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In all honesty, its really an editor’s job to catch these mistakes.. Writers are responsible for first drafts. Its the internet, so editors aren’t really a thing. Its the tradeoff for it being, you know, free.

You want perfect diction/grammar? Pay a subscription, because that extra money is going towards frills like… Read more

You’d think he wood of cot the error.

Pedantic? Your a righter. Act like won.

Pretty much no one can afford to lose money on a car the way VAG can. Maybe Toyota could if they weren’t so goddamn cautious. Read more

I agree, reminds me of the Lexus LFA. No one ever gets to see one in public and only car people know about it.

Accessible sports cars are not breadwinners for any brand, because cheapskates don’t buy such vehicles in droves. A good way to get a lot of money very quickly as a small marque is to sell high-horsepower ego machines. Read more

“We will make an artificial noise as is legally required,” he said, “and we’re going through a development process to work out what that noise is for Lotus today. That noise will become synonymous with Lotus. It can happen at all speeds, but only legally up to 12 mph. It’ll become the equivalent of an exhaust note.”

Everyone is piling on (rightly) but the point is, a lot of us don’t read every car blog or Reddit. The question is whether the content is good and interesting to Jalopnik readers. And none of those other outlets have some sort of exclusivity to third party YouTube videos.

Active Noise Cancellation is annoying, if the stereo is off I can hear the annoying hiss of it, similar to a white noise generator, sometimes I can even hear it while driving. Unfortunately, it is here to stay for a while in cars.

You turn up the stereo.

But what about noises from creaky, poor interior build quality? You can muffle outside noises all you want but it’s that squeaky panel that’s gonna drive everybody insane.

Inb4 a swarm of Audi nominations. I’ll just throw the 4.2 timing chain clusterfuck out there.

I believe the proper term is governor covernor.

Beat me to it. Mine was going to be “Takata’s updated ‘safer’ airbag!”

The winning bidder’s gonna need some rossa-colored glasses, ’cause this project looks like a real Testa of one’s patience and skill.

holy fuck. 99% match for a Corolla... Should I hand my Jalop card in now?

In seat comfort, the Smart held a slight edge, but the Honda suits me better overall. I can now see *under* my rearview mirror when I’m scanning to the right for cross traffic, and I don’t have to hunch down and lean forward to see traffic lights. Read more

I use to DD a Vibe, now I DD a Juke.