the next time you are car shopping and getting quotes online, be sure that the dealer’s advertised price is in-line with the actual MSRP and question any discrepancies.

Once again a crash-test article that bemoans the safety of a vehicle in a very specific type of collision without even the slightest reference to how common (or in reality, uncommon) such a collision is likely to occur.

One of the pieces of wisdom shared to me by friends / family is in regard to downshifting/engine braking ... it’s easier and cheaper to repair/replace brakes than to repair/replace clutch/transmission/engine. Use your brakes for braking. Only downshift to keep your gear selection coordinated with actual speed (clutch…

I came to the comments section to say the same thing, you beat me to it by a large margin. Using the term “lifeboat” in reference to these rescue boats is confusing to anybody who’s ever been on a cruise or has heard of the Titanic. A lifeboat is a minimally functional craft simply designed to be an emergency escape…

including a grinning president

Nah, you’re wrong. While this gen Durango wasn’t a crackin beauty, it by far was not the ugliest car of its era. Quite frankly, the ‘03 concept and initial production version are far better looking than the ‘07 refresh which takes away any hint of personality from the front end and makes it look more like the Dodge…

Just to be clear, I was absolutely not trying to be talking down to you, and I’m really happy if I provided info that helped to clarify things for you. Yeah, auto loans and mortgages are pretty different, I’ve had more than one of each. BUT ... the differences are mostly in the way the loan is generated ... once you…

The “Future Streetfighter” bike is really good looking in my opinion, but it was ringing my ‘deja vu’ bells the moment I saw that pic ... it took me a while, but I finally figured out what the issue was ... it looks like an amalgam of these 2 Yamaha concept bikes from 2005: Yamaha MT OS concept  and Yamaha V-Max…

In all honesty, I have never heard of a loan as you describe. Yes, when they generate the loan they say here’s the APR and here’s the total interest you will pay if you take the entire term to pay off the loan ... but never ever have I ever seen a loan where the interest is ‘baked in’ as you describe. By definition (I…

What do you mean “fixed into the price of the loan” ? Interest by definition is a periodic charge that is based on the outstanding principal. This applies to all interest bearing loans (some loans may be interest free but charge a set fee ... this is a whole different ball game). The faster you pay off the loan, the…

All the options offered by the Jalopnik staffers, as well as many if not most of the commentariat are utter crap.

I recall when the “squiggle” shifter first started becoming popular ... and the explanation for that was (this was what the automakers promoted in their advertising of the day) that it ‘simulated’ a manual shifter feel without the trouble of a clutch. Simply put, it was for poseur douchebags who wanted bop the shifter…

I am so confused by the constant reiteration of those outdated themes & memes ... the wannabe outlaw biker that is actually a dentist from middle America, etc. etc. ETC. ... They are not just now “wriggling away from the Hell’s Angelesy associations and leaning into the ‘premium’ side” since (a) the outlaw biker image…

I hate the modern politicized term “progressive” ... it’s the new millenium version of “liberal” from the 1980's ... it means in simple reality the hard core left wing radical desire for overturning every social norm, and does not in fact mean anything like the literal dictionary definition of “progressive”.

I so much want to believe Harley Davidson will turn the corner and become an aspirational brand once again. The LiveWire and the 2 street bikes look gorgeous to me, and would definitely be on my shortlist of bikes to buy if they came in at a reasonable (i.e., very un-Harley-ish) price. I love the cruiser format in…

I feel there is a real problem in that no common airline I’m aware of actually has any kind of reasonable gradations in space/cost. I’d guesstimate that 90% of all flights in this country have only 2 grades, cattle car class and first class. You can pay 90 bux for the round trip flight in cattle car, or pay 500 bux to…

I only order online for delivery and I always tip the delivery person. Online ordering for takeaway actually reduces the vendor’s effort. Why tip for less work on their part? Okay, you did mention special instructions ... but are we talking special like “no mayo” or special like “lightly brown the mustard in a pan of…

The rule, hard, permanent, concrete and irreversible is this: no tipping for takeaway. Period.

What I want to see right alongside the crash test results / ratings is the actual rate of occurrence of those specific types of crashes amongst ALL vehicles on the road within a single given country (to weed out all the bullshit irrelevant outliers from 3rd world countries where all traffic crashes and deaths are much…

A Ford Escape is absolutely a big SUV.