastered on the pumps reminding drivers that it’s illegal to put the nozzle or other object in the pump to keep it on. Why I don’t know, but based on my experience with nozzles that fail to shut off, I assume it’s because of…

I can definitely concur that Prius drivers are frequently poorer drivers. Not all of them of course, but the number of poorly driven Priui is definitely disproportionately higher in comparison to most other cars. What I usually encounter is a Prius in either fast mode or slow mode.

I will be very happy and very impressed if the new Wagoneer and Grand Wagoneer are based on a 1/2 ton truck chassis like the old SJ platforms were. Shorten a 1500 Ram chassis and refine the suspension for better ride and offroad performance, that’d be perfect. The thing that might really sell the Wagoneer name is an…

On an older vehicle when you’re dealing with corrosion, drum brakes absolutely suck. I’ve had to cut drums off and rip drums off before because everything was so corroded that either no amount of blowtorch and hammering could break all the rust, or the shoes were jammed behind a lip in the drum but the adjuster was…

Why would you not just bring the pieces back to the junkyard? I can roll into my recycler with damn near anything and dump it in their scrap iron pile, worth it if you have a few hundred pounds of steel.

It’s because they’re all holding the brakes, the tires can’t grip and steer the vehicle if they’re not rolling. It doesn’t matter if you have snow tires or not, if you jam on the brakes and lock up the tires on super slick ice, you may as well be standing on the gas instead. Also the bus drivers should have gone for…

I too, harbor deep resentful hatred of glitter. Although it has not ever contaminated my car or life to such a degree, I have that same reaction to glittery greeting cards. Glitter belongs in paint, nowhere else.

I bought a rusted out ‘79 Cherokee S with 360 and T19 for $500, instead of the lifted ‘76 F250 with 351 and T18 that I was looking at for $750. The Jeep ended up becoming a rusty storage pod, the Ford would have been much more useful.

I’m having difficulty understanding how a car only 10 years old can be such an utter pile of shit. My 5.0 Foxbody is 27 years old and has 238k miles, and it’s perfectly fine, basic maintenance and very few major repairs. It certainly never loses power steering even in the most torrential downpour, or makes any weird…

I have never had a complaint about what the cars in another person’s driveway look like, or how many there are. As long as their property is maintained and doesn’t look like trash, I could care less. I did receive a complaint about cars in my driveway once though. The local ordinance allows for one unregistered…

I concluded a few years ago that kbb was worthless and possibly just made up numbers, when I curiously looked up the value of a ‘91 Grand Wagoneer in excellent condition. It said it was worth less than an 80's Mercury Sable, and that’s the last time I ever consulted kbb. Maybe it’s changed since then, but I think it…

Yea, it’s definitely not true. Despite AMC being eternally on a budget, I’m sure maintaining and replacing tooling was within their financial capacity. Also, for all the Wagoneers, J-trucks, and Cherokees I’ve seen, worked, on and looked over, I can’t say I’ve ever noticed imperfections in the metal like that.…

I just ranted about this on another Jalopnik post. In theory, zipper merges are brilliant. However, in practice, with the selfish arrogant sacks of entitled shit I have to share the road with on Long Island, it definitely doesn’t work. Nothing works. A good 30% of drivers here are assholes that need to get ahead of…