This Guy Wants You To Buy Him A Lamborghini

You want a Lamborghini. You can't afford a Lamborghini. Instead of just fantasizing, you decide to have other people to buy it for you. That's right. One man wants you to pay for his Lamborghini, and you get absolutely nothing in return, other than knowing that he now drives a Lambo.

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Reader Loses 260 Pounds And Rewards Himself With Vintage BMW

Being overweight sucks. One of the suckiest parts is that it places restrictions on what you can physically do. It makes living with many cars unbearable and working on them nearly impossible. One Jalopnik reader decided he had enough missing out on fun cars because of his weight, so he did something about it.

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The 928 Is Everything A Porsche Should And Shouldn't Be

The phone rings. Friend of Jalopnik and cross-country record holder Alex Roy is on the other end. It's a simple conversation: "I'm outside the office. Come downstairs and see my new car." This is a man who daily drives a Morgan Three Wheeler, so I could only imagine what would be waiting for me. I was outside in seconds.

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My Grandfather Ran from the Cops in this 1936 Ford Humpback

   Police sirens roar through a warm summer night in rural Joplin, Missouri.  Speeding after a 1936 hot rod, the first “Hemi” powered Joplin police car chases after a young man in a black ford.  Racing through the country roads, the man’s heart beats fast.  The cops gain ground on every straight, but the miscreant’s…

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How A Taxi Nearly Killed Me, And Other Observations From The UAE

The UAE is, in many ways, like the USA. It's a collection of 7 emirates (similar to our states) bound together by a federal government. Emiratis also love cars as much, or perhaps more than, the typical American.

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The Time I Watched A Man Eat Coca In A Colombian Mountain Taxi

Santa Marta, Colombia — Cars are pretty expensive to buy in Colombia, so a lot of people take cabs and buses. As a friend of mine always told me, wheels beats heels, and by that logic catching a ride in someone else's car works for me.

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The Time A Guy And His Wife Sailed Across The Ocean In An Amphibious…

They had spent 14 days in darkness. Late on the morning of the 15th day, December 2, 1950, light finally peeked through a crack in the curtain that hung over the passenger-side window. Ben lifted the curtain and looked outside. The sky was blue, and the sun, as big as a dinner plate, shone brightly. The storm clouds…

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