Jake commented on What Will Help Sell Electric Cars?

"In the short term for sales in the US and many countries 1."

Jake commented on The Stig Breaks In Top Gear Australia's Test Track

"They are screwed either way..."

Jake commented on Chevy Volt Engine Won't Recharge Batteries While Driving; Just A Regular Plug-In Hybrid?

"Wow, knee jerk Jalopnik poster EPIC FAIL. Looks like after about a page or two of the thread people managed to wrap their brains around it. 1."

Jake commented on Top Five Reasons Your Tires Fail

"Interesting that wear isn't in the top five. With new tires you can tend to abuse them to the very end and they never or rarely fail."

Jake commented on Gawker Introduces Threaded Commenting, Jalopnik Goes To Plaid

"Hearts?"

Jake commented on UK Top Gear Comes Back To America, Tests Corvette ZR1, Challenger SRT8, CTS-V

"It has to be Richard in the Challenger, it just doesn't make any sense the other way around."

Jake commented on Hyundai Genesis Drag Races A Porsche Boxster

"There are plenty of slow porsches out there. 83-89 911 6.3 seconds 89-93 Carrera 4 and 2 Tiptronic 6.2 manual 5.5 94-98 Most of the 993's (non turbo) were around 5.2-7.1 (targa+triptronic=slow) 00-04 996's - 4.7-5.3 05-08 997's - 4.6-5.1 So basically with the exception of the turbo models and the more modern models, most porsches don't have exceptional 0-60 times."

Jake commented on Takuma Sato's Super Aguri F1 Car Sells For $150,000

"Total steal, i'm surprised it didn't auction for WAY more"

Jake commented on Chinese Valve Stem Warning Could Affect Everyone Who's Had Tires Replaced Since 2006

"Better idea, don't drive a vehicle that will flip over upon deflation of tires... I've had tire deflation's at speeds in excess 150 miles an hour with no detrimental effects."

Jake commented on HKS Tunes 2010 Hyundai Genesis Coupe

"For a Hyundai, that actually looks pretty nice."