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Amber DaSilva
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Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Sucker for big adventurous motorcycles and tiny sporty cars. It doesn't make much sense to her, either.

Leto II is an American freight train. Immensely powerful and sets a bunch of weird rules that no one likes but everyone has to follow Read more

One-pedal driving is a blast! I love that sense of control, all from one foot Read more

Chaya’s actually been suspended from TikTok itself for years now— LoTT is all Twitter, Instagram, and Substack. It’s gonna take more than this bill for us to be free of her, unfortunately
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If it helps put your mind at ease, I pitched this after seeing a different outlet cover the demo, before the Giz piece was even up. No lawyers involved. Read more

As a child of the ‘90s, not particularly conscious until the 2000s, I regret to inform you that the modern car is the image my brain conjured for “Beetle.” They even dropped the “New” branding partway through its run Read more

The Rimac Nevera can hit 60 in 1.7, powered through its tires. I did reach out to a tire group, who said that a 0-60 of less than one second didn’t seem feasible on current tire technology without the help of a “rocket booster” Read more

If I had a C6 Z06, I’d throw WedsSport TC105Xes or a Gram Light 57CR on. Well, if I had a C6 Z06 and a few grand laying around Read more

Throw some Fatsacs in the back of an older wake boat, and I bet you wouldn’t notice the difference between it and a modern one Read more

What I’m getting here is that Logan and Andy are cowards. Porsche gave you purple interior options, and you didn’t pick them? For shame Read more

Andy and I are seeing this opening day, come hell or high water Read more

That rules! I already loved it, now it’s even better Read more

Love it when a whole account gets Kinja’d. I haven’t seen any emails about it, but I can get you out of the grays Read more

I can think of only one way to find out: You and I need to team up for one last heist Read more

It depends on the definition of “intersex” used. I was specifically using that data point to refer to non-XX or XY chromosomes, to make a point about their inaccuracy as a sole determinator of sex Read more

Honestly, right now, no one really knows how this will be enforced. For now, it might be safer to cancel that Miami trip Read more