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My god, Seb + Max would just be the gift that keeps on giving (for everyone but Red Bull).

And Dodge dealers wept, for there were no more credit-challenged customers to conquer.

The Dodge Journey: The cheapest crossover for people who bought the cheapest condoms.

Yeah, it was feigned outrage, but the language is a bit repugnant.  In real life, I have 7 bike children and 3 animal children (2 cats, 1 rat). 

Good way to make it feel fast.

The XE drives better than the contemporary 3-Series.  Maybe the 3-Series from 20 years ago drove better, but these days BMW is just a realtor’s car. 

Puerto Rico is the motherlode of old Monteros.

Except that if you focus on the driving dynamics the XE and (especially) the Giulia are much more than fine. However nobody cares about driving anymore.

Hmm, Alfa is way more than ‘fine’ with its Giulia and Stelvio. The Giulia was COTY of several mags round the world, it bested the vaunted 3 series in several comparos and even now mid cycle it’s still very competitive. Same could be said for Cadillac. Way above just ‘fine’. The XE is a pretty damn good car also. The

Weeeee

nonsense. The Pajero is a legend and the Pajero Evolution is an absolute WANT machine. They also made a handful of underappreciated but still cool cars like the Starion, FTO, and imo the most underrated awesome car of the whole decade.... the Legnum VR4. The 3000GT may have lagged behind some of the all time great

They have awesome stuff, it’s just not in the US. 

From Wikipedia:

A jalopnik fan on foot approaches a jalopnik writer driving a mobility scooter.

You should be able to push or pull-start any Packard built between 1950 and the maker’s bitter end, equipped with an Ultramatic transmission. This tranny, designed and built by Packard, featured a torque converter which locked up (generally around 15 MPH). You then had a direct connection between the engine’s flywheel

My dad had personalized plates on his ‘88 Honda Accord Coupé that said “TORCHY.”

As I read this I kept getting distracted by the thought “I wonder if every single person in his family is nicknamed “Torch”.  I’m gonna bet “Yes”.

Someone is really lucky their Wish package is making it to them. Until, you know, they open it and are severely disappointed.