So an education qualifies as “little in return”? Interesting comment from someone in academia.

The americans have always been around with manuals. The top spec euro cars are fading away from it, exept for Jaguar.

Shhhh .... you're saying reasonable things about Volvos on Jalopnik.

I must have missed the whole "Volvo comeback." When did that start? I still see an overpriced lineup of shit I wouldn't own.

After the last reporter left and the room grew silent, Lynch sat down in his locker and shed a single tear, sighing, "No one ever asks about my heart."

short left plus 1 over crest into Subaru

"Let's be honest, stuff like this is why the idea of limiting team radio communication was a bad idea."

I enjoy this blog, but giving theories like this any credence without a shred of evidence is really disappointing. I won't be surprised now if there's a follow-on post with the "truth" about TWA 800.

not that i'm arguing with the decision, but how does this guy get charged/convicted but the dude that drove the CL500 across country a few months (or yearS can't recall now) and broke the record to go cross country goes scott free? He admits to what he did, his face and car is everywhere... how is this any different…

This guy seems like an idiot, and made some bad choices.

TL;DR: Upload using a crappy netbook next time, at a Starbucks WiFi, while using a stolen license plate while actually doing the speed run.

If you pay attention and don't be a dumbass you won't be scared by the thing you should have seen to begin with

They might be startled by an unexpected object in their periphery, or perhaps loud the loud straight pipes popular with many bikers. The first reaction of most drivers to something unexpected is to brake. Ask yourself, if you were walking down the street and a person ran up past you unexpectedly would you be…

nothing makes a car slam it's brakes more than a bike zooming between it and the car next to it!

Until it's my car they run into... Then I care.

I can't tell you how close I got to convincing the wife I needed one of these.

Everyone has done it for a reason....

Physics would beg to differ. Spinning wheels have less grip.

How to win car tug of war:

As far as I can tell, the sound of idling V8s is far more obnoxious than the blissful sound of power tools digging into concrete and the warning beeps of reversing construction vehicles. Clearly the last thing you need on a hard day working at the site is a box seat to the automotive theatre as you try to enjoy your…