andrewpcollins
Andrew P. Collins
andrewpcollins
Jalopnik Staffer from 2013 to 2020, now Editor-In-Chief at Car Bibles

Haha, yeah, they are more interesting than the movies. But I love a good backstory. Read more

I guess I should have clarified–among people who were into cars. In my high school, there were only people who didn’t give a shit about cars, and my friends and I, who hated the post-4G63 Eclipse. Based on this and other comments, I think we might have to revisit why people were into this thing. Read more

As a sidebar I actually dig the motorcycle pannier-style cargo bins. Read more

I spent a long time staring at my computer and thinking about this. In the end I decided that these various Mercedes cars within a -Class were different enough to be classified as different cars, but it could be argued either way. Read more

The ease-of-use is not a complaint, hence identifying it as the car’s “best attribute.” I just think it’s interesting that Acura has clearly prioritized dummy-proofing over design in its UX, and it’s something consumers might be interested to know. It’s a solid value proposition for people who are more interested in Read more

I never really “got” Car Talk as a kid, much to the surprise of the adults in my life. I was a little car nut from Massachusetts, after all. And my dad loved it. But this story closes a lot of loops for me.
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I’m so glad David finally wrote this, he’s been telling me this since at least the first time we went to Moab together... Read more

About $2,000 for the entire process, including new wheels, shipping, taxes, changeover, trash tire recycling fee. Read more

If you look up video reviews of most of the major brands, and honestly, even some of the cheaper ones, you’ll see most modern A/T tires can survive pretty hardcore torture testing. Read more

The only places I’ve really shared it is in that initial Instagram post and once, in part, on Matt Farah’s Smoking Tire podcast. The story did kind of reverberate through the car community a little bit when it happened, so it’s quite possible you saw it, in part, somewhere. Read more

The main advantage of this over a steering wheel is the fact that you can use it with non-driving games. But for me, it’s mainly about space... there’s not really a good spot in my living room to set up a wheel. Read more

The steering wheel is really cool, but the main problem with those is just that they don’t really work with my current living room/TV setup. Someday, for sure. Read more

Unfortunately, the sloth is currently uninstalled because he was on my side window and I took my roof off! We have Top Men trying to figure out where else to put him. Read more

Some function back, it can move but there’s not really any strength to it. Read more

Yeah. I wasn’t even going hard. At all. Just a small screwup amplified by high stakes. Read more

I’m actually going to be at a track a few days before my anniversary party, which we’re having because I fucked up the wedding.... hah, I have been forbidden from taking hot laps. Read more