And the AWD model has a transmission hump that intrudes into the driver’s side footwell. You have to hook your foot in front of it to reach the pedals. It’s like riding half a horse sidesaddle, and it baffles me that it ever made it to production.

I think this would be a great Christmas special on Velocity where Graveyard Cars gives him a nice Charger build. Can Jalopnik make that happen?

+1 Pink Roxy sticker.

College girls everywhere can take comfort that they’ll still be able to row their own gears.

One really simple example of the whole shear stabilizing panels concept are the chintzy looking cardboard.fiberboard panels they include in furniture kits (typically for covering the majority of the back panel on a dresser). Without this panel installed the entire structure is weak and unstable, with the panel…

Being smart and buying a minivan is far from a midlife crisis. It’s more a of a mid-life crisis when you don’t have the guts to drive the vehicle that is best for your needs or when you make fun of minivans.

I spent two years in that area. Fortunately, I was able to live only about 15-20 minutes from work, and my commute was strategically planned so I was driving the opposite direction as peak traffic. The fact that so many people willingly and voluntarily spend 2 hours or more per day in the car each way/twice a day to…

There’s this 2005 Maserati GranSport at a dealership up the street from me for a cool $21,777. I can’t even imagine what kind of a maintenance nightmare this thing would be and every time I drive past it I laugh a little waiting for someone to pick it up. They have it parked right in front, of course.

I can’t believe your crappy reporting on this.

Pretty sure. If its a Highlander, there can be only one.

Some very fine people on both sides

Yes, but you’re going to cheap out on materials.

I got to that point of the article and made a beeline for the comments. Not surprised. John Davis is like the Ralph Wiggum of car journalists. Adorable but equally cringy.

I thought maybe it was an easter egg for the amount of torques it has? 720?

“Had no problem” until he did. Seriously, if you can’t afford to keep a car for a couple months while you’re looking for a new job, you can’t afford the car. Period.

this is somewhat untrue. if you’ve ever spent a lot of time on track, you will eventually break, slide off course or maybe wreck. when that wrecker comes out to haul your car out they very well may just grab anything they can to get your car moving, especially if the car is in a precarious position... last thing…