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Adam Ismail
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Staff Writer at Jalopnik. 2017 Fiesta ST. Wishes NASCAR was more like Daytona USA.

I always forget that the Testarossa has some fairly awkward proportions from the wrong angles, and the droptop highlights those even more. Read more

I’d forgotten what an overbite the Testarossa has. That side shot with the top up is hilarious.
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The Testarossa is the only vintage Ferrari that I would genuinely love to own one day. They seem to be relatively reliable and easy-ish to service. It’s crazy to me that values haven’t gone up much more than they have.  Read more

Course I know what the Dodge fanatics would love to see under the hood: a 440 big block. Combine that sweet low burble of the monster V8 with the gobs of torque for ripping the Dodges off the line...those Char/Challen/gers would sell out in 15 minutes. Yes, engine certification means it won’t happen, but compared to

In the good old days they would have just sold them then denied warranty coverage when they blew up on the owners. Read more

Agree. Snowrunner got to the point of diminishing fun returns for me. I would spend 2 hours working on a specific task, only to fail for some stupid reason like tipping over and falling off the trail... really turned me off at some point. The game is fun for about 60% of progress, but that last 40% ramps up the Read more

Mudrunner and Snowrunner are pretty fun. I think Mudrunner was better, but Snowrunner is a bit more diverse with more things to do. My complaint with Snowrunner is that “harder” tasks simply mean longer distances, and failure (running out of gas, tipping over, or damaging out, though the last one is really rare) means Read more

I played the beta wayyy back, must have been 10 years ago on my PC and I was blown away at the time. I’m guessing that was the creators original.
I play PC with a wheel but I made an exception using a controller for “Wreckfest” and actually found it really enjoyable, I was contemplating Spintires for days I’m to lazy Read more

“I just want to crush newbies with little to no effort on my part” is not the winning argument he thinks it is. People like him just want to run around lobbies eating up a 20-2 K/D with no effort. He wants to have fun at the expense of an entire lobby and thinks that’s a fair trade. That’s like asking Heaven GG:Strive Read more

“I’m not playing this game because I wanna bully people and it won’t let me” is so weak. WEAK. Read more

When I think back to 1992 I find it seriously impressive, they addressed a lot of hurdles to augment the vague public GPS signal and to integrate the thousands of miles of maps with the signal and auxiliary data while giving voice guidance in a mobile package was pretty insane with 1992 tech. The interface isn’t even Read more

Maybe this is a product of being born in the early 90s and not being around for these cars, but I truly cannot tell any 80s FWD GM cars apart. They all look exactly like this one to me. Read more

As an automotive lighting engineer, I’m thrilled with Honda’s lighting design on this new generation. The forward lighting is exceptionally well integrated into the front styling, helped immensely by them dropping that damn hideous Chrome Overbite. The rear lighting looks stellar- way more life and personality than Read more

Ok, I like this a lot. I am into the styling and it looks really good in white. If I were to upgrade from my Fiesta ST, this would be it. The wing does give off “cheap amazon” vibes a bit, but who cares.  Read more

There’s nothing I don’t LOVE about the new Type R, except the price. The car is absolutely worth $44k. Unfortunately for 98% of people who buy one, it will cost at least $5000 more than that thanks to markups. I’d say 50% of people will be paying at least $10k over. Even historically MSRP-only dealerships are marking Read more

This car sits at an odd place. For very little more money (and no wait list shenanigans), you can get a Golf R with AWD, optional DCT, more comfort, nicer interior. For almost $10k less, you can get an Elantra N that fills the “FWD with lots of power and drives awesome with a decent interior” role pretty well, and Read more

I remember seeing this in Sega GT 2002