Former CA smog check guy here. Unless these parts have gained approval from the California Air Resources Board then yeah - the cold air intake, down pipe and possibly more would make it fail emission inspection. Read more
Wes Mantooth
dmvn
As much as I love the car - I’m going to say the 911. Possibly the most famous sports / GT car of all time. Read more
Not a pantaloons dropper.
I was about to post something like this, but you said it better.
When I was young, dumb, and getting into cars, I tried to find other people who were also into cars to talk to and, hopefully, learn from. What I learned is that most enthusiasts of a certain demographic (read: old white dudes in the Midwest) seem to… Read more
star’d if only for the Eugene Levy quote
The brown manual diesel wagon
The Model T. Ugh...lousy ergonomics, slow, and didn’t come with even a stereo
The C5 Z06 might be the most underrated car ever. Nothing that cheap is that fast around a track. It wasn’t designed to be of art it was designed to go fast and be cheap to build. Read more
Tesla Model 3. It has some weird halo effect despite being ugly and having a bargain basement interior... And that's before getting into the quality issues. It drives fine, it's fast, and electric... But since when does that get it a free pass when it also costs $50k?
Idk, you have the beginning and end of Ford's D3 platform in that shot (Freestyle and Explorer). Also, you have the Mystique of a Bobcat attacking a Cougar wearing Capri pants, being rescued by a Maverick Villager.
A bobcat isn’t going to be hurt by any throw like that. They’re sturdy.
Yeah, I agree. I looked around the area on Craigslist but there isn’t much there that’s not a truck. I did find this 1966 Imperial, but I’m not sure it’s “more economical.” Certainly distinctive though!
All of you are fired.
My inlaws take Amtrak from Michigam to California to visit my wife and me. Read more
CHONK
Holy crap! That’s amazing!
Such a boring blog became...less boring!
I had illusions of trying out for my D-I baseball team and spent a summer on a semi-pro team with a bunch of guys who played for colleges you’ve never heard of. They were all better than I was, and I called it a career. After college I played softball with a guy who did play D-I and every single thing about his game… Read more
One of my unholy obligations as a Jalopnik writer is to make readers aware of quirky garbage crap cars for sale at low asking prices ridiculously outrageous prices. Read more
A TV commentator on a pro football broadcast said this. “every player on the field today is the best athlete their town has ever seen.”
Every year I do a track day with several friends at a local karting track. I always try and encourage any of my “non-racer” friends to come too, and they just run in their own “amateur” heat. These rental karts are actually pretty decent (Yamaha KT100's for those familiar), being fast enough to really benefit those… Read more