This is still Jalopnik, right? I’m wondering how his brakes failed. A big rig like he was driving surely had air brakes, a system where air pressure is required to *release* the brakes. If the air pressure drops, the brakes are applied. It is a fail-safe system. Even if the pedal wasn’t working, shifting down and…

Off-topic, but your statement “you.... don’t want to use your hard-earned god-given profit to help the poor.” is simply not true. The U.S.A. is the most charitable nation on earth. But Americans want to donate to the causes of their choice, of their own free will — not have the government force them to donate (via…

“the original cost of the Binz work exceeded $180,000. Apparently, that wasn’t enough since, on top of that, the first owner added another $57,000 in upgrades.”

Doesn’t look like it.  Where did all that money go?

“Equal force is justified, lethal force is not.”

It varies by state. I’m pretty sure “He needed killin’” is a valid use of lethal force in Texas.

I think it’s a modern Twin-Cam softail that’s been customized.

Ssangyong means double dragon in Korean. But yeah, they have some dumb model names. One of their truck models is “Rexton Sports KHAN”.

What? The eszett ( ß ) was a thing long before the Nazis came to power.

“I don’t have the data to know if a $400 helmet is better or not.”

As long as you are comparing helmets that meet comparable safety standards (DOT/Snell/ECE or whatever), at higher pricepoints you are paying for lighter weight, better build quality, fancier paint, better venting, higher quality materials (like more…

Rob says it’s not the same car. 

I’d bet that the majority of Missourians don’t know what a charcuterie board is.  No offense intended, my family is from Missouri.  That’s just how it is.   Maybe their search terms were “what the hell is a charcuterie tray?”

Even if mechanically sound (which is questionable), this thing needs loads of clean up.   The asking price is about double what I think it’s worth.  No Dice from me.

Brougham Shaq-illac-a

LoL, I had to look up “ziggurat”

For that reason, I think Glad Wrap is the better product now.  Saran just isn’t sticky enough and doesn’t create a good seal.

“ the five NFL teams with Black GMs in 2016 had rosters that were, on average, 75.4 percent Black, compared with 67.7 percent for the 27 teams that did not—a statistically significant difference.”

Conclusion?   Black GMs are racially biased in favor of black players.

“Her” name is Roberta

If you have right-of-way and some asshat pulls out in front of you and parks their car in the lane you are travelling in, and you can’t stop in time to avoid a collision, it’s not your fault.

Too much for this magic bus

“I had completely forgotten that Bentley hocked a reskinned Phaeton”

Did you mean “hawked”?   Because hocked implies that they made a transaction with a pawn shop.