Next time Jalopnik asks for what people think are 'the best posts,' this will be on that list for me. This and E30 rally car. Great read.

Agreed. This is the story that got me reading Jalopnik regularly instead of every now and then.

It's a solid maneuver, to be sure. But the only reason it came out so well is because the person behind the truck actually waited while being unsighted. Had they followed closely, or even moved up, the camera car would have gone from a T-bone situation to a head-on. Not exactly a step-up.

The only problem with this is that tv shows on regular channels require sponsors. Who sponsors car shows? Generally car companies or accessory companies. And even if they don't sponsor his show directly, surely there are such commercials on CNBC and NBC more generally. So he can't be honest about any particular car if…

I do not envy whoever is tasked with coming up with unending streams of top ten lists day after day. It seems Sisyphean and torturous. But with that pity for and your colleagues having been noted, this is one of the worst lists that's been run, and there have been bad ones. It seems as if it is made up entirely of…

~47sec mark - monks chanting.

You, sir, have taken my lols for the day. Well played.

"In the most simple terms possible, oversteer in when the front wheels slip while cornering and oversteer is when the rear wheels slip while cornering."

That last bit is probably the weirdest part.

"What this means is that about halfway into your loan, what you're doing is essentially taking $400, placing it gently in a quilted paper towel, wrapping it twice snugly, and flushing it down the toilet..."

Thanks for this. Many lols.

When the Pacer lost its planned rotary engine for a straight six and a V8, it defeated its original economy car purpose. Quickly, AMC embiggened it to make a small, affordable wagon and the project was salvaged.

Now, I suspect a few people will reply here and agree that normal car free maintenance programs are pretty stupid, but luxury brands go above and beyond to make them worth it. BMW, for instance, is famous for offering the best program in the business: 4 years or 50,000 miles — and they cover brakes, which can be a bit…

But anyway, you purchased a new Jetta, and you're all excited because Volkswagen is going to take care of the maintenance, free of charge, for the next two years or 24,000 miles. Two years! 24,000 miles! THINK OF THE POSSIBILITIES! YOU COULD DRIVE AROUND THE WORLD! TWICE! OR TO THE GROCERY STORE A BUNCH OF TIMES!

Rear end is a little Dodge Challenger-y for my tastes.. And I can't unsee it.

Rear end is a little Dodge Challenger-y for my tastes.. And I can't unsee it.

The charge against the module is being led by the Center For Auto Safety, which is admittedly a bomb-throwing organization (figuratively, not literally) in the world of recalls and consumer advocacy. They were the ones who claimed GM airbag failures have killed 303 people. They say Chrysler has filed 20 death claims…

Could be partially the lighting/camera, but those suits don't look right. Buttons too high and look like from Men's Wearhouse, not Pulp Fiction. Cool idea, but not like [a couple of] little Fonzies.

I'm not even against this. Anti-recline makes sense.

It's hard to downplay how much of a revolution the Civic was when it came out in the '70s, a small car Alka-Seltzer to a world reeling in a gas crisis. The little Honda was just so good, and it's stayed so good that it's been pretty much the small car for decades now. When most people think of a compact, they're…