I think the XK8, that replaced this came out in 1997 - so this would have been the very last model year of the XK-S style - and the last year for the I6 and the V12. So this really does represent a bit of an end of an era for Jaguar.

Thank you!

This is the type of journalism the world needs more of. Thank you Mr. T, and a happy belated birthday to you!

I blew a latex tube in a track bike tire (at the velodrome, natch) at like 165psi or something (you run high pressures at the velodrome because it’s smooth enough to be faster).

Back, oh I dunno, 11-12 years or so, right before the Veyron was actually launching, I had the opportunity to work with the 3D data for it. We were producing marketing material, stills, some animation, etc... It was such a fun model to work with, compared to most of the stuff that I dealt with at the time.

*remembers that David’s engineering job at Jeep was cooling systems*

Drive a Crosstrek. Can confirm that this may be the first time “neck snapping acceleration” and Crosstrek have ever been used in the same sentence.

Did you give the chair a shake and say “That’s not going anywhere”? If not, that was your first fatal mistake.

I was gonna say that trucks have had automatics for quite awhile now. Hell, in my employer’s fleet I think it was either ‘17 or ‘18 that was the last year that drivers that worked for us had a choice between manual or automatic when they rotated into a new cab. Every new one we’ve gotten since has been automatic.

That’s a pretty pricey car. Be a real shame if something happened to it.

McDonaldland Cookies

https://jalopnik.com/how-to-cook-a-delicious-meal-with-your-car-1775720726

Man that hurt.

Jesus, dude, when we all told you on Tuesday to kill that Jeep-shaped pile of mouse shit with fire, we didn’t think you’d take us literally.

If I remember back to biology class, sometimes when two wheels get together, sometimes the undesirable traits match up and low and behold something new is born.

there, you’re free!

But enough about Nascar...

Reminds me of Disney’s Aerosmith Rock n’ Roller Coaster at Hollywood Studios. You get in the cue and you meet the band as their hits are played overhead. Every Dad over 40 is rocking out and the kids are going “Who the hell are these guys?!”.

I prefer the Patrick Star over Spongebob for wheels

“10. SAE Announces New Level 6 Of Autonomy, Where The Sentient Car No Longer Gives A Shit About Driving Your Stupid Ass Anywhere