Yes, Texans do seem to say that a lot. 

What lets me sleep the night is pretending that the 2003-2008 Dodge Rams never happened. It’s delusional, but it does the trick.

I was partial to the 1948-50 Ford F-1 design myself.

I would wager that the happy medium between the 94 Ram and the modern bro dozer was the 1997-2004 Dodge Dakota. It was not too big, not too small, could be had with a V6, 2 V8s, a manual transmission, RWD, 4x4, electric or manual windows. If not for the rust scourge, I would still have mine. 

I believe your line of questioning for the GM truck stylists is about 12 years too late. Basically every GM truck since the cat-eyed Silverado ended production has been an oversized eyesore. People should have asked back then if they were okay, perhaps then we could have avoided their current crop of aesthetic…

I can certainly understand where you are coming from. If hydrogen electric cars can finally become viable (infrastructure, range, price), then you would be able to drive as you are accustomed, but in an electric car. Here’s hoping we see that day sooner rather than later. 

To be honest, the part that interested me about the plaid model S was not the speed, but the supposed range of 520 miles. Obviously I cannot afford the price tag, but if the range is true (and I mean not just ideal circumstances true) then we are getting close to the tipping point for me to buy an electric car. I set…

I think this is a far better follow up to the last generation Z car than the Grand Wagoneer concept will be for the Grand Wagoneer line. 

Does this Washington state car perhaps place it’s controls in the forward position...? ;-)

The part of the story that piqued my curiosity the most: What was the story behind the random impala hood?

The stag V8 horror stories are definitely the stuff of legends. If I owned one, I’d probably LS or 3.8L Buick V6 swap it. I’d still keep the triumph V8 though and see if I can re-engineer it to greatness.

poignant. In Basic Training, I failed rifle quals because of time. The magazines they gave me for the M-16 I had to use were so worn out that they jammed the rifle by ejecting several rounds every time I tried to put a round in the chamber. I ended up doing the entire thing one round at a time individually loaded in…

I have always wondered why people think milspec is a positive term.

The very first thing our instructor told us at the Aberdeen Proving Grounds welding course was “if you are not a good welder, you better make damn sure you are a good grinder”

The fact that this happened in a Miata is the most Jalopnik thing ever. 

cold hard facts right here. Learned this the hard way with and Audi Q5 water pump housing.

As would I, that or a Triumph Stag. I always had a soft spot for those. The Spitfire, much like the aircraft it borrowed it’s name from, always got all the press, but the Hurricane (Stag in this analogy) won the battle of Britain. It’s an illogical analogy I grant you, but much like the underdog hurricane, I like the…

I think we all have a wrenching fuck up story like this, although with potentially less life plan altering consequences. My first ever attempt at installing ball joints on a vehicle ended in a similar fiasco. I was still being trained as a mechanic back then, and my trainer showed me how to do the ball joints on a…

That was his night job. He was a musician by day and an underwater welder by night. Why do you think they called him Stevie WONDER? 

I mean 2020 has been a pretty shitty year. Going out at top speed in a fiery crash sounds a lot more appealing than actually finishing out the year.