Spring/Early Summer of 1976. My buddy’s dad was a biggie in the auto industry. Someone at VW Canada(?) loaned him a brand new 924 for two weeks as a test drive. He handed the keys to my 17 year old buddy and said “Don’t break it”. We left after school on the Friday and drove a circle tour of Lake Erie. In those days…

In anticipation of the retirement lifestyle my buddy’s wife bought a 2004 blue & tan BMW320i Convertible and lightened her hair. My wife’s response was that she would like to do something similar (natural blonde though) so that we could do weekend road-trips (the $100 hamburger trip). This would be perfect for her…

If the Phantom’s a rockin’...

Three Rangers in my life. 1983 - 4.0L V-6 & Stick, 2001 - 4.0L V-6 & Stick & 2011 4.0L Auto. All three had exactly the same issues over their lifetime. A “grabby” driver’s window, bad latch mechanisms on the rear suicide doors and tailgate and they had window noise at speed. Pretty respectable vehicles though despite…

My mother taught me this. Works well in stores to tell pushy sales people to keep back, I am not touching anything, just looking. It also prevented us from stealing/breaking/embarassing our parents in any way!

You know, I’m generally a pretty liberal guy. However. I read this site at work and it really bothers me that YOU DROP THE F BOMB IN GIGANTIC BOLD LETTERS IN YOUR TITLES. You really should respect your readers who like to sneak a peak at Jalopnik whilst at work on a daily basis. Big brother IS watching us and it can…

Ever hear of a “bumper head shot” - easy peasey in my neighbourhood... Just aim and push the gas peddle.

Get off the track, bitch! Get over the Armco!

“I went riding in a pervious-generation Panamera GTS”

Mid Seventies. 6 Weeks in Holland & Belgium. Mum, 6'4” Dad and two 6' teenaged boys (shoehorned) in a DAF. Mum keeps telling us that we need to shower more often that we we stink, our personal grooming needs to be a more important factor in our life, etc, etc. We get to Schipol airport, clean out the car and find the…

Option 1. If a canoe is good enough for the Swedish Crown jewels a few weeks ago... a barge is perfect for these.

The next Air Farce 1?

401 Highway into Toronto. A nice Sunday afternoon heading to a Jays game. Major accident shuts everything down with several miles of non-moving vehicles in-front and behind us. We crank the windows down and turn up the stereo. Smarty pants next to us orders pizza and has it delivered to the dead end of the sideroad…

So to summarize your thoughts, “meh, another bird just flew into my bumper”.

How does an SLK not have the ability to “oh, crap” accelerate away from a lumbering 18 wheeler?

If I remember correctly, the HTA in Ontario says that the vehicle on the ramp has the right of way to enter the traffic and if you are in the right lane approaching you are obligated to make sure that the vehicle can get onto the highway by slowing, accelerating, or changing lanes. None of these yield signs. That…

Kinda like that flared grey over charcoal look...

So what you are essentially saying is that the only people getting anything out of this car over the past two years is the Auction house?

Put a big “9" on the door and paint “Bill Elliott” in small letters just under the drivers side window. Once done you can either find some sucker to buy it or drive it in local parades.

“Those two cars are back far enough for me to cross the intersection,” said my inexperienced 16 yr old voice. “Oh, they’re racing.” said my 1.5 second older voice...