I love a machine with a history, whether it's a car or an instrument (drums with a patina of wear aren't looked at as favorably in the industry though) so I can appreciate that. I do think that the idea of pre-worn clothes or whatever is insulting at its core though. I just seems dishonest and disrespectful of both…

Isn't the proper way to do it to simply buy a new Les Paul, Strat or whatever and then play it constantly for the next 20yrs, thus attaining true wear and patina on the instrument as well as a lifetime of experience and talent for the musician?

and so Jalopnik has now created the market for Rat Exotics.

Left and Right are correct but Stop is upside down. That hand should be pointing downward to indicate braking.
The folks saying that signal is actually Right are out of date by about 15yrs or so. They long since came to realize that while if you're in a car nobody will see your right hand pointing, on a bike it…

I think yon neckless tire-iron wielding moron must be from Texas.
Do something really stupid, intentionally causing a cluster-fuck then get your bowels in an uproar because someone didn't leap out of your way; that's the SOP here...

Let me fix that:
Toyota Camry
Old: Boring, fuddy, duddy

Yaaaarrr!

You visited the Front Range or maybe the Western Slope or if you were really adventurous Four Corners, right? Well the other half of the state is all flat prairie and all those farms use trucks; also, a lot of the locals in the back country need hauling capability, too, but you just dont' see it in the tourist areas.…

Oklahoma isn't in the Midwest. Ok is definitely "the West" including cowboys and Indians and horses and cows and such.

Excellent article and exactly the reason why I come here: a touch of automotive obsession along with a lot of knowledge combined with mechanical know-how. Thanks for sharing this with us.

I don't think it's undamaged unless you're willing to overlook the fine coating of aerosolized poo and assorted bodily fluids courtesy of the driver and passenger totally voiding themselves...

So shouldn't the freakin' insurance companies start giving us discounts for having a stick as an anti-theft measure?

Any time I take video of a public event, I do it in portrait mode, just in case it turns out to be newsworthy and I can sell it to CNN, Fox or some other news-ish agency. My over-arching hope is that I will be able to capture something which goes on to win a Pulitzer or something and causes massive heartburn in the…

I find that the correct music selection makes it possible for me to pilot my "borrowed" F16 through dogfights with multiple enemy aircraft then land at their airfield to rescue my illegally detained father. I can then avenge my mentor-slash-surrogate father who was shot down on the way in by shooting down the…

I can categorically state that few things annoy me more than the idea of having to clean the house before going on a trip. I've always figured it ranks right up there with cleaning the house before the maid shows up, fixing the car before taking it to the mechanic and removing your own appendix before visiting the…

Nah, it just took 'em that long to get turned around for another pass at landing in the states...

Dude, Selma still exists but mostly in name only. Just to warm your heart cockles, though, what was the town hall/jail is now a Hooters.

That thing is at best edible. All right thinking mammal know that any cheeseburger worth eating has these on it:

I solved all those problems by simply not having kids. More people should consider that solution.