And his two under-five-year olds squeal in glee and he feels like the best dad ever before buying the cheeseburgers? We’re not talking about the 99% lol, we’re talking about the Mint 400!

So the Tacoma is a solid 20% lighter (1100 lbs) from the factory, makes sense considering the 1/2 and 1/4ton starting points. In full build out, that 20% difference is likely still there with all the additions and subtractions. Taco ftw(!) or at least Taco for a better chance of crossing the finish line with its…

Bad ass. Anyone know the weight of this thing? Thinking this Tacoma is substantially lighter (10-20%?) than the Raptor which should give it in an edge moving over rough ground.

These are a great car. Yes, its not a V10 M5, and that helps a lot in making it a great car for the silent majority of jalop-heads.

Dear Jalopnik Tracy,

Christ thats trash. Have a star and hopefully it runs to the top.

Big oil is interested in your observations. Concerned? Not really; but interested. They laugh at our puny human concerns about “environment” and know that they are a large driver of economic prosperity and employment. Petro dollars + lobbying = drill baby drill.

Thanks for buying and sharing a car in which you’ll lose money as fast as you begrudgingly earn our respect. This is the train-wreck jalop writing we all want to watch and not participate in. Good luck!

This sounds great on monitors, a very noticeable effect.

Who’s buying these trucks? Farmers and oil industry folks (and city folk poseurs). There’s tens and tens of millions of people who live and work on gravel roads attached to small towns. They frack your wells, they slaughter your veal and they drive ridiculously comfortable half tons. To be fair to the farmers, over…

Look at Clarkson’s face, he’s not having any of this new-age, Kardashian-esque, social mediaz toting, hype machine “carpool karaoke” horseshit.

11) Use an external mic

Being on the wrong side of the Netflix geofence, I spent too many 15 minute sessions scanning Netflix for ‘anything good’ and giving up. Cancelling the service was the only self respecting move left to do.

The Mac/PC hate debate strikes again

Fracking increased US oil production by 4 million bpd, seemingly overnight. OPEC agreed to maybe* cut their record high outputs by 700 000 bpd amidst record outputs by several countries (Russia is at record high outputs and not in OPEC). If oil prices goes up substantially, the fracking industry will quickly take…

Look where you want to steer, and his fear had him looking at the curb. Classic.

Cheapest and easiest = one weekend of light sanding and trim removal (prep) at home, get it across the border, or wherever, for a frugal spray in the original color. $1500 fast dollars and you can be posting about dumb things done in it before Thanksgiving.

Monetizing cloud assets is a strong theme here. If you’re old fashioned and still want to know where things are in file folders, the free 3rd party apps still offer great unbiased information. Example: Disk Inventory with a visual representation of each file is great for ‘seeing’ your HD.

Faraday Aztec. It’s Frrresh!

Future classic! This one is extra timeless.