You forgot your German mechanics Uber-Arms, think 3 elbows, about the same diameter as spaghetti and the ability to hold 400lbs at 90° to your torso, and if you chose the upgrade, a 10mm socket dispenser option.

HS graduation, Dad had a ton of frequent flyer miles on TWA and wanted to use them before they expired so the two of us went to Europe for a couple weeks. We flew First Class and got to sit in the very first row of a 747, the window was on a curve and we could see forward instead of just out. Very cool. 

Indy has always been about going 500 miles at the fastest possible speed so it makes sense to list the top qualifier in MPH rather than lap time. Everyone always refers to the drivers speed not time, it’s all “Arie went 236.986MPH, the Dutchman was flying in his Provimi Veal car!” why Provimi Veal still stands out in…

Where is the warning that the linked video will induce tourettes? Welcome to jump cut hell.  

This seems apropos

No animated raisin, no sale.

Brawn inherited all of Honda’s development to that point and was given the team for $1? Sure he rounded up a budget of $100M and managed to pull in Mercedes power, but there were 100's of millions more behind that purchase. Also let’s not forget that Brawn found the double diffuser loophole that year and milked that…

With Indy running spec chassis and engines what would Ferrari do? I suppose they could build an engine but if they miss the mark then they’re also rans and a joke. Unless Indy will change the rules to allow them to design/build a chassis (unlikely) then the car they will run would be a Dallara. I know this isn’t…

Huh, this must make my 2007 SLK350 w/ 6MT and less than 50K miles quite the catch then... 

It’s been said but if you pay full retail for Sony WH1000XM3's you don’t know how to internet and I would question why your writing for this blog. 

It’s been said but if you pay full retail for Sony WH1000XM3's you don’t know how to internet and I would question…

My Parents drove it up from the Bahamas...

I own the ‘real deal’ SLK350 and the only reason I would buy the Crossfire is that it doesn’t have Mercedes COMMAND stereo. I’m sure it was amazing back in 2007 but it sucks today. Sadly it’s also so complex and difficult to replace it’s not cost effective to do so. For some effed up reason MB used fiber optics from…

Jalopnik is everywhere.

Please with the way Governor Barbie is notdoingshit right now we won’t need outsiders to help spread the COVID, Iowans “doing the right thing” are spreading it just fiiiiine. 

If Starsky only had a little Hutch I’m sure they would have made it work. 

This is the whole DMCA in a nutshell, it’s a super gray area that is controlled not by logic but lobbyists. Yeah the farmer ‘owns’ the tractor but the DMCA says that Deere ‘owns’ the software, it’s a gross Catch-22 that needs to be struck down but nobody in a position to do so will. 

Eh whatevs, it was a Grand Wagoneer, names aside the story is still true Mr. Pedantic.

In my lifetime (1975) the 911 Turbo output has only increased 2.4 times. 

I went to college at University of Wyoming in Laramie, I was from Des Moines, Iowa. My car at the time was a 70's era Jeep Grand Cherokee w/ a 3spd and no cruise. It had a top end of about 65mph. There is nothing more boring than the entirety of Nebraska at 60-effing-5mph. 

Flushing coolant as prescribed by the manufacturer and having coolant in your car because you need to top up enough to justify having a gallon in your car are two completely separate things. One is preventative maintenance, the other is maintenance your doing to prevent failure.