You’re welcome.  He was a great man.  We’ll get into his failings some other day.  Like the time he set himself on fire with a can of gasoline.  He was the local Volunteer Fire Chief at the time!

Back in the 1960's my Grandfather was a partner in a small ruralish Ford dealership. He was a real good ol’ boy from Arkansas transplanted into small town Washington State, who looked, sounded, and acted just like Andy Griffith.

Jalopnik’s latest round of hires are all from the BuzzFeed School of Journalism and couldn’t tell you the difference between news and clickbait. Gone are the days of Doug DeMuro and numbered are those of Torchinski and, you know, writers who write things we actually want to read. Sadly we’re all here because…

It says right in the article that he is from Texas.

It’s still fun to pick on them. Plus, if they know we are paying attention, maybe they will pay closer attention. Maybe?

Welcome to jalopnik where the words mean nothing and only the clicks matter.

...the ironically named James Steelman.

Yeah, give the PR guy a raise. This was probably cheaper than buying a TV ad and I’m sure will sway a lot more buyers to shop at their dealership instead. 

I’m sure the PR value they’ll get from this is far above what the car cost them.

Let’s not kid ourselves that this isn’t (at least in large part) an opportunity for good PR for Frank Kent MC.
 
Still, motives aside, good on them for stepping in to help out.

I am 6'3+”

I don’t get it, she got it before the buzzer. Yea, I’d be annoyed too. 

You forget that Lewis was faster than Max at the beginning of the race with Lewis on Mediums and Max on Softs. So that outcome was not a given

I’m also getting really annoyed with people (such as the Wolffs) repeatedly saying Max earned it, and that he and Red Bull are great competitors and worthy champions, then in the next sentence saying “but it was unfairly stolen from us.” Until you cross the finish line first, it’s anyone’s race to lose. And I’m…

Good god this is a bad take...

I’m genuinely curious to hear what most peoples’ suggested alternative would have been.

They should have hacked the Dutch government and got a sweet T shirt.

Clean out the interior. I realize this probably isn’t in the spirit of the question but it really does make driving more enjoyable. 

She needs das boot where the Sun don’t shine.

I interned for Porsche R&D in Weissach the summer of 1997. While the other American intern got to analyze Excel files full of exhaust data, I worked in the “Finished Prototype Department,” basically the team of ~12 mechanics who would build and modify prototype, pre-production, and small volume production vehicles. It…