Jalopnik talks about boats, planes, helicopters, trains, trucks, tanks... just about anything with a motor. This is interesting content that I frankly wasn’t really that aware of. I’m not sure what your beef is. 

The 2nd gen Charger, the all-time Hollywood star car and all-time Top 10 in styling as I keep grinding that axe, not make the list. Incredible.

I am also confused by this. Does having a press car somehow make you an unsafe driver? Shouldn’t driving different cars be part of the job of an automotive journalist?

Yeah, but that’s because Subaru doesn’t have “Full Self Driving”  /s

“It’s one of the reasons I stopped accepting press cars, as I didn’t want a simple mistake to ruin the lives of any of my fellow Detroiters.”

Talk about an easy call. Coming from the slapdash 1st gen fastback Charger to the classic 2nd gen—talk about hitting one out of the ballpark:

Easily, the Dodge Charger. It went from a kind of awkward looking and expensive Coronet that didn’t sell well to the greatest looking American car of all time that way out sold Dodge’s expectations.

A car blog located in a dense urban area that is hostile to car ownership. Brilliant.

Nope

If the Freedom Bridge protest was doing so for a good reason, I wouldn’t mind so much. That what it takes sometimes—using protests to affect change for the better--like the Selma bridge protest.

Nah, throw a Mexican blanket over the seat and go for a rip. Worth it.

As a cyclist, I’ve actually been excited about self-driving cars because how could they be as bad as human motorists? And now I see: just as bad, with their own cheerleading squad.

Texas Mode engaged: Attack Cyclists

Best of luck David! May your bolts break loose and your electrical issues not be difficult.

Damn, are the onion chopping ninjas attacking you to? Happening a lot on this thread!

Ha, I totally relate to this. My parents were broke when I was little - like “needed an interest-free loan from my grandparents to avoid going bankrupt” broke.

You kid, but I remember when I was a kid and wanted really hard a specific VW Beetle toy. My father saved up to buy it, but when he finally got around buying it, the thing was out of stock.

That is quite interesting. My dad told me you have to learn in the manual cause that is actually learning how to drive. He also knew that learning in a manual causes you to actually learn about governing speed and it keeps you more engaged. Americans these days are more concerned with convenience so they can play…

Back in the day, I was that kid. Only it was a Sanyo portable tape player instead of a Walkman, because my parents had two kids and the ‘80s saw Canada in the midst of a mortgage crisis. Can you imagine... my folks had a 19% mortgage from 1981 - ‘84.

I forget which Burnout series it was, but we had the Playstation hooked up to a projector, and would get drunker than Cooter Brown, and do the crash mode thing, complete with explosions.

It really was the ultimate drinking game. Get drunk, CRASH! High score naturally wins.

THAT was way better than having some drinks…