“Is Jalopnik steadily trending toward clickbait garbage articles at the behest of lame corporate management?”

This really seems to me like a reach for nothing. “Analog”-style gauges interact favorably with our brains and give us a visual representation of data points that are easy to read in a minimal amount of time. Honestly.. the only “gauge” that even matters is the speedometer... so who cares what automakers build into…

I can’t stand the Phillies, Philadelphia or even the entire state of Pennsylvania (except for you, loveable Bloodhound Gang!!!) ... and even I think that was a little over-brutal. :( *single tear* Also, I am a Padres fan. :|

Must be a sad life, being so bitter and antagonistic. I say this as someone who was once very much this instinctual type of personality. I don’t particularly follow or believe in anything, but active negativity does no good to anyone. *hug*

Neither does snarkiness. Or driving a 1969 Mini with no catalytic converter ;)

I really feel awful for the dealership network. These poor bastards in Service are going to be hammered for ages by angry morons and their misdirected crankiness.. Dingalings with a car worth $8k demanding a full original MSRP refund. People who paid for their unreliable shitbox to be fixed previously demanding full…

I’m so sorry Tyler. Thank you for your sportsman like joy and for playing your heart out. *hugs*

Come for a drive with me on Mosquito Ridge Road in the Sierra outside Sacramento. Bring your camera, your GoPro, your note pad... I will show you God’s playground. I am probably already remiss for writing this.... But it is beautiful and it is amazing.

Uhhhh.. He said in the press release that he has a disease and that he is going to rehab. What more you you want him to do? .. Speaking as a Recovering alcoholic myself

True story: As a dealership service writer, the customers who get the best treatment (regardless of if it’s the fault of a tech or just random happenstance) are the ones who aren’t flaming assholes.

I... I moved away from San Diego when I was 20. :/ I now live in 49ers country and, since they’re now a team of denim advertising in Santa Clara, I’m not sure if I really have a team of interest at all anymore. Do I just.. -watch- pro football randomly with an efficient disconnect with cheering for a side? Do I watch…

So why didn’t the service department care? I present to you my theory: during the 30 minutes I was sitting in the waiting room, three different people walked in, told a service advisor their license plates had arrived, and asked for someone’s help putting them on.

The name argument is so stupid. Just PICK ONE. Man/Woman. Stop being idiots. Nothing is worse than hyphenated garbage. If my parents had hyphenated my name, I would have changed it as soon as it was legal. Ugh. It’s JUST a f***ing name, you silly badgers.

Well. This is depressing. Why bother then?.... :/ Bleh.

I’d like to meet Jay Leno’s smog guy. :D

The vehicle has to pass the same standards- Meaning the emissions components can’t be modified. The tailpipe dyno #s are the same too.

Care for some more California absurdity, Doug? The rules & regulations that govern engine replacements make it MORE difficult to put a modern engine into your old car than it is to replace said engine with original parts. You know, the same modern engines that basically fart daisies at full throttle as compared to the…

Eh.. My only car is a ‘93 MR2. No minivans here, sorry to say. Which also kind of sucks to drive. What’s hilarious is comparing a 3000GT to a Ferrari/Lamborghini. 3000GTs are not fast. They are slow. In fact, I’ll wager that a new Toyota Sienna could walk one in a drag race, speaking of vans. Nothing at all about that…

Just had one of these in the shop with 30-something thousand on the clock (and it wasn’t RED, so... bonus points there!) It was silly clean.. I expect that the ‘99s are pretty much all this way. Every single ‘99 I have seen (probably about once or twice per year) in the last several years (it’s a dealership and VR4…

As a book reader, I have completely given up on expecting ANYTHING to happen at all in any way that lines up with the book. At this point I am expecting Ned Stark to come back as a “cold ones” zombie to righteously re-take the realm in an epic battle featuring an army of enslaved Others, Daenarys’ dragons and a very…