Because they were dirt cheap, economical to drive, super useful, and tough as cockroaches. Sometimes a truck is a work vehicle and not a lifestyle.

Google the definition for “quantitatively” and it should be clear why an opinion piece shouldn’t have that in the title.  

Is a problem when the adjective “quantitatively” is used in the title and then the article is pretty much all conjecture

So will they hold the usual post-race celebrations? I really want to see them up on the podium, with just the team personnel in attendance.

The podium interview will be awkward, but I’m pretty it’ll be the best crowd according to Hamilton

Until the mk9's and mk10's come out and everyone will say ‘Oh man, the mk8 was the peak! The 9 and 10s are so bad’. Then the 11's will come out and people will say ‘Man, the 9 was so good... look how they ruined it!’

Because this isn’t facebook? I realize Jalopnik isn’t MotorTrend or the L.A. Times, but I expect better. Otherwise what’s the point in visiting the website? I can read rants with no citations on FB, or on youtube comments or some other cesspool of misinformation anytime.

I don’t think the author understands that performance cars use low profile tires to reduce sidewall flex during cornering, or that series like Formula 1 and NASCAR use “fat” sidewall tires because the tire manufacturers want a large enough space to slap their brand name on.

When everyone, including you, resorts to ad hominem attacks, and can’t formulate even a basic rebuttal it doesn’t really challenge my argument, now does it? Really just shows you to be an internet tough guy who can’t carry on a conversation with people who don’t believe exactly as you do.

How sad for you.

also important to wear gear that has the name of the bike you’re riding on it. Klassy like ironed blue jeans.

Regardless if whether any of us agree or disagree with his opinion, Bubba is correct that this is a very poorly (non-existently) cited article. It reads as more of a rant or opinion piece. And throwing ad hominem insults about him (Bubba) and his choice of cars is lazy and a poor excuse for debate.

Yes, a Corvette I bought for my dying father to enjoy during his last two years of life that was then left to me after he passed...

And?

I read it perfectly fine. The only paragraph in which you provide anything resembling numbers gets caught, as I said, in the “correlation does not equal causation” trap.

“For one, they’re aerodynamically inefficient. If you opt for the largest wheel on a Tesla Model X, your range is reduced by about 10%. This is true…

“Production cars often imitate design elements of race cars to make them look sportier, but fat sidewalls have ruled in the top levels of stock car and open-wheel racing for decades.“

Yes, because the rules limited those particular classes to a small diameter wheel. Large diameter wheels have been used in every other…

You get a star for saying crotchal, well played my friend.

Or maybe some content from the author?

Nice matched riding gear.. I especially the emphasis on the crotchal area. It looks very masculine and not ridiculous at all.

Typical BMW owner, parks his bike in the middle of the road while he goes for a piss...

Considering that the virus has barely begun to spread in the US, I feel this is a month too early to make this claim.

Looks like NASCAR is starting to take a lot of its cues from its superior cousin from Oz!