David_Tracy
David Tracy
David_Tracy
Sr. Tech Editor, Jalopnik. Owner of far too many Jeeps (Including a Jeep Comanche). Follow my instagram (@davidntracy). Always interested in hearing from engineers—email me.

I threw logic out the window when I quit my engineering job to write about cars. lol Read more

Right back at you! (And to this salty guy as well. Why not.). Read more

This particular article lends itself well enough to the slideshow format, I think. Read more

It seemed like a decent enough time. We were just sitting there waiting for the ferry. I knew it wouldn’t take long. NBD, really.

That said, I will definitely admit to being a spontaneous person. Read more

I think what it comes down to is that I’ve been tearing apart Jeeps pretty much 24/7 for a decade now, so taking a sway bar off is about as natural/trivial as popping a stick of chewing gum in one’s mouth. It’s just nbd to me, and can be done in two minutes. Read more

Oh man that could have gone so much more poorly given that it started with “As much as I like David Tracy.”

Whew.  Read more

I love that they were kind enough to refer to me as “Mr. Tracy” yet coarse enough to refer to my beloved machines as “shitboxes.” Read more

Just studs in the rear. Don’t want to compromise dry-weather steering/braking. I’m fine with compromising the tail’s lateral grip, because there’s no way I’m taking this around a turn quickly. Plus, let’s be real, I really just need the studs to get going with my open-diff rear end. Read more

The heater is phenomenal. This thing ain’t air-cooled like your bus. It sends lots of hear into the coolant – more energy goes there than to the rear wheels. Read more

He probably is. I will say, I do feel bad, because there’s no doubt he’s now kicking himself thinking “Dammit, I KNEW I should have bought a ’65 Valiant!” Read more

I’ll put in a work order to my simulation team. Read more

Probably true, but you can’t tell me that, by the end of that article^, you weren’t at least almost agreeing with the absolutely absurd idea that maybe a rusty Valiant is a better winter car than a freaking Toyota Land Cruiser. Think about the skill needed to bend your mind to that extent.
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I actually think importing a Trans Sport makes LOTS of sense. Only in Europe did it come with the Quad-4 engine and only in Europe could you get a FIVE SPEED.

It’s a zippy, cool van! Read more

Definitely Billion. 70M won’t even get you a mid-cycle refresh. Read more