alanisnking
Alanis King
alanisnking
The cat lady who writes about cars and motorsport. Former writer and editor at Jalopnik.

I guess time will tell. I’m not entirely sure that amplifying a crap sound will necessarily improve it. In other words, I’m concerned they’ll just sound like louder farts. The V8 and V10 scream will still be missing. I could be wrong. I hope I’m wrong. Read more

This is awesome. Crap on NASCAR racing all you want (I like to!) but their road course racing is among the best, most competitive in the world. If F1 could engineer such wheel-to-wheel parity into their boring parades they would own the Earth. Read more

I’m not too keen on the Turn 6-7-8 complex, just worried it might be too tight to get good passes. Read more

No, they act like NASCAR hasn’t done one in the playoffs. Because they haven’t Read more

Back in December of 2014, I volunteered with my dad’s company to assemble bike for foster kids and the needy. Ended up assembling like 500 bikes for kids that day with all of the volunteers. We hit the road around 2:30 pm from San Ramon going back home to the valley. Traffic was heavy, but like most of the bay area,

Weird that they would employ so many underage workers, especially in an environment where they might be exposed to “nudity, sexual scenarios, racial epithets, suggestive gestures, profanity and references to stereotypes.” Read more

Nothing like the unadulterated feel of a window crank at the tollbooth in the morning. Read more

Miatas be ‘N Sync.

What are you talking about, Alfas are super reliable, you’re GUARANTEED it’ll break down at the least convenient time Read more

Wow, 1,800 miles without a problem? That’s pretty impressive! You’re about on par with my 50 year old car, and here I thought that brand new cars were supposed to require maintenance every 1,000 miles. I mean, my parents 4Runner made it to 215,000 before needing repair, but that must be a fluke. Read more

Exactly. I own a Mustang and a Jag. All I hear about is how I will eventually run over pedestrians in one car and will be lucky if I can get the other one to run. Read more