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

it’s not attractive being pissed off all the time Read more

This guy isn’t really known for science. They’re all click-baity videos that took few brain cells to think up. No shit Coke isn’t a substitute for petroleum! lol Read more

When Fancy Kristen said she wanted “a car filled with coke,” this is not what she meant.

And some of the comments right here are also serving to show how everything Alanis wrote is simply ignored or talked over . . . Read more

I have a female friend that’s genuinely into cars, and I regularly see her dealing with stuff like this. Guys are jerks either way— they moan and complain when girls aren’t into cars, but then they also moan and complain when they are. It’s really lame. And the amount of sexually-charged, gross comments and DM’s that Read more

It is not about cut of the pants, but the grey matter behind/around the wheel. Guys forget that it is not because of a lack of interest but rather the “BO” from an offensive culture. Read more

I couldn’t read all the comments shown above, because halfway through my eyes rolled back far enough for me to see my own brain, and now the right one is stuck there.
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I have a Jeep girl at home and she is awesome. (her in her Uncle’s 49 Jeep)

I’ve seen shades of this in nerd culture. I get people are protective and possessive about the things they like, but FFS this needs to change immediately. Read more

Men defining a culture by excluding women as meaningful participants. Where have we seen this recently? Read more

Gotta play the Christmas card. “Mom, will you give me your Miata for $5k for Christmas? I reeeeeeeally want one but I just can’t afford to pay more.” Read more

This is exactly why I never buy or sell cars to or from people I know. Read more