joesquirrel
Joe Squirrel
joesquirrel

When my CJ’s rear dif seized up, thankfully while driving on concrete, I had to winch it onto a trailer. I had a friend who’s slightly larger than me crank on a comealong ratchet from the front of the trailer, while I balanced the rear axle on a rolling jack like that one and shoved the rear end along. Moving that

For a lambogatti fasterosa or equivalent, i would just date the girl damn.. no scam involved.

Something something something; the hero we deserve.

I’ve long believed a van-like vehicle makes the most sense for an autonomous vehicle, because once you’re freed from the job of driving, a car will really become a mobile room-on-wheels.

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All of the touch infotainment systems are still beta quality products as far as I’ve seen. None of them were ready for prime time. Sync, MyLink, and everything prior. None of them were really any better than the CRT based touchscreen system in our old ‘86 Buick Riviera. Here’s a decent video of the system in

Knowing full well that the 675LT barely had enough clearance to make it over a stack of Pogs

From my experience in the car business turn over is high for several reasons:

“look at the power and range numbers”

“Safety Third” is my guiding philosophy in life. 

I’d also like to sell Brefass Scotch but the dumb “state” says I need a “liquor license” blah blah blah

Jalopnik: The Fragrance. A mix of motor oil, exhaust fumes, tire smoke, and decaying old-car interior.

Safety Not Guaranteed - now THAT’s a slogan to put on a shirt.

“Make Pontiac Great Again”

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Will there be a return of this? Because I have one, and I don’t want a bunch of noobies diluting my cool.

I demand “If found please return to Jalopnik”

I am bald, need hat, thanks.

Always steer with both knees while texting, steering with just one knee is, well, just crazy.

In addition to the human-chomping, I always ask school kids when I am demonstrating this thing that what if propeller-powered cars did become popular? The noise....oh man, just.....the noise. Paris during the 1930s would have been a deafening place to live.

DVD extra better feature Johnson reading the classic book out loud to a group of children.