I love cars. I love trucks. I love jeeps, mountain bikes, my kids, my wife, dogs, water, breathing, Jalopnik (not necessarily in that order)... But for me, motorcycles get me more excited inside than anything in the world. It's weird.

That's a good point, although I realize I didn't exactly make it clear: I'm really not cross shopping a 2015 vs a 2014, it would be more like a new 2014 vs a used, low mileage 2013, while the 2015's are either already out or just about to come out. Make sense?So it would surely not make sense for me to get the 2015,…

How about trying to find a "last year" model, still new on the lot, discounted vs. the new model, but still not used? I mean, off the top of your head, what kind of price difference should you be looking for that makes it better than buying a 1-2 year old used car?

Literally the only Yaris I've ever seen that made me smile.

Oh god...not another double space vs single space argument...must...resist...the...urge.......

I bought a well-maintained E46 BMW with 167k, and 3.5 years later it's still my daily driver with 222k, and not a scary amount of maintenance cost or down time since I got it.

If you aren't aware, there are (generally) very wealthy people who buy expensive cars and drive across continents trying to impress upon everyone else how awesome they are and, if Forza Horizon 2 hits one perfect note of accuracy, it's in making it clear that some exotic car owners are relentless tools. The kind of…

As others have already replied, your article is well put together, but will certainly remain an "opinion" in terms of it's headline statement. I totally understand your premise, and think it's absolutely essential that people understand all the aspects of financing before they decide to do it, but I think you're…

I solved this dilemma with Flex. Neither the wife and I wanted a minivan, had an old Expedition that was fat, slow and thirsty, but needed more space than a regular wagon or hatchback. The rectangular shape means very good use of it's size, but it drives like a car (FWD). Decent gas mielage, very similar to minivans,…

And they're last view from the ramp:

They are SUPER lucky. If it was seconds later, they would've been thrown off at least twice that ht, not into the side of a building at an acute angle. Those bridges are f-ing HIGH right there, since 805 is going up in elevation as you go north. It's almost funny, because many times I've thought "man it would suck to…

This is a great write up. Seriously. I love this. Also, Nicasil is super common in 2-stroke motorcycle engines, particularly from the same era of late 90's.

And if you've ever been heading east from southern California during desert season, you'll know that thousands of clowns drive them at 75mph over mountain passes towing an equivalently enormous trailer with similarly expensive Off-Road vehicles inside, and quite likely while pounding a sixer of Coors light.

I don't know how you find this stuff, but this is exactly the reason I love car culture. It's like it's own language that not everyone can speak, but when you come across someone who's fluent, sometimes it'll surprise you and make you smile.

Meh...I'm 34, balding, and have 2 kids. One with a disability. I still look older than he looks. Parents (and especially special needs parents) seem to age at an accelerated rate similar to extreme athletes ;-)

Wow. When I heard him say "it handles like the M1 I own" I sincerely dropped my jaw.

Highlight Travis's text, Ctrl-C, Ctrl-V.

I daily drive a sub $4k E46 and have a Jeep YJ Wrangler for the weekend adventures. Certainly under $10k total... Just not exactly along the same vein as the 2 car garage theme you posted...

Maybe...but probably not while being passed by at least 3 cars, two of those simultaneously from either side. Also, I give a lot of credit to the other drivers for safely avoiding the two drifters without incident, while 3-4 wide. Great clip!

Thanks! That's very helpful. No matter how much time I spend researching tax-related crap, or how many times I've done our own taxes (lots, and now a few years with her business), it's never actually simple or clear...so I don't blame you.