I just watched Maximum Overdrive this weekend- the opening scene has a bridge raising full of traffic with no crossbars.  So my answer?  We’re going through the tail of a comet and need to make our way to the nearest truck stop right away.

He would just commission custom tail lights for every car in every Jalopnik writer’s collection.

Ohm my god that was terrible.

“Only let down by the fake wood trim” followed by a picture of a peeling, disintegrating door card...

I’m definitely not as much an enthusiast as the rest of the readers of this blog, but I did learn to drive in manuals.  Many of my early cars were manuals, although none really sporty, engaging to drive cars (Beetle, Mazda 323, VW Jetta, etc).  I actually had to buy a used car earlier this year, and made a point to…

I know- that little area squeezed between a BP and a house is about the size of my suburban back yard.  I figured since I was just a few miles away I had to see it.

Just last week, I went on a road trip to see Orville Peck in the Quad Cities.  I had no idea how close I was to the shop in the show until Danielle actually showed up at the show.

Your take on that little shelf cover thing makes me feel better about my decisions.  I have a wee hatchback, and since I brought it home, the rear seats have been folded down and that stupid divider has been stashed in my garage.  I have not missed it one bit.

I’m a middle aged suburban white grill dude, and this made me laugh... hard!  And it actually is informative.  Well done!

I have a Pollo Campero down the street from me in Minnesota.  Can confirm, it’s good chicken (and I don’t really even like chicken).  When it opened, the lines out the door were astounding.  They also got into the chicken sandwich wars, and do an excellent version.  Plus, yucca fries.

I fell victim to the “Burger Den” myself this weekend.  I was in a tough spot and broke down, only to watch on the app as the first driver rejected, the second driver circled the restaurant five times, not seeing “Burger Den” before giving up, and eventually, the third driver delivered a cold Denny’s burger and soggy…

Am I the only one with the Tom Waits song “Chocolate Jesus” stuck in my head with a clever lyric change now?

You could always pitch to your boss “Hey, my blogs are influential enough to inflate the market on used vans in Japan significantly” and demand a raise.

I love Smashburger.  Their fries are one of my favorites.  I’ve never seen one at a food court, though, only the dine in locations, many of which have shut down in my area, so this news confused me.

I find the best dust is on the top shelf.  When I lick shelves, I do enjoy the well aged stuff.  I guess you could call me a top shelf licker.

I have a hangup about cold coffee.  Iced coffee, coffee stouts, etc, all gross me out, even though I love a hot cup of coffee.  I don’t think I’ll be enjoying this as much as everyone else.

I always knew this as whenever I look at a lovely dram of Scotch, I say to myself “be still, heart.”

I still need to try that.  I’ve heard good things, but every time I get within two blocks of a McDonald’s, the smell just turns me off.

I got a BA in the design discipline, and have long held that the hyper-modernism of the 70s deserves a resurgence.  Then again, I never got a job in the design industry, so maybe my taste is trash.

Wrong continent, sadly, but now you have me curious...