Lucas Electrics.

What's fun is calling up the various local tire shops with the question "Hey, are you able to mount tires on 10" rims?"

I've been tracking prices on Minis for a few years now. I bought mine in '05 and had it shipped over from England. 1970 with a 1275 from, what we guess, was ~1991-1994. Cost of car + shipping to the South East was 4k. I had to put another ~$2k to get it running safely (many bits for the brakes, diff was cracked,…

As the owner of an actual 1970 Austin Mini I can attest that it's not that bad to find parts here. Multiple different options States-based. There are a handful of UK based parts suppliers who ship here as well. One of the great things is that the parts coming from England typically arrive at East Coast destinations…

Damn, this is why I'd last 30 seconds as a cop. My response would have been "Keep peeing, you'll be putting a few of those to your lips in a minute."

Introducing the all new Volvo XC60, the first vehicle with a 1-prop safety rating.

I like the opposite direction thing. I'd totally watch.

Simple solution: All the cars on track at the same time. It'd be rather hard to win by sticking with the optimal line the entire time. Make the cars pass each other :)

Noting also the news on CNN today that GM is recalling 250,000 SUVs that can catch fire due to crappy build quality leading to fiery death situations.

That is the most nonchalant ride on the hood of a car in traffic I've ever seen... I half expected her to start checking her email on her phone part way through the trip.

It worked the other day, but the imprint was rather smudged...

Every shot of the front end I kept thinking 458. When I read your comment and looked at the side view the GT-R came into view way too clearly. Definitely a "once you see it" moment.

We'll "played" :).

I spent about 20 minutes on the small mound of snow at the base of the bunny hill before looking over at the line for the bunny slope lift and deciding to take my first-time-ever-skiing wife up a different lift that was "full of easy runs." Funny how my memory of an area being "easy" is slightly off due to years of…

Rally Kart does not look comfortable... but does look fun.

I'll just leave this here...

And in a massive traffic jam in Turin while loaded down with goal.

"You taught me how to drive with it off, but I had a fiery death due to my own stupidity anyway! I'M GOING TO SUE YOU FOR NEGLIGENCE!"

As far as I can tell it just goes "CUT THROTTLE, BACK ON, NO CUT, CUT MORE! Wait, we have traction now, KEEP CUTTING THROTTLE!"

Jalopnik needs to start a kickstarter campaign to take out a full page ad in the LA Times, NY Times and anywhere else we can get just to publish this front an center.