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Happy Fourth Of July From Jalopnik!

Novaload Misses Murilee — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:56:40 EDT

Watch out for this one, too. I've heard bad things about it.

Novaload Misses Murilee

Happy Fourth Of July From Jalopnik!

Novaload Misses Murilee — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:55:09 EDT

Great video!
Be careful with your fireworks, though!

Novaload Misses Murilee

How Many Drinks Was That? Summer Sales Edition

Novaload Misses Murilee — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:33:51 EDT

I love the way Roy is casually strolling through the park one day...and she called him an "expert"! He is clawing his way to the top of the Autosphere. Top 'o the world, Ma!

Novaload Misses Murilee

Wife Smashes Soon-To-Be-Ex-Husband's Challenger SRT8 With Hammer

verazula — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:51:36 EDT

@Iron-Balls McGinty: The way I look at it, going after the car is about the dumbest thing she could do because:

A) Insurance will pay to fix it 99% of the time with relatively little effort or suffering on the ex-husband's part

and

B) She could easily go to jail (or probation at the least) for vandalism. Really lady, just take the hammer to the hubby or girlfriend and grow a pair lol.

verazula

What's The Most Patriotic Car?

Baldric1600 — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:46:22 EDT

As an Australian I say Holden is our most patriotic car for Australia. As an observer of most western world media that pic you have of a willy's jeep is the s$$t, i reckon, without bothering to back it up with facts, i've seen the willy's in more USA war movies than i've noticed vehicles in any other USA movie. And lets face it there are a lot of USA war movies out there. So there you go, as an outsider the willy's is iconic USA...in my view...at this late hour...with this many beers :)

Baldric1600

Japan Again Wins WTF Award: RoboGeisha Has Geishas Transforming Into Tanks

Burning Lego Monk — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:34:33 EDT

@CPO Alfisted:
I knew it! Thank you!

Burning Lego Monk

Lamborghini, The Early Years: An Exclusive Gallery

GeeHalen — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:22:47 EDT

All those Hungarians everywhere... :)

GeeHalen

Japan Again Wins WTF Award: RoboGeisha Has Geishas Transforming Into Tanks

zukes-of-hazzard — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:56:28 EDT

After reading this I re-watched Tokyo Gore Police.
I hope that this movie isn't as slow paced as that one.

zukes-of-hazzard

World Of Warcraft Freakout Kid Freaks Out Over Pickup Truck

zukes-of-hazzard — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:43:18 EDT

I'd tan that boy's hide in a heartbeat.
That S10's in better shape than the 93 my brother got for $400.

zukes-of-hazzard

Top Gear: Bugatti Veyron Vs. McLaren F1

atlasfugged — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:30:06 EDT

@KeelyJalooloo: Maybe, but the video didn't have an "Ultimate aero ssc" in it, now did it? I didn't read anything in the post related to an "Ultimate aero ssc". Let me guess: You just saw the words "Bugatti Veyron" and reflexively cut-and-pasted Ultimate Aero stats from Wikipedia, interspersing them with whatever pointless gibberish that came to mind, like some silly Pavlovian hoon.

atlasfugged

Lamborghini, The Early Years: An Exclusive Gallery

Subarufu — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 03:29:57 EDT

And they've got FRAM filters? Why?

Subarufu

Frankensnake Update: Twin-Turbo Viper V10-Powered Mustang

slammed323beater — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:53:17 EDT

@.357 Lost The Fuckin Star, Eh: '...to feel the power of the TURBOCHARGED V10'

At least get it right. Sheez.

slammed323beater

Japan Again Wins WTF Award: RoboGeisha Has Geishas Transforming Into Tanks

Mr2freak — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:41:44 EDT

I'd hit it.

Mr2freak

Pagani Factory Packed With Carbon-Fibered Goodness

madcows: non compos mentis methane machine — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:27:30 EDT

@skitter: Nice one! I wholeheartedly agree.

madcows: non compos mentis methane machine

1974 AWS Shopper For A Two-Stroking $4,750!

Potatosw✭tter — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:25:43 EDT

I'm just gonna go out on a limb, that AWS doesn't stand for All Wheel Steering…

Potatosw✭tter

Happy Fourth Of July From Jalopnik!

NewbiusMaximus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:22:57 EDT

@.357 Lost The Fuckin Star, Eh: Have you ever taken the AK brewery tour at Halifax? Pale Ale already tastes good as it is, but when it's fresh from the taps, it's incredible

NewbiusMaximus

World Of Warcraft Freakout Kid Freaks Out Over Pickup Truck

Anonysmous — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:21:12 EDT

This is nothing new:

Anonysmous

2010 Audi A5 Sportback: A Look Inside The Hatch

D.Wilhelm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:18:41 EDT

I can see the comparisons to the Rover SD1, Saab and Sterling, but don't forget the Plymouth Sundance/Dodge Shadow and Chrysler LeBaron GTS/Dodge Lancer of the 1980s. Those looked like sedans but had hatchbacks, and they were a reasonable success here in the US despite being flimsy, unreliable pieces of junk. The very first hatchback sedan was not the Renault R16, Austin Maxi or even Austin A40 Farina like many reasonably-educated petrolheads would guess. That would be the 1949 Kaiser Traveler/Frazer Vagabond, which was developed because Kaiser-Frazer had no money to tool up for a pickup truck or a station wagon.

D.Wilhelm

Happy Fourth Of July From Jalopnik!

NewbiusMaximus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:17:40 EDT

Happy Birthday Amerikuh!

I'd make a reference to the fact that you guys are down south, except that Windsor, Ontario is actually more south than some parts of the US.

*Looks across the river* Ah, I see that Detroit is launching firew... oh wait no, those are cars on fire.

NewbiusMaximus

Match These 20 Animals To Cars Named After Them

Potatosw✭tter — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:14:28 EDT

@Novaload Misses Murilee: That's what the mad hatter says!

Potatosw✭tter

Engine Of The Day: Suzuki G

D.Wilhelm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:08:23 EDT

@wkiernan:

If you want to put a Suzuki engine in a Seven, you'd be best off looking for a low-mileage or recently rebuilt Samurai engine, rear axle and manual transmission, since they were a regular longitudinal RWD installation and everything else (although I'm not sure about the Tracker/Sidekick and X90) was a transverse FWD. That (a Samurai drivetrain) would be something Colin Chapman would probably wholeheartedly approve of because of its light weight and simplicity

D.Wilhelm

Sporty 1974 Ford Maverick Coupe Sneers At Its Stodgy Sedan Neighbor

D.Wilhelm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 02:02:40 EDT

I like the Ford Maverick, and I agree with the above comments that it and the Granada which replaced it were better style-wise than the Fairmont that replaced the Granada. Fairmonts are good parts donors for Fox-body Mustangs or cheap basic transportation IMHO, nothing more, nothing less. The styling of the Maverick reminds me of an enlarged Glas 1300/1700 GT or ASA 1000 facelifted to suit the tastes of the average American car buyer, and I personally owned a navy blue 1973 Ford Maverick before I saw the light and decided that what I "really wanted" was a Rover 3500 (SD1 to all you non-Yanks). Boy, was I kicking myself when it turned out to be an unreliable nightmare with next to no parts and service backup!

D.Wilhelm

Match These 20 Animals To Cars Named After Them

Movado — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:55:45 EDT

@The Big Cheez:
actually anal PiTy Cruiser has a really good troll ring to it.. very good young Paladin...

Movado

Eight Greatest Billy Mays Car Gadgets

D.Wilhelm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:51:27 EDT

I know this sounds strange, but I'll probably miss ol' Billy as much as I miss Enzo Ferrari, Harley Earl, Bill Mitchell, Dale Earnhardt Sr., John DeLorean, Colin Chapman, Sir William Lyons, Donald Healey, Zora Arkus-Duntov, Ferdinand Porsche, and all the other great men who influenced the world of cars before all the civilized world's governments made almost all cars into homogenous, boring crapboxes. The TV pitchmen I WON'T miss when they die include Ron Popeil and "Chef Tony" of those too-good-to-be-true kitchen knife commercials. They drive me apesh*t if I have to watch or listen to them for more than a couple of minutes. Billy seemed like a regular John Q. Public sort of guy, unlike other TV personalities, and that's why I liked him so much.

D.Wilhelm

How Alfa Romeo Waved Goodbye to Rear-Wheel Drive

D.Wilhelm — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:39:41 EDT

@TheRedCar:

I am still checking out BaT almost every day, but I have stopped posting comments due to some rather heavy-handed and slightly vitriolic critique of my commenting style and automotive knowledge from a handful of other readers whom I won't mention the usernames of for fear of a ban from either BaT, Jalopnik or both and/or litigation on grounds of libel. As for an Alfa-Seven donor car, I've got my eyes on a rusted-out '88 Milano Gold, but the little lady won't let me buy it.

D.Wilhelm