Personally, I think this is a problem of “it worked fine for 24 years, what’s going to stop it from going 25?” and not even bothering to look at things like fuel lines. These were designed for very little maintenance and I imagine most post offices don’t have someone on staff to even check it over every once in a…

I’ll be honest, without traction control, they would kill themselves in the dry in either car. I’ve driven the AWD car hard on a canyon (rented one on Turo to take to the LA canyons) and it’s still RWD biased and picks up speed fast enough to get you in trouble before you even know you need the brakes. The danger is a…

I agree and voted with actual money ;)

The XJ is a legitimately good car. The problem is that it’s a relative unknown compared to an A8, 7 series, or S class and Jaguar doesn’t have the resources to compete with those in terms of constant updates. I would still love to have a latest generation XJR or XJ Supercharged. From what I understand from talking to…

Has no one ever wondered why every single JDM imported engine has “about 60k miles” as if no one in Japan has ever driven more than that before scrapping a car?

Footage of people banging on cars, pulling door hands, screaming at occupants, and surrounding cars seems to refute your claim. 

Thank you. Of the first few comments that I’ve seen, I’m shocked at the high percentage of rational opinions. Usually Jalopnik is a cesspool of groupthink.

Yeah, I had emailed with him a bit when he first got that car. Not sure if you heard, but when the shop he sold it to started taking it apart after his engine exploded, they found that the transmission had already been replaced some time before 80k miles.

Haha, I genuinely think he loves his cars and love makes you do stupid, dangerous things.

Okay, a couple of things. Also, hi! It’s the guy who was smart enough not to take his Exocet on the frigid and snowy DWA CRR 2020.

I have my Exocet taken apart. Not completely, but close enough. I 3D printed a new gauge cluster because I was sick of looking at the Miata cluster. Yesterday I welded up a new mount for that. I also am replacing the headlights (requires me to 3D print a new bracket) and tail lights with entirely different styles. I…

I think the line is “just LS swap it”. 

100% agreement. MB museum trumps the Porsche museum by a mile. 

First off, the non-red is basically content. Fix this, because it’s bullshit.

There’s an exhaust shop near me that I took my Exocet to. I was in a really similar situation. Those guys were artists. I think you made the right call. However, I took my (former) Mitsubishi Lancer to a dealer for a check engine diagnosis last year. They charged me for an hour of work, having done maybe 10 minutes of…

Priorities. I generally pay a little extra for comfort (like an exit row) if I’m flying for personal reasons. That said, unless you’re in business or first, there is no such thing as actual comfort. Even the whole pressurized cabin experience kind of sucks.

I’ve done both. I started a job this year that requires much less travel. My last job, I was flying 6-8 times internationally per year + 5 or so domestic for a total of about 40% travel (long and involved trips). Plus, I do about 2 domestic and 1 international pleasure travel per year.

...do you work in Marketing for the airline industry?

Whenever I see a decent deal on first class or business class tickets, I buy them.

That whole “encourage people to pack less” thing is bogus. How much you take with you on a trip is generally an inelastic demand scenario. You can’t go to North Dakota in the winter without cold weather wear and you can’t go on a business trip without a laptop. The whole idea that people overpack to a degree that is…