It may have been technically about motorcycles, but American Chopper has to be at the top of the list. It was the progenitor of every one of the terrible, formulaic, faux-reality, artificial-deadline-y, overdramatized custom car shop shows that followed, from American Hot Rod all the way to Counting Cars and every…

Radio city music hall seems like a shit place to race, the audience is only one one side.

“NATURAL GAS CAN’T MELT CONCRETE BEAMS”

I wonder how many people go to Copart every day and leave disappointed that it’s not a place to share their fan art of police officers.

Don’t be mad at the dealers, be mad at the people writing the checks.

How can they possibly care when they end up with $100M in stock and can cash out before the collapse? 

“Crapple”

“Peloton’s president, William Lynch, secured $105 million before the stock price declined by more than 85% from where it peaked last year.”

“It’s like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none — none more black.”

This is what it takes to launch 1000+ HP on  a motorcycle. Terry Vance of Vance and Hines who won a lot of Pro Stock Championships on bikes said he was scared to ride the Nitro Bikes and NHRA does not sanction them in any competition.

yep, I read that one too...

Not only 2WD, but you can clearly see the one-wheel-peel of an open differential.

I want some other competitor to offer HotWheels cars or something like that and count them towards their sales volume.

“...the company sold a tick over 35,000 Broncos. The company also sold about 108,000 Bronco Sports in all of 2021. Add those numbers together, and the two Broncos sold 143,192 units last year.”

Mazda MZR and Duratec 2.5 are indeed same motors.

I just love it when dudes get into debating the arcane aspects of which tool works best...my dad and uncles were pros at this

I’m kind of amazed that guys who write car blogs don’t have every day tools like a cordless angle grinder. But the longer I read on Jalopnik I realize that there aren’t a lot of car guys involved.

Counterpoint: you get the looks of an A/T tires without having to suffer the penalties of an A/T tire.

Dodge Charger, Honda Pilot, RAM, Most BMWs...