That dude was just jealous.  Your Freightliner may have been a POS, but it was way much better than being seen in a Sentra.  It’s not you fault for his low self-esteem.

Shilling is such a shitty writer, it boggles my mind that he is employed. Maybe under the tutelage of a great editor he could one day become something that resembles a halfway decent journalist, but until then we have Jalopnik.

Erik, who writes for one of the largest online automotive blogs, is basically telling the audience that he went to a dealership and since it was only $750, took the word of the mechanic. He is freely admitting to not knowing how to see if his throttle body is dirty or confirming that his serpentine belt was cracked.…

HAHA! I would be amazed if I wasnt blocked by him at this point. He has tried to clap back at me once. But regardless, I am just bringing up things he told the community. 

Wow- what is up with the hatred?

Erik Shilling, you are not one of us.

I have said it before and I will say it again:

I find it odd that there seems to be quite a large number of Jalops that are not comfortable with a wrench in their hands, which is weird for a car enthusiast site.

I don’t know about curbs at the mall, but if you want to go over medians, it’s about 1.5 psi

“The hills are alive with the sound of, AAAAAHHHHHHH!”

This is not technically correct. Full time awd does in fact help you turn and stop in winter conditions compared to the same vehicle that is just 2wd.

Mostly true, and I fully agree that tires are way more important in particular with stopping or turning. However, this was surprising:

I don’t know anything abt SRTs but a good S-Type can run mid-high 12-sec and 110-ish in the quarter. Is that good? The XJR is a half-sec/5mph slower due to smaller tyres(sp) thus being even more impossible to launch decently. NO LSD on any Jag of this generation! Srsly, even Lincoln had one, but alas it won’t just…

It really is hard to argue with the Jag interiors from this era eh?  There’s a reason I’m on my second X-Type.  

Having owned an S-Type I’ll say... RUN!! RUN AS FAST AS YOU CAN AWAY FROM THIS!!! These things are better than the 70's Jags but you will be constantly chasing vacuum leaks and broken HVAC doors and motors. When they work they are magical, when they don’t (which is often) they are excruciating.

Doesn’t bullet resistant glass have a shelf life too? Because of degradation due to the UV light in sunlight?

Painfully accurate.

Okay....

Editorial assignments...

Jalopnik, figure out how to blame this on Trump.
Jezebel, put the blame on men (in general).
Root, use this to put white people on blast... give “Preowned Patty” what-for.
Kotaku, think you can spin this around on the transphobes?

Made a burner account just to give you a star.

For fucks sake, get Erik Shilling off this blog.