Right here is the reason Jalopnik has my undying support. Keep this coming!
Right here is the reason Jalopnik has my undying support. Keep this coming!
The rugged men and women of the American Southwest will tell you: no car will do but the 1978 Plymouth Sapporo.
Toyota has great sales because people buy anything they produce as long as that logo is on the front. [See also: Apple] They have amazing brand loyalty, so they can afford to take styling risks. Unfortunately, they’ve got a little too far off the deep end with that lately.
I still really dig the first Lexus IS, especially in SportCross form. Can we forgive it for the silver taillights it foisted upon the tuner world for the better part of a decade? I say yes.
So if your car gets stuck on the way down, do you get to shake the building?
This. Make sure you’re on flat, even hoon-ground, far from curbs.
Just hope there’s not a curb or island hiding in there. I’ve seen a Subaru do that in deep snow and snap the wheels and control arms on one side.
Here here! (Hear hear?) As someone who has been in possession of all of these except a Corvair, I whole heartedly agree. A Gremlin was the most reliable car I’ve ever owned. The Trabi was a fascinating solution to making a cheap car in the worst conditions possible. The Yugo was dirt cheap and built like it, but it…
There should be a regular column about dots. Dots of the week!
Now it’s my turn to apologize. I knew what you meant. I was just making a joke. For what it’s worth, it’s not even an exhaustive list of transportation-related dots. They could do a post about Botts’ dots (although Patrick already had a post a few years ago discounting them as a contributor to Roger Rodas’ and Paul…
Foot braille?
No matter how hard or lonely it gets, just remember: the Audi RS2 Avant was real.
This has epic FAIL written all over it.
Love your posts, the main reason I visit Jalopnik. I’ll read about rust bucket clunker projects all day.
Are you an L-Type person or a P-Type person?
It’s cheap. It will last forever. It’s reasonably fun to wring out. It’s modular in design, with shocking levels of…