I think the argument isn’t that the shuttle didn’t accomplish anything; but rather, that a differently designed space vehicle, or even standard non-reusable rockets, could have accomplished even more, or at least could have done the same things on a smaller budget (hopefully leaving NASA with more funds for other…

Yep. At $1.5B/launch, the hubble servicing missions could’ve literally launched entirely new hubbles on expendable launchers.

Funny - its much more capable successor, the James Webb Space Telescope, is getting launched without a Shuttle. And KH-11 satellites, which are similar to Hubble, were launched on expendable vehicles. The Shuttle was not a necessary enabler for Hubble. And although it permitted its repair and upgrade, you could have…

I find it ironic that this is the title image for this article. Maybe I’m alone in this, but I actually like Chasing Classic Cars, precisely because there is no fake drama, fake deadlines, or bullshit haggling over a fake deal. It may not have the flash or the excitement of something like Top Gear or the Roadkill…

Carmax prices each vehicle exactly 20% over retail.

CarMax appeals to the chickenshit market—too gutless even to negotiate a better price at a dealership. So these suckers, uh, customers pay the delta and think they’ve gotten a good deal. Whatever.

I would say CarMax may be a victim of DeMuro.

You’ve never seen a Miata priced below $4k? Where do you live?

In the Southeast, you can find rust-free, solid NA’s for $2k with rough cosmetics. $4k would get you a really nice 91-93 and a clean 94-97. You’ll occasionally see a decent NB for $3500-4000 as well.

@jimZ. If you are really calling someone a tone-deaf, rich asshole for owning a USED Corvette, then maybe you should re-evaluate your life decisions. Not to sound harsh, but the Corvette has always been the working man’s sports car, and if you are getting so bent out of shape about some other kid having one, a used…

The car I located had been driven under a chain link fence...

Um, this is what makes me proud to be an American.

Not quite. Tupac was respected during his time and missed after his departure.

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What’s really amazing to think about is that the Blue Angels may not fly the newest aircraft in the fleet, but they most definitely fly the best maintained aircraft in the fleet. These things aren’t happening because a lazy sailor didn’t do his job right, these aircraft are maintained by the absolute best maintainers…

You have got to be doing something wrong if your 20 year old car looks quite a lot better than your newest model:

Don't like working on cars? You may be on the wrong site, this is Jalopnik, where car enthusiasts talk about cars. Which often times includes WORKING and/or maintaining them! May I suggest fucking off and browsing consumer reports or yahoo auto?

Welcome! I hope your time under that rock was relaxing. The year is now 2014, and as such many cars are capable of exceeding 200k miles with a modicum of maintenance. Nowadays the expression 'holy crap high miles!' is best used when refererring to a car with 300k+ miles. 130k is referred to as 'just broken in'. Ive…

It's always funny to me how people posting on an alleged enthusiast website are so scared of their cars.

Volvo T5-R / 850R. 5.8 0-60 with a manual, excellent handling.