Jalopnik Road Test Editor Takes A Tumble, Will Be Back After A Short Hospital Stay

Ray Wert — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Our intrepid road test editor Wes Siler was really looking forward to this week out in California. He'd lined up a Lotus long-lead drive and was planning on spending a few hours on the track taking some sharp corners and fast straights. Then he decided it made sense to spend a few hours in the Cali backwoods behind the handlebars of ~~some little girl's bike~~ a Yamaha. Normally for Wes, as you can see in the above photo, that's just a relaxing afternoon. Except yesterday wasn't so relaxing as he took a bit of a tumble and broke a bone or two in his left arm — in a couple of places. Never fear, he's in good spirits, and the surgery to fix the arm is complete, but for the next couple of months the only seat time he'll be getting is on a merry-go-round at Coney Island. We're looking forward to having him back on his feet in a couple of days, and behind the wheel again in a couple months, but if you were looking forward to part three of his 2008 Honda Accord Coupe review or part two of his 2009 Honda Pilot review, sadly you may have to wait a few days. But, feel free to ~~berate him~~ leave your well-wishes in the comments below. We know he'd love to respond first hand, but since he's only got one of those to type with he'll at least be reading them in between visits from SoCal candy stripers and warm sponge baths.

NHTSA Gives Toyota A Four-Star Black Eye On Tundra Crewmax To Match The First

Ray Wert — Wed, 16 May 2007 11:15:00 EDT

Our boy Mike at PickupTruck has the scoop on what appears to now be two black eyes NHTSA's given the new Tundra truck from ToMoCo. That's right, the folks from the super best number one most awesome automaker from the land of the rising sun have received their second sub-five star frontal crash rating — this time for the new Tundra CrewMax pickup. This comes after the regular cab received similar frontal crash test ratings. Although we still haven't seen the double cab crash ratings, we're assuming the new kids to the medium-size pickup truck game aren't going to be very happy to see these results. All we've got to say is that it's not the size of your truck that matters, it's how well it can take a punch to the face. – Ray Wert

2007 Tundra Falls Short in NHTSA Frontal Crash Test Rating [PickupTruck.com]

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Jalopnik Road Test Editor Takes A Tumble, Will Be Back After A Short Hospital Stay

NHTSA Gives Toyota A Four-Star Black Eye On Tundra Crewmax To Match The First