Thankyou! Thats what jalopnik readers don’t get. 99% of people don’t know or care about cars. They want something smooth comfortable and reliable with some nice luxury for not alot of money. And that’s what Toyota is great at with the rx350. Then when you add in a lexus barely cost more then its Toyota counterpart to…

Same for Volvo...

I wish more people would copy the LFA’s exhaust note ;)

Fuck, that LFA is nice.

The new Volvos look great in white, red and dark grey.  They look so coherent, and like nothing else on the road.

So by “Xenons are absolute garbage which is why virtually nobody uses them anymore”, you meant “I personally had a bad experience with Xenon bulbs on two cars so I don’t use them anymore.”

Same. I’ve had Xenons on 4 of my last 5 cars, and my current winter DD has halogens... it’s a night and day (pun intended) difference driving at night with those when you’re used to well-aimed Xenons. Very curious where he got that hot take from. The only complaint I’ve ever heard about Xenons comes from other drivers…

Holding it to the floor is probably not a great idea, but it is worth mentioning that automakers build an “idle bump” into their warmup strategies.

When you crank on your car in the cold, it idles higher (usually not much higher than 1,500-1,600ish RPM), which helps the engine reject more heat, and also cranks up…

So we know this Rolls Royce is at the DMV...

Key letter here is “’d”.

I have a lot of these apps. I still forget the touchbar is there 98% of the time. This is in no small part due to the fact that macbook pro keyboard is a flat pile of garbage so I am using an external keyboard at every opportunity. 

Why pay $50 a month for that when I can just call the police myself after the siren goes off?

Why pay $50 a month for that when I can just call the police myself after the siren goes off?

• Todoist: Here’s where I put actual to-dos, but eventually abandon them and use the Reminders app instead.

I have a super unfair cheat for this one. I have a credit line that’s more than 10 years older than me. It’s great for age of credit! Somehow the way my dad gave me an emergency credit card when I went to school linked me to his account (same for my siblings) and we’ve never taken ourselves off so we all have one…

Maybe faster in a single 1/4 mile pass, but in the real world that Lambo will be faster in just about every situation.

Yeah, this story makes no sense, as Ducati has probably never done better than it has under the VAG regime of benign neglect. Broken sales records, excellent products, improved U.S. dealers, AND improved reliability.

This is the problem with mainline carmakers wading into this price category, and Porsche is a mainline carmaker.  At 200k, you damn well better get everything right.  Hell, at 100k, look at the level of detail that Lexus sweat with the new LS.  The Panamera is great, but it ain’t 200k great and at half the price, you…

I taught my kids the importance of password and network security by breaking into all of their e-mail and social media accounts over dinner. Including the ones they thought they thought I didn’t know about.

Eh, who cares honestly? No jalop’s will ever even consider purchasing one, they’ll just complain endlessly about the power, weight, and price. 

Look at all his majesty. Those peasants in their thatched roof cottages don’t stand a chance.