Off topic, but as good of an excuse as any to post this. Here is a 6.27 second 3 rotor RX-8.

My dad told me a story about a brand new Dodge van that he was working on at a shop in the 70s. The customer complained about a mysterious clunking noise on acceleration and braking, and he had a heck of a time finding it. It wasn't until he pulled off one of the rear interior panels that he found the empty vodka…

The difference between having this little indentation versus just a plain flat spot is that with the indentation you still get some structural stiffness out of the design. Along with that, they weren't going to make a deep cup holder because 1. there isn't much depth to a tailgate, and 2. Putting a deep draw feature…

I'm sure this is some sort of poem about eating blueberry pancakes.

....but how will you explain that to the people responsible for 96 month auto loans, who feed their children with the extra % margin points they add to unsuspecting customers?

Now that's the sort of plane I want to party with.

1. It would be a really slow plane.
2. That stops occasionally, coincidentally at gas stations.
3. And follows the exact path of the highway.
4. And landed in the parking lot of a small hotel in California.

I took matters into my own hands and actually processed the PDF myself. Going to try to make a Google Maps page to view the route later.

You DEFINITELY couldn't get up to 130 mph if you were driving a vacuum.

As a fellow automotive journalist, that was great to read. I keep up with y'all every day and I'm definitely of the impression that you're the writer to beat here at Jalopnik. Well done. Alas, the respite is over - back to B2B.

Every Monday morning, I wake up, come to work, turn my computer on, and ponder the same question. "Sure, I'd like to enter the Daytona 500, but I'd want to get it over with really quickly because it's Monday and I have Things To Do. How fast could I do it before I die a horrific, debilitating death?"

This is the Jalopnik I know and love.

Hooray, Torch!

I agree, and I went back and forth when doing it. I wouldn't do it to a 1500, but this was a 2500, and I couldn't find ANY mechanical difference between this 2500 truck and a 2500HD pickup. It looks like it blends right in, and I only had one person question it, for which we actually had a very good conversation about…

I've been behind this guy in the fast lane. He doesn't actually "go" until you've managed to get along side him. Then he races ahead of you.

At that moment, and at no other moment, it was acting like a real AMG.

You make it sound like a bad thing.

"Remove pants."

The event is called the Audi TDI Super Fuel-Sipper Tedium Challenge or something like that. Essentially, each team gets a 2015 Audi A3 TDI, 13.2 gallons of rich, creamery Diesel, and a course that meanders around 834 miles from Albuquerque to San Diego. The EPA says this car should get 31 MPG city/43 highway, and 36…