This car works shockingly well as a convertible. Way, way slicker than the new ‘stang vert.

I am a Jalopnik fanboy.

8: THIS. Using dishwashing soap on your car is like using Lever 2000 in your god damn hair unless expressly for the purpose of removing existing wax / sealant at which time wax or sealant should be REAPPLIED.

It’s also possible they simply refused to give the BBC a full “no” until the 11th hour to see if they could force them into allowing Jeremy back on the show. It could very well have just been a bluff, not that I think the BBC could remotely go back on the decision to pull Jeremy off the show without completely…

Yeah, the 2.3-16 is common enough in America, and you can find shitbox examples for sub-$10K without much trouble, but you’re asking for a never-ending supply of repairs. Prices on pristine, low-miles ones are going up, though - $20-30,000 is not unheard of for sub-50k mile examples.

why this color was ever popular in cars in the mid-aughts, I still have no fucking clue. IT’S THE COLOR OF PEE, PEOPLE, COME ON.

Larger kidneys allow for superior filtration of the toxic personalities who will inhabit this vehicle.

I had one guy bring along his “mechanic” friend who tried to tell me my car had been in a “serious rear-end accident” because an exposed portion of the frame visible in the spare compartment of my old S4 looked “too new” and “not original.” Yes, it is apparently unbelievable that a painted piece of fucking steel can…

I don’t have enough stars for this.

If you’ve got to do a whole head or more, yeah, go for it. But even if I need 5-10 cloves I generally just prefer doing it by hand, this method generates more dishes, even though it is super awesome as a party trick / kitchen demo.

Really enjoyed this video, Tav. Get Mr. R to share it on his YouTube channel, you deserve more eyeballs.

That’s such a bummer. Well, I hope they get it right eventually. I’d love to see a MazdaSpeed 2 with a turbodiesel or something bonkers.

Unfortunately, social engineering works extremely well on people who don’t spend a lot of time doing commerce or business on the internet. If you’re just on Facebook at home and using a computer otherwise just for work stuff, you’re just not getting exposed to the hilarious amount of fraud that happens on the web.

I’ve got a sudden and indescribable urge to watch regular car reviews now.

Mazda 6 diesel wagon with 300ftlb+ torque? WHY AREN’T WE GETTING THIS

Wow. These people have gotten altogether too much sympathy.

Yes, I’m now aware he was pro-bono - my mistake.

As far as I was aware, there was substantial debate as to how to date these vehicles (and thus discussion of the shadiness of the importer) because so many of the parts had been replaced with newer Defender pieces that they were no longer really anything but a few frame pieces of the original cars, to varying degrees.

Unpopular opinion incoming.

Yeah, I was going to say - a W221 V12 is not anywhere near bottoming out at $35k. The V12s hold their value better than the V8s, but not that much better. The technology will age, and when it becomes clear an ‘08 S550 is a Palm Pre to a 2020 Hyundai Sonata’s iPhone 6 in terms of driver assist and connected technology,…