@Vizzini: Most rally drivers will say that they never even see the spectators. I know that I don't notice the few specators on stage unless they have a flash camera or they are standing at a particularly boring section (not where spectators want to be anyway). So the question becomes, why slow down for something you…
Kidney for sale!!!
@TinaChow: I agree 100%. I've driven in most of the major US, Canadian, Mexican cities cited and even Rome and London. they can't hold a candle to China and southeast Asia in general. The old saying is "of course China is a free country, look how they drive, they are free to go anywhere!!!" Or "the only freedom…
Anything that makes that hell hole Heathrow better is good in my book. After my last trip there I am boycotting the entire UK (minus Scotland of course because my ancestors there don't like being considered subject to any crown)
also with sufficient skill a bobcat can be balanced on it's two rear wheels and "walked" around. I developed quite a nack for this while working as a landscaping laborer for several years in highschool and college. Getting them on the two side wheels was a bit more tricky but once you put them on their…
@Ray Wert: I'm waiting patiently all week, and by patiently I mean posting the same curmudgenly comments about this KITTgasm.
@boognish: That was a Subaru, although many places cite Jackie Chan as "Mitsubishi Driver" or "Mitsubishi Engineer" the car was a Turbo Justy. [i62.photobucket.com]
@dylanseals: I'm mostly mad at Jalopnik for their "ongoing KITTgasm" that this week has become. Like all the "Hoff worship" was not stupid enough, now we are all giddy over a crappy remake a la Transformers. Bring me the head of Los Jalops and get back to what is more important, like how many Russian girls fit in an…
Less Knight Rider crap, more race car crap. Jalponik coolness factor is declining rapidly after it had just been restored to pre-Transformers-gasm levels.....
so now that the crapfest of Transformers is safely behind us we have THIS sh*tfest to look forward to!?!?!? I'd like to kick the c*ck gobbling fecs munches who put this into action square in the baby makers. And Los Jalops, do we need to have endless posts on this?!?! Give up a little income for the sake of your…
@stickystyle: Nope, Mythbusters prooved that these as well as life hammers worked exceptionally well but electric and manual windows did not because of the friction caused by the force of the water pressure on one side of the glass and air pressure on the other, assuming the car has not completely filled with water…
@v1650: This thing *IS* a spring loaded center punch wrapped up ina seatbelt cutter. The one I have doesn't ahve the bells & whistles (pun intended) and cost $9 for a pair at safedrives.com
The car drove away just fine. Ken has commented that it was not a big deal compared to a real rally jump and that the snow stuff was a piece of cake for the car. The suspension is not significantly modified over stock (if you consider swapping out struts insignificant).
@Novaload: I have the same thing in the rally car, we put it on the shoulder strap buckle so it is always withing reach when we find ourselves upside down in a lake. I think there is probably an ocsure sopt you could tape it so that it is hidden but within easy reach when you really need it. This thing wouldn't…
Johnny, you can bring the luxobarge and the two beauties to the next rally, we'll see how it hoons in the dirt!!
I was carrying kegs into our fraternity party when one of the guys told us about his passing. We partied extra hard and mourned his loss because he was supposedly scheduled to do a show at our school later that month. I still enjoy his work to this day. My gf will never understand when I let out a Kinison-esque…
Of course I know a lot about you guys, I'm a commenter here also ;)
I say get the F*CK out of that waste of time show and boogie down to Baja to catch the finish of the race that you dare not mention. What, are all Mexican races taboo to Jalopnik now??!! no mention of La Carrera Panamericana, now no mention of the 40th Baja 1000?!?!?!? "I ashame of you"
Riverside ain't got nothin on Beijing. I've been to both. We need to get the athletes to train in a dome with five dozen poorly tuned city buses belching out black smoke all day long to get close to Beijing. My eyes, nose and throat burned every minute I was in that city. Riverside is a fresh mountain day after a…