Jalop, you now officially suck.
How many days can your continue to take money for splashing their ads all over Jalop like some beige beast vomiting everywhere?
Don't ask me to explain, but it just feels like with C&D or Autoweek used to do an entire magazine wrap for some crappy new model that they wouldn't ordinarily give two shits about. Don't go knocking the paper mags for being shills for the biggest wallet, at least until you don't do it yourself.
I know why Murliee left, and I'm gladly following him.
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How many days can your continue to take money for splashing their ads all over Jalop like some beige beast vomiting everywhere?
Don't ask me to explain, but it just feels like with C&D or Autoweek used to do an entire magazine wrap for some crappy new model that they wouldn't ordinarily give two shits about. Don't go knocking the paper mags for being shills for the biggest wallet, at least until you don't do it yourself.
I know why Murliee left, and I'm gladly following him.
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Anyone else think it's ridiculous that on one hand Jalopnik can denounce Toyota as attack of the beige and on the other accept sponsorship dollars? I'm going to boycott Jalop until this ridiculous red-banner goes away. I hope others join me too.
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Tom...I like you already. Your ridiuclous passion for full-sized two door wagons matches my own in depth and breadth...I feel like I've found a long lost brother!
Going to go a bit Trekkie on you here...
but that's not supposed to be the Enterprise...
but that's not supposed to be the Enterprise...
I'm not going to go for a "platform", but for an actual vehicle with interchangeable parts.
Chevy Venture/Uplander
Oldsmobile Silhouette
Buick Terraza
Buick GL8
Saturn Relay
Vauxhall/Open Sintra
Pontica Transport/Montana SV6/SV6
Chevy Venture/Uplander
Oldsmobile Silhouette
Buick Terraza
Buick GL8
Saturn Relay
Vauxhall/Open Sintra
Pontica Transport/Montana SV6/SV6
@ccc40821: This was in 1986, I didn't really know any better. I remember being delayed on the tarmac for hours while they fixed navigational clocks...it was a plane load of Italians going home...the haze of cigarette smoke was something I've never seen since. We flew back on British Caledonia...what a difference!
@ccc40821: I agree with what you're saying, I'm speaking from a 'romantic' point of view. My first trans-atlantic flight was on an aging 747 from Tower Air. It was a disaster of a plane, but I just loved 747's from that moment on.
@PHIL: I agree. I dislike Airbus planes with a passion that is so intense...few people really understand how much I loathe them. Everytime I fly on one, it just feels cheaply made. The last few cross-Atlantic flights have all been on them, I can't remember the last time I was on a 747. I miss them dearly.
@luisthebeast: Funny, I thought you just added the extra "d" and meant the Gol. A far more interesting vehicle! And it's not like I make no typos...so no harm done.
What's a VW Gold?
@Ray Wert: Who am I to judge, really...thanks for correcting that! Keep up the good work Ray!
Great article, but not to be pedantic but that's a classic Transit...and I am positive that the denizens of Jalop know the difference.
There were many cars that came and went through my household, but I would have to say the one that lasted longest was a '81 Caprice (brown over tan) two door with probably a 305. Nice enough car, but man, those doors were LONG and HEAVY. No wonder they started to sag by the time we bought it in '85.
@SagarikaLumos: Well, Ford has only been building light duty pickup trucks for the last 6 or 7 years, so they are bound to make a few mistakes.
Oh, that's right. They've actually had a successful line (perhaps THE most successful line) of light duty (and heck even medium duty) trucks for the last 50 years or so.
I'm pretty sure Ford has tested these engines from here to Saturn and back...
Oh, that's right. They've actually had a successful line (perhaps THE most successful line) of light duty (and heck even medium duty) trucks for the last 50 years or so.
I'm pretty sure Ford has tested these engines from here to Saturn and back...
@Paul Y. requires regruntling: Wow...Fredonia NOT involving school...good idea to move far far away. I did 22 years in upstate NY (Horseheads growing up, SUNY Oswego for undergrad) and then moved to Tallahassee Florida. Sadly, it was out of the frying pan into the fire with THAT move. Fortunately, cars don't rust down there (I was amazed to see late '60's Chevy trucks still employed as official state vehicles!)
@powermatic: Here here! And less of people posting stupid pictures instead of writing interesting commentary.
@Paul Y. requires regruntling: Rural Western New York...Horseheads perchance?
@Wunno Sev: 9C1 models always get a free pass in my book, but I'm talking about the first generation Lumina...unbelievable that the General could put out something that terrible what, 3 years? 4 years? After Ford came out with the Taurus.
I'd start off by saying why I am posting at 9pm EST on Jalop.
Second, I'd have to say that since the X-bodies spawned the A-bodies (Century, Ciera, ad nauseum) they at least had a successful life, even if they couldn't complete squarely.
Now let's talk about the Lumina. That couldn't even compete with domestics, let alone anything from another continent. At least it had rear windows that rolled down...
Second, I'd have to say that since the X-bodies spawned the A-bodies (Century, Ciera, ad nauseum) they at least had a successful life, even if they couldn't complete squarely.
Now let's talk about the Lumina. That couldn't even compete with domestics, let alone anything from another continent. At least it had rear windows that rolled down...
Roger Barlow and Satch Carlson. I would have to give credit to those two for helping to solidify my car guy status.
And to my parents, who got me an Autoweek subscription in 1987 at the tender age of 10. What a wonderful world I was in!
And to my parents, who got me an Autoweek subscription in 1987 at the tender age of 10. What a wonderful world I was in!
