You can’t “just reopen” a shuttered hospital. It’s a bit like “just driving” a car that’s been sitting in a barn for many years. Getting it moving again is a process. You’ve got to get the ventilation, heat, AC, plumbing, and power all working. You’ve got to test and replace filters, gaskets, seals, vacuum tubes etc. T…

Could someone close to him check that Raph is getting enough fiber? He seems more cranky than usual today.

Can you show us on the doll wear GM touched you Erik? Because you basically found a non-story and made it sound like GM intentionally drummed up the interview and then gloated, neither of which appears to be the case based on the actual read of the Freep article.

What are you upset about? That they are handling this better than most other car companies or that they are pointing it out?

Indeed, there are probably fewer pickup buyers in Brooklyn and Presidio Heights, but people in Wyoming and Alabama are not experiencing the same thing as New Yorkers.
New Orleans seems to be by far the hardest hit southern city, and it had Mardi Gras (nor a bastion of “’Murica” as far as I can tell). Outside of…

This is exactly on point. The middle and southern states have much lower infection rates than urban areas. These are also redder and more rural states, where government stay-at-home orders are viewed skeptically and sometimes with hostility. This happens to be the core market for trucks as well. 

I don’t have a truck. I have no need for a truck (just rented an F250 flatbed from Home Depot this weekend for $40, so that’s all the truck I will need for this year). However, every time I see a new Ram (especially in Rebel trim, minus the obnoxious stickers), I kinda want one. If I had a truck, I would definitely…

Nah, don’t make excuses for Erik. He has almost universally shitty takes and a pretty blatant disdain for cars in general. I think a LOT of regular readers are tired of his takes, especially in a time where there isn’t much other content on Jalop.

It’s not as thought OEM’s are selling MORE trucks than any normal time, it’s just that they are selling MORE than anything else right now.  There won’t be a glut of trucks any more than there is any other time.

But this particular post isn’t an opinion piece, it’s supposed to be the morning news roundup. I wholeheartedly agree with bro. Bilious72 comment!

Did you expect anything less? People are still working, and the people who are buying trucks are most likely essential employees to begin with, and/or people who run their own companies and still need trucks. These people are going to buy vehicles, while people who don’t need them during the pandemic aren’t buying the…

“From vintage supercars to modern jet fighters, Jalopnik is obsessed with the cult of cars and everything that moves you – tanks, bikes, and planes, with the exception of trucks and anything GM.”

This whole “you own a truck to prove your manhood” thing is so stupid. Just because YOU don’t want a truck doesn’t mean that those who do are compensating for something. It just means you don’t want a truck and the other person does. Why do you have to go straight to thinking about that person’s penis? Why can’t…

They’re tough

We get it. You don’t like trucks. In a little over a month, you have posted three articles implying trucks are terrible. Don’t buy one.

In the midwest (which exists even though it’s not New York or Los Angeles), people drive trucks instead of SUVs and sedans. They can be just as luxurious as either of those, ride…

Erik, first gear hit home! I just bought a RAM 1500 from Stew Hansen’s. My wife and I were honing in on the Kia Telluride or a RAM as our next purchase but demand has kept Telluride prices high and inventory limited. The other option was to get a truck since we are always needing to haul stuff to the dump, bring the…

Fist emoji.  I assume it is a fist raised in solidarity with the union.

1st Gear: Please keep buying those trucks, I prefer being employed.

There’s also the concern that there are three different “standardized” plugs for EVs [Tesla, CHAdeMo, and CCS] so it would need three different plugs if it was permanently connected to the charger. 

Greyhound is about the Battle of the Atlantic in 1942, just after the US entered the war; it was a very bad year. Hanks plays a Navy destroyer captain escorting a merchant ship convoy. Their civilian crews faced near impossible odds as German U-boats hunted them in large groups called Wolf Packs. You could stand on…