You’ve just asked a group of enablers to stop a a car purchase. The best you’re going to get is “Buy it, but you can’t borrow my trailer”

Nope, it is your destiny to buy it. Then have Torch drive it.

Hmm. Near me... Cheap, manual.

Jalopnik staff vehicle!! You can even fit Balaban’s Yugo in the back if *cough* it breaks down at some point.

I think this is the biggest thing that often goes unsaid. If OC, MD was a quiet little community that was devoid of car hooning at any time, perhaps the police response would be more fitting.

I’ve owned two of these. I fucking love them. Most comfortable car I’ve ever driven, despite the diesel clatter at idle, it’s supremely quiet on the highway. The Audi virtual steering axis suspension makes for virtually zero torque steer, but a somewhat numb steering feel. It’s not the most efficient 4 cyl TDI, though.

I met this guy at a gas station on the way to southern worthersee (sp) in Helen, or something at stone mountain, or some V-DUB show like that. Anyway, I knew NOTHING about the car, nor about the build itself - this was back when he towed a little trailer behind it (which was also slammed) - I guess before it caught…

Rusty isn’t my style by any means, but I respect the hell out of the cranky old bastard. It’s survived a fire, been completely rebuilt, and countless hours of engineering have gone into it. It’s a widebody machine meant to piss you off. More than anything, it’s an extreme labor of love, and that alone puts Rusty over…

If your flight lasts longer than four hours, you’re on the wrong plane.

That’s why legroom was so cramped on the ground. Each passenger gained a part of that 30 meter expansion in the air.
(I know, it was a typo on your part, but I still just had to say this)

The Alfa’s fantastic, but my main takeaway from this is just how good Chris is at putting together coherent sentences while completely in control of big, lurid slides. Jezza and Hammond always seem to be giggling and shouting throughout the oversteery sections of their films, while Harris can seemingly narrate a…

Someone else’s slightly louder baby...

Not a chance.

A friend of mine had a new (at the time) Trooper with the 3.2. It was a pig and the body roll was as alarming as the fuel consumption. On the other hand it’s off-road capability was most excellent and the quality was undeniable (particularly in contrast to the domestic garbage from the 90's I was usually driving).

It’s not protesting the anthem. It’s bringing attention to the failings of America with regards to system racial injustice by kneeling during the anthem.

(runs to room, slams door, flings self on bed, sobbing)

Yes, many things are better than a stock Allegro. But that doesn’t mean it is worth all this time and money just to have something better than a stock Allegro. There are easier ways to achieve “better than a stock Allegro,” such as buying a bicycle.

Lose his livelihood? Assuming he’s vaguely competent, those cars are insured.