You have obviously never been to Idaho. That state ranks down there with Alabama in the percent of persons with college degrees. There are not pockets of ignorance. The whole place is a state of ignorance (literally) with two, count 'em two, pockets of liberality- one a neighborhood in Boise called the "North End"…

Vietnam is emerging as the international wildlife pariah overtaking even China. The problem with Vietnam is that the right to eat pangolins is enshrined in their constitution. It doesn't say subheading 5 -Right to Eat Pangolins, but it does say they have a right to "traditional medicines" like, you know,…

Lumber bike with worthless 80/20 road biased tires. What are those? Avon Distancias? Least they could have done was throw on a pair of TKC-80s.

Cast in lucite by Damien Hirst. Opening at $7,459,000, Sotheby's.

Nicely lifted. Not Skyjacked (tm) into the heavens. Which proves you are indeed notaredneck.

Out in the southern Idaho desert there are the remains of an attempt to build a nuclear powered bomber that could fly forever and drop nukes on Russia. Should you ever find yourself near Arco, Idaho, you owe it to yourself to visit this shrine to insanity. As a bonus you can tour Murrica's first working breeder…

In the mid 90s I caught a 64 pound barracuda in Kiribati. Would have been a line class record, but I let someone hold the rod so I could climb down from a cabin roof. At the very end the cuda played dead until the guide went for him with the gaff, then lunged out of the water almost into the boat trying to get a piece…

The point I took from the article was that the Federal Authorities asked Land Rover to go over the VINS and tell them whether the vehicles were legal and Land Rover confirmed, I can't emphasize that enough, confirmed, that the vehicles were illegal. Now maybe Land Rover f'd up I don't know. Do these 11os have OBD II…

The even more bizarre thing is that if you go on Cars.com and look for new Ridgelines they are selling at a premium. You can buy a left over F-150 for $10K less than one of these things. I do not understand it. You'd think they would be giving them away.

My sentiments exactly. Why would anyone want one of these? I had one. A de-mobbed LR Airportable that was completely illegal. I got it from an importer in North Carolina. Hmmmm... I had to give it away (for offroad use) when I found out it was illegal. I lost $12,000. I don't blame the government I blame the…

I sat on a plane once next to a guy who had the job of going to train wrecks involving pedestrians/cars and removing the video from the train and documenting the scene. Apparently all trains have dashcams now because so many people get run over at crossings and just walking down the tracks. I don't know what they paid…

I bought an alleged 1967 Land Rover ex-military Airportable back in the 90s from some Land Rover importer in VA for $10K and had it shipped to Anchorage fucking Alaska. Turns out it wasn't a 1967, it was a 1973 and illegal. I literally gave it away. It also put a damper on my whole Land Rover fetish, so I sold the…

Make color copies front and back of all your credit cards, driver's license, passport etc. Make a .pdf or .jpg whatever. Open up your Gmail, hotmail whatever start an email and attach the .pdf of all your stuff. Put some nonsensical subject header not like Here Are All My Credit Cards. Save it as a draft. Or load the…

The approach/departure angles and the clearance on those trucks are not available on any current stock truck I'm aware of. Ford Raptor SVT? Even a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited would need an aftermarket 4" lift to have that much clearance. I also wonder how many times they had to stop and rejet the carb on the way up. …

72.5K. This is based on the fact that I am a Jeep owner of lifted modded Cherokees going back to the 80s and should be the last person interested in this CUV. But, having owned a Suzuki Samurai at one point and knowing how much fun it was, I would consider buying one of these Renegades. Especially with the…

Interestingly, the one guy who died did not die as the result of a crash. He was unscathed, found 900 meters off the track dead of hyperthermia. Still I think Laia Sanz's finish is huge. Her agent is probably renegotiating her contract for next year as I write. And don't forget the poor guy who, while having a…

Correct. I should have said BMW motorcycles have not shown up in years. They no longer make the venerable Dakar which was a 650 and wouldn't qualify anyway. Replaced it with a Sertao, whatever that is.

BMW hasn't shown up for the Dakar in years. Why not something less clickbaitable and more important like the fact that a woman Honda rider came in fifth on the hardest stage and is now standing eighth overall. How about poor young Israel Jeremias-Esquerre giving up his engine so his team could go forward even though…

The fundamental problem with this review is the assumption that you will actually get to ride the Scrambler. It's a Ducati. Sure every month or two it will emerge from the shop with its problem (and there will be many) cured only to have it come back or a new one emerge.

100% agree including knobbies and high mount, especially knobbies like some Continental TKC 80s. Yes I realize they wear out in 6000 KM, but that won't be a problem with the Scrambler because it's a Ducati and will be spending most of its life in the shop. It will take years to wear out the tires.