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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.

I daily drove a 40% for years, once you go small you don’t want to go back Read more

I gotta say, that trailer had way too much product placement. I groaned when I saw the Porsche badge Read more

You must’ve had a slow one! We hit an eye-watering fifteen mph at mine Read more

Y’know, you’d think, but the Suzuki is a bit of an exception. A cheap Ducati or BMW or KTM will absolutely not be cheap to own, but a Hayabusa will run more or less forever for the cost of oil changes.  Read more

It’s someone at Nissan’s passion project! The whole thing came from a single GT-R enthusiast engineer, who wanted to try fitting electric power into the Skyline chassis. There doesn’t really seem to be any corporate goal behind it, just a project that someone wanted to try.
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Electric driving experiences are a lot more varied than people give them credit for. I wish we could just put enthusiasts in a ton of different EVs, back to back, so everyone could see just how cool they can be.
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I thought about suggesting Metro-North, but once you’re out of the city transit gets a lot tougher. If her job isn’t right near a stop, the last mile might be an issue Read more

Maybe you couldn’t hit a spider with a gun, but Liliana Goodson’s built different. I think she could do it  Read more

The gun was in her luggage, which doesn’t sound like it was her carry-on Read more

I’m pretty sure I could pet a wild one, honestly. Sure, they can beat the hell out of you, but does that mean they will? What if they’re kind? Read more

Me gearing up to go to the hardware store:

New York is generally pretty good about plowing -- in the now-rare event we get snow anyway -- so getting through accumulated snow honestly isn’t a big concern of mine. If I do try it, and crash, the comments are welcome to dunk on me
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(In all seriousness, they think he may well have died in the landing. He jumped with a parachute that couldn’t be steered into the PNW woods at night) Read more

Hey bud. You just suggested that I be locked in a room until I starve to death. Do you think that’s a normal thing to do? Read more