I was a ski bum from 1996 to 98 in Vail, CO. I almost - ALMOST - traded in my five year old Miata on a used Subaru. Instead, I bought a 79 K5 Blazer and kept the Miata. The K5 was Champagne Gold with all wheel drive, a four inch lift kit, holes in the floor from the ravages of rust and age and a bed full of fucks…
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I don't agree with the RCRs assessment that people were "fooled" into buying the New Yorker as a luxury car. People with an eye for quality and luxury and had the money (or credit) to spend walked right past the Chrysler dealer. Some people - usually old folks - only want a few things: Comfort, reliability, good…
I reached overload about a week ago and stopped watching and reading most articles regarding MH370. It would be comical to watch these organizations put out "information" for consumption were the subject matter not so serious. Don Lemon on CNN was absolutely hilarious.
Before becoming a fellow Jalopnik reader, I would buy the occasional copy of R&T or C&D for plane rides. I came across this review and I've bookmarked it for you here. The Veyron is the Concorde of automobiles. It exists on a plane of superlatives and hyperbole. It is my understanding that Volkswagen loses money…
The only people I see driving cars like this are young, dumb and full of cum. Some have a lot more money to burn than others, but I chuckle all the same because the car is often the owner's daily driver. It's obviously based on their overcautious driving. Owning a car that makes you extra cautious is asinine. Who…
When's the last time you saw a time attack car used to get groceries or ferry the kids to school? Why own something that makes everything on the street a road hazard? Who wants to remove their bumper fascia every time they're pulling into the garage? Unless the owner's explanation is "I did it for art", the appeal…
Smart to direct prospective buyers to Manhattan and King of Prussia. If NJ doesn't want Tesla to sell in their state, they have no claim to the sales tax collected when a NJ resident buys out of state. That can add up fast.
I think that's part of the appeal and experience of being a new Porsche buyer. It's a level of customization that's maybe a half step from completely bespoke. Someone has to assemble all those bits of leather together to make the interior door panels and seats and that's all done by hand. If the only thing that…
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Janis Joplin sang that song in the recording studio a few days before her death. It was a statement about how the desire for material possessions can give people the blues. The song also asks the lord for a color TV and a night on the town. What cracks me up most about this song is the fact that Mercedes actually…
I love old cars, but safety is definitely a consideration we all make when it comes to buying something used. The older I get, the more I believe that when it comes to used cars, the 90's was the best decade for cars and the oughts the best decade for SUV's.
And this also gives Jaguar some time to figure out how it'll interpret some kind of modern XJS. Because that's what a dozen people want, right?
Perhaps. I think it depends on what you do with the car rather then the car itself. From Generation Y on, kids have been strapped into car seats and booster chairs so they can ride like adult passengers. Playtime in the car became more cerebral. They can't rush to the window and try to get a trucker to honk his…
Nice. My dad bought the family an Oldsmobile Custom Cruiser the year I was born. 455 Rocket V8 to move almost three tons of steel. Our wayback had a disappearing gate, retracting glass and the fourth row seat faced out the back. I'd sit back there and watch the world when we took trips sometimes. I had two older…
That's true. I noticed the Chevy in the commercial. Subaru does the same thing with their "love" commercials. What Subaru doesn't do is make me bawl my eyes out like I did at the end of Old Yeller.
Automotive purists take offense at modifications like this, but I remember liking some of the Koenig and Strosek mods back in the 80s.
Unclench Ricky. First, the SPR was originally intended fuel an army in time of war when supplies from the middle east were cut off. That isn't going to happen again and even if it does, we've developed other resources which limit the damage another arab oil embargo would do. If we ever get into an all out…
Just jumped over to the article on the Subway old cut. What the hell am I missing something? Do you get more meat? Or is someone trying to argue that triangle cut PB&J tastes better than square cut PB&J?
I'd try the McLand Sea and Air burger if it weren't for my projectile vomiting at the thought of eating one.
The one that sticks out in my mind is the Northwest flight that was marooned on the runway in Detroit back in 1999. The airline and crew kept lying to the passengers. One of those passengers must have had government resources because he called the president of Northwest Airlines on his home number.