Nah, that’s pretty accurate. But Americans like mediocre cars with perceived value.... As long as VW keeps bringing the GTI/Golf R over, I don’t give a shit about their mass market product.

My mission in life is to own nice cars and not drive them like an arsehole. You know when you hold a door open for an old lady and you see the “oh hey, this millennial clear isn’t a douchebag” look. I want that for nice cars.

2JZ.

Good chance this will be buried under the 450 other replies, but grats on the gig at Autotrader and best of luck! Guess I’ll be doing more on that site now than trying to find a used Elise priced anything other than $30,000.

My god, have I stepped into an alternate dimension where Tavarish is no longer shilling for BMW? I wonder what else is different. Did the Nazis win WW2? Did we elect Hillary instead of that black guy?

That’s a veiled threat if I’ve ever heard one. I hope you make enough money at your new job to get out of our mom’s basement.

Bye, Doug! I’m sorry for what I did to your lunches in the break room fridge all these years. Good luck!

I think I speak for everyone here when I say it’s been a pleasure working with you and hosting all of your insane ideas over the years. We wish you nothing but the best and good luck with the new venture. Also, God bless you for taking that PT Cruiser off the road.

First I was taught to fold those greasy NYC pizza slices in half and deal with the burning lava they call cheese; I said “Fine.” Then they told me I had to learn how to use chopsticks to eat sushi, even though it’s basically the perfect finger food. Okay, whatever, it’s nothin’. Next I had to learn how to pick crabs…

Crunchy taco shells are the actual worst. Even that flat-bottomed bullshit will still disintegrate after two bites.

dead giveaways that reporters are getting trolled:

He got fired by old /drive ‘mgt’ team. So, he missed all the stupidity that ensued.

For Me:

Man, that sucks.

Hey, one of these days, could you (or someone) write a story on the whole history with Farah, Drive, the Drive, Spinelli, Jalopnik, etc? I’ve heard that Spinelli started Jalopnik, then I think he was part owner of /drive with Matt Farah, then something happened and Matt started his own thing and Harris and some others…

Acura tech here. All that stuff is surprisingly commonplace. The o-ring, HFL, gas cap, Brembo pads? All par for the course. The dead giveaway for the HFL unit hanging up is to put your hand just in front of the map lamps in the overhead console. If it is warm or hot whilst the car is off, boo-yah.

The new shop agreed with my assessment that the current drain plug was substandard, and leaking a little, so they rethreaded the oil pan with a slightly larger one.

Drop all the names you need to.

Without sponsors I don’t race and then there wouldn’t be a story to tell