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more about #newyork more comments → AustinMiniMan: From my understanding, DMC painted a small number of cars from the factory. I think most were red, some were black. There were less than 50 total. One... more » Tanshanomi: I like it! [/Lina Lemont voice] more » günter macbeetle, codename: chrystlubitshi: there are three or four DMCs running around the Indianapolis metro-area...i always look.. but never think to take pics... i know i'll see them again..... more » Van Sarockin, rogue trebuchet: So, has anyone ever mirror polished a DeLorean? more » MushyHeirloom: I'm almost ashamed to admit that I think it looks good. Would it be my choice, though? Nah... I'm thinking charcoal. more » Plasma X: I wonder if this is the same car I saw parked in a driveway down the street from me a month or two ago. I spent about ten minutes staring at it in inc... more » Mr.choppers - Delenda Carthago Est: What! I work five blocks from there, yet never see any DeLoreans. Yesterday, however, I got to see an Aston Martin DB7 Convertible slithering through... more » tonyola: The stainless steel on the DeLorean looked great when new, but as the cars aged, the surface often took on a rather unattractive yellowish-gray tint t... more » DrLemming: The stainless steel may have been distinctive but it didn't mesh well with the plastic silver front and rear bumpers. Painting the car a regular colo... more » skaycog: I wouldn't paint my DeLorean (if I had one). To me, the stainless steel makes it unique. To each their own. I've only seen one DeLorean in the fles... more » A strolling player got drunk and: I used to search DeLoreans on eBay motors just about weekly. I don't know if it was my weird luck or if this car stayed on the proverbial block for a... more » coupeZ600: [s422.photobucket.com] more » HurtsSoGood: 1. Conspicuously absent is the red white and blue Statue of Liberty plate of the 80s and 90s. 2. $25? That's a shakedown? Are you fucking shittin... more » Ford Tempo Fanatic: I do not approve. Those are Alaskan plate colors. Just doesn't look right. #licenseplates more » tmp00: I don't want to hold up California as a model of, well, anything but at least here you get a plate and it stays the life of the car. They just issue ... more » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
DeLorean DMC-12 Down On The New York Street
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Not many DeLorean owners painted their cars' stainless-steel exteriors; this is a rare find indeed. More » -
#licenseplates
New ‘Empire Gold’ New York License Plates A Car Owner Shakedown
Albany's pitching replacing all license plates with these new "Empire Gold" plates — similar to ones used between 1973 and 1986 — as a safety enhancement, citing increased visibility. Taxpayers, however, are up in arms over the mandatory $25 fee. More » -
#newyork
NYC Cyclist Gives Cab-Hailing Tourists A High Five
Typically an act of frustrating desperation, a cyclist has turned hailing a New York City cab into a congratulation. He's probably trying to get people to think about cycling instead of taxis, but really he's just scaring commuters and tourists. -
#carcrime
New York Driver Gets 56 Tickets In 13 Minutes
Authorities claim 21-year-old Joshua Bracci led police on a harrowing 13-minute chase Tuesday night through the upstate New York town of Greece at speeds clocked at 111 mph. Impressively, he racked up 56 tickets over the 13-minute period. More » -
#planelopnik
NYC Airspace to close tomorrow because of Walter Cronkite. Seriously. [Mediaite]
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#downonthestreetbonusedition
Rust Hasn't Forgotten Staten Island, But It Hasn't Yet Eaten These Two GM Survivors
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out interesting street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. Nuyear68 has found a couple of The General's old soldiers. More » -
#musclecarwars
Midtown Manhattan Muscle Car Rental Wars Heat Up!
Midtown Manhattan's been a little slow to the Muscle Car Wars, but now even they've got the pony car fever. Remember the Camaro we spotted at Avis a few months back? Look what's peeking out next door at Budget below.
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#moviecars
Come to New York, Become Tony Montana, Try to Impress Michelle Pfeiffer
If you’re in the mood for a butch German coupé with a big V8 up front and an American flag in the back, you’ve come to the right place: there’s a Porsche 928 for sale in Soho. More » -
#carcrash
Dump Truck Crashes Dramatically In Riverdale
Apparently it's an extra-crashy week around Jalopnik's NY team HQ: First a taxi, and now NBC-4 New York caught this dump truck wreck in tony Riverdale. No word if anyone was hurt, but we're applying for combat pay. -
#carcrash
NYC Taxi Crashes Into 72nd Street Subway Station
A yellow-cab SUV jumped the curb and struck the subway entrance at West 72nd Street and Broadway on Manhattan's Upper West Side just before 4 p.m. today in an incident of uncomfortable-transportation on uncomfortable-transportation violence. (Hat tip to Allison!) More » -
#masstransit
Why No One Drives In Manhattan
Yes, the New York subway is slow, crowded, and abrasive. But it would take 167 lanes of traffic to match its capacity, and we'd have to pave the East River to park. [Frumin.net] -
#planelopnik
Small Plane, Helicopter Collide Over Hudson River
A Liberty Tours helicopter believed to have six people on board collided with a small plane out of Teterboro over the Hudson River between Manhattan and Hoboken, NJ today. One person reportedly, has been rescued. [Gawker]
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#carculture
New Yorkers Heart The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
Even if you're not in the mood for ice cream, you can't miss Doug Quint's Big Gay Ice Cream Truck on the streets of New York City. What makes Doug's big ice cream truck so gay? Rainbow sprinkles, apparently. [NPR] -
#roads
My God, 42nd Street Is Full Of A Star!
Twice a year in New York City the setting sun aligns with New Amsterdam's east-west streets. It's called Manhattanhenge, and last night we were on hand to see it — with Rocketboom bringing you some amazing video footage below. More » -
#masstransit
The New York City Subway Of 1948
Stumbling across this map of the New York City subway system from 1948 served as a cool reminder of what used to, and in some cases still does, lurk below the streets we drive on every day. More » -
#lolcars
NASCAR Pit Stop In Times Square
Here's a PR stunt which could only happen in New York. The Red Bull NASCAR team descended on a still-filled-with-cars Times Square for an impromptu 14-second pit stop. Hey! You gotta permit fer dat?! -
#parkingtickets
NYC Cops Repeatedly Ticket Parked Dead Guy
George Morales probably died in his minivan of a heart attack in early May, parked under the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway underpass. That didn't stop NYC cops from writing him parking tickets for the next couple of weeks. More » -
#traffic
Times Square Traffic Shutdown Preview Of World Without Cars?
Last Sunday, New York City sealed off Broadway to traffic at Times Square and Herald Square, from 35th to 33rd Streets. A day later 350 lawn chairs were set out where cars had previously reigned supreme. Is this the future? More » -
#jalopnikreviews
2010 Ford Transit Connect: First Drive
After the Ford Fiesta, the 2010 Ford Transit Connect is the second most lust-worthy European Ford to make it Stateside. Can a small, practical cargo van appeal to big, burly American workers? More »
