If reading this blog makes you want to start day drinking I might suggest this isn’t the healthiest place for you to frequent.

It’s become a car blog written primarily by non-car people.

4th Gear: Yeah, that’s exactly how it’s going to work.

Yeah that’s a 2-6-0 “Mogul” locomotive from the early 1860s.

Of course a few bookcases and a bed are maybe $700 at IKEA. Meanwhile people will pay $5000 to move $700 worth of stuff a short distance.

If you are in the range of renting a truck, and paying the gas+mileage, for the drive across a continent — have you considered comparing it the cost of the alternatives? I know when you are planning on shoving it all into a trailer, that is the cheapest option.

Having moved cross country twice my go to was to sell 90% of what I owned. It was cheaper than moving it.

I think we needed to add more weight and complexity with an additional pivot point to our existing emerging AI systems.

I’m the same way. I almost never use cruise control. I find it too stressful since I never trust it to drive correctly. I couldn’t imagine my stress level if the car was super cruising or the like.

I don’t think I’ll ever be able to adapt to autonomous vehicles. I’m one of those people who, as a passenger, flinch when the driver brakes later or accelerates harder than I would in the situation. I control that since I realize it’s annoying and, if they’re driving safely, irrational.

I’m unashamed to say that I throw apple cores and banana peels out the window.

You’ll have to pay the $1500 adapter fee for the hardware, then the $199 subscription fee for access, then $3.29 per minute to fill up. Oh yeah, this is the early adopter price, so all of this money is due now, but it won’t be ready until Q4 (and will actually happen Q2 2025).

Letting the little crimes slide always works out well for the general public. (See San Francisco and NYC for recent examples.) 

Her boyfriend gave her the car and she had no insurance...

She kind of is. Also, she has three legs. This post has some good pics of her: https://jalopnik.com/can-you-use-a-canned-ham-as-a-bumper-guard-1667080394

Jalopnik can spend its money however it wants, so keep throwing it at Shilling, Orelove, and Hodge for all I care, though it would be nice if Jalopnik also threw it at people with fresher ideas on how to make an interesting car blog. I don’t begrudge Shilling, Orelove, and Hodge for taking the money, as they are paid…

I’m not sure why anyone expects this to be anything but the cynical money grab that it is.

I could have sworn I read somewhere that she was modeled after somebody’s mistress from early in the company’s history, so that may not be far from the truth?!

So, when done in carbon fiber, the spirit of ecstasy turns into the hammered girl at a wedding reception showing everyone her ass.