My grandfather was a chauffeur and mechanic at the turn of the century for a couple of millionaires of that era. I have his old oak tool chest and his tools (most of). In there is a glass cylindrical beaker and a hydrometer for testing gasoline (specific density testing I imagine). In early brass era days there was…

As a white almost GOP dude, even I was like “wait..wut??”. Dude is so far removed from the hood and where he came from he couldn’t find it with a map, GPS and a Sherpa. He needs to just shut his mouth for a while. Of course being Kanye, that’s probably not going to happen. Celebrity ain’t for everyone.

Ford is relying on the fact that most of the Mustangs will be crashed upon leaving the dealers lot, and they’ll be back almost immediately to buy a replacement. Profit!

“To the larger point, Obama’s bailout of the automotive industry in 2009 proved to be the right move.”

Fair enough. I came here through the affiliated sites, out of curiosity. I keep reading it because many of the articles (more so on The Root) I find informative and good, and give me a perspective I wouldnt otherwise have in my daily (white) world.

Lets not kid ourselves; Damon posts these things as white people bait in order to get page views, and so the masses can post ‘this gonna b good’ an popcorn eating gifs. This wasnt designed to provoke a serious dialogue, was it? hardly. It was a tongue in cheek article with a post in kind. I’m not hating. Angry?…

Immahelpuout. Perma-grey here. Your list is full of stuff that you care about that you presume we do as well. Heads up, we probably don’t (at least not as much as you think). Actually a lot of your list is common sense things that we expect/hope for (black) people to do; perhaps your sometimes mistaking surprise for…

I would have to agree. Had a late 80s Jetta, then a 98 2.slo 5 spd, a 2000 Golf 1.8T, and now a 2012 SE. I still have to say the 98 has a soft spot in my heart. Loved that little bugger, closely followed by the Golf. The 2012 Jetta I like, but dont love. The stupid solid rear axle, and frickin rear drums are…

The other thing you may notice that’s different is the right hand drive. Pre-1910 most US cars were right hand drive

No hoonage. Reasonable labor charge. Crap article.

Great post. It’s a reminder both of how far things have come as well as how much they’ve stagnated over the last 50 years

You’re getting better at fishing Damon. Lots of trout swimming upstream to jump on that hook.

“The 174-foot span weighed 950 tons and was built using so-called Accelerated Bridge Construction Methods that were designed by the university’s Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center”

That is true, it is biased towards whites. Bitch of this is Meek’s judge, arresting cop an PO are/were black. The institution itself is racist, regardless of who’s running it.

That might be the worst thing ever.

I’m an old white fart weened on 70s rock. That said, rap peaked with A Tribe Called Quest, and Notorious B.I.G. (yeah get off my lawn).

I wonder if any of the greys he plays ball with read Damon’s “white boys, amirite?” posts?

Last year I was sitting at a stoplight, and across the intersection facing me the other way was some dude driving a Tucker 48. in NJ. At night. I was gobsmacked. I started babbling about it to my wife next to me who thought I had lost my mind. She had zero appreciation for the unicorn sitting across the intersection.

Now they’ll be able to apply for those suicide truck bomb driver positions on Craigslist.SA!

Because it was a bad deal for NJ. We (NJ) were going to be on the hook for at least 65% of the state funds, plus any cost overruns (which is a given in this type of project). Somehow NJ always comes out on the shitty end of the stick in any Port Authority deal, while NY gets all of the revenue side of the equation…