As a Californian, the idea of ordering mexican food in Chicago kind of cracks me up. Maybe I’ll head to chicago for sushi next.
As a Californian, the idea of ordering mexican food in Chicago kind of cracks me up. Maybe I’ll head to chicago for sushi next.
I did my 24 hours (not even...) in Chicago and regardless of cliche wanted to hit up a hot dog and a pizza just to see what all the hype was about. Got the sausage patty pizza at Gino’s east after watching a heated debate between hotel clerks over which of two places was best. Nearly the whole hotel staff took sides…
For those uninitiated, Jalopnik has a pretty decent write up on Donks and the culture that drives these outlandish styles.
My favorite is “if you can’t afford two, you can’t afford one”
The RS is the one that went 284. It also did so nearly 15 years later. The “basic” Agera is still 10 years newer. Considering the miracles that all cars have seen with hp / speed increases over the last 10 years it really highlights how far ahead the Bugatti was.
I love how there is some kind of Meme worthy hate for Jalopnik. I saw someone ranting the other day because HOW DARE “Jerklopnik” (lol) post the info about the Z4s price and then not change their title instantaneously when new information came out.
This is actually a problem where I work. Everyone has started commuting in F350 longbeds and they don’t fit in a standard spot (herringbone parking...) and you can’t navigate between them if they are parked back to back.
The crash was just icing on the cake. Jalopnik broke the C7 vette looks in 2011.
Fantastic article that really should become a style for more of Jalopnik. A little history, a little current events and a little aftermarket all rolled together. You could just get around to every make out there. Reminds me of the awesome Jenni Helms article from a while back.
2-3 days is longer than “more than a few minutes”. For those who want to test drive a vehicle for 30-60 minutes which is generally longer than any standard dealer will let you, go check out carmax. Call ahead and let them know. All the ones I have visited have basically let me drive them around as much as I want…
So can I stop getting weird looks from people outside of CA when I say “the 405 freeway” instead of just 405?
We shall see. Not that I ever expect 1075 to be for sale but it also is why le mans changed its rules. Ickx protested the le mans start AND won in that car and its the same year the 917 killed the driver who was favored to win. It has a LOT of history with it.
Not sure if its still there but in the Petersons vault is a (better) 250 GTO less than 100' from the 1969 winning GT40. I nearly lost it when the guide pointed out that it was the same one. The pedigree combined with it being the car that Ickx made his protest in makes it clearly more valuable.
I said it on reddit and I’ll say it here. Whoever bought that car for that kind of money got it for cheap. The owner of the one in the Peterson was offered $70M and he turned it down.
Reminds me of a buddy who got his last name tatooed on his lower back in 6" letters as a first tattoo. After they did the outline some burly biker covered in tats head to toe walked by and basically said something like “good luck”.
Too bad that in CA the 25 year rule means bunk. You can import one to any other state but CA wont let you register it despite running cleaner than 50% of the cars on the road.
No one except us looks at the details behind the rating. When the doofus goes to buy the car he will only see the number of safety stars it gets. If you can’t make an accurate decision based on that rating then it isn’t any good.
But it doesn’t tell me what the consumer actually needs to know. Did it get 4 stars because it had excellent safety features and pedestrian protection but scored pretty bad in crash tests? Did it get 3 starts because while it does great in a crash it doesn’t do well for pedestrians?
Already happening, have you seen NSX, FD and Supra pricing for anything approaching clean and stock?