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more about #transporter more comments → buttons: My Wrangler uses the same style of door latch as the above Toyota pickup - one which I opened a beer with just yesterday, as a matter of fact. more » fltrplntman: Get an E30 BMW. You can find several at any LeMons race. Open the trunk lid, and if it doesn't have one... use someone else's. Examine said trunk lid ... more » TessaCylla: While tailgating at the Rose Bowl for the USC vs. UCLA football game, my friends and I expertly used jumper cables to open our Coronas. It was great, ... more » Dorsai: Back in the early 90s I met up with a girl in Myrtle Beach. We planned out a very nice dinner in my hotel room, but discovered at the last minute we ... more » fanboy.took.my.star: ive used the male part of a belt buckle on many different cars.... more » LBJ's Love Child: Lug wrench from my 1969 BMW 2002. An added bonus is that I was ready, in case someone tried to grab my beer. more » HoonThatFerrari: When you're really ready for that beer, innovation is key. more » joneez wants the clunkers he paid for: I've sooo wanted to mount this in my Jeep but it belongs to Mom and she's had this thing for years. Supposedly it's an antique milk bottle opener. more » superman40601000: the tongue of the seat belt 60% of the time works every time hahahahah but seriously the best use of a seat belt more » engineerd: I don't have this problem. My key chain is a bottle opener. Always prepared. more » Novaload: Cheating, really, but my old Fury had a small opener mounted just under the ancient all bare metal dash where the -- true story -- vacuum tube radio h... more » yisoo: the hole in the seatbelt buckle more » .357: Also, that isn't much of a donk. It's only on 20 in rims. Donks have to have a minimum of 22 in of rim size. more » .357: The driver. more » theart: Nothing on my Saabaru has thick enough paint to go anywhere near a bottle cap. I just use a ring that's on my right hand. I can do it fast enough tha... more » -
#questionoftheday
What Car Parts Have You Used As Field Expedient Bottle Openers?
I know what you cancer-stick-addicted types are saying: "But you can use a lighter to open a bottle!" Yes, yes, a key works too, but there's something extra satisfying about opening bottles with your car. More » -
#classicadwatch
Jalopnik's 20 Favorite Classic Volkswagen Commercials
The Datsun ads were fun, as were the Toyota ads, but it was Volkswagen that first made an art form out of the automotive television advertisement. More » -
#downonthestreetbonusedition
DOTS-O-Rama Sunday, Rocky Mountain Edition: Golden Hits
This is Down On The Street Bonus Edition, where we check out street-parked cars located in places other than the Island That Rust Forgot. I've got Colorado photographs aplenty, so get ready for high-altitude survivors! More » -
#junkyardfind
Who's Writing This Script? Stoned VW Bus Hugs Tree, Now Awaits Crusher
As we all know, the Tercel wagon long ago replaced the VW Transporter as hippie transportation of choice. Still, some traditionalists stick with the Volkswagen. This one, however, has departed Shakedown Street forever.
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#downonthestreet
1959 Volkswagen Transporter
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Alameda is definitely a VW Transporter sort of town; you can find all the major Transporter-loving groups here, from original-owner curmudgeons to Spicoli-grade surfers. Yes, even though Alameda is inside San Francisco Bay and thus gets waves better measured in inches than in feet on its beaches, we still have plenty of surfers here. Windsurfers and kite surfers, that is, crazies who think nothing of braving the 50° water, howling winds, and vicious currents on their boards. And when they're done flirting with death for the day, they need a proper vehicle tostore their bongshaul their gear back home.
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#industrynews
Volvo XC90 Wins Russian "SUV of The Year," We Offer Alternatives
Nobody will argue that the Volvo XC90 is a pretty decent SUV. It's stylish, comfortable, and even comes with a V8 now. But all that doesn't explain why it won "Russian SUV of The Year"...for the third time. Considering the soft nature of the big Volvo, we would have thought the hardened fist of Russian nationalism would have pushed for a more domestic entry. But if they won't, we will: Thus, Jalopnik's "No Bolshevik" nominations for Russian SUV of the Year. More »
