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

About time someone realised what a little gem an early Delta is. I still remember how the press raved over it, back in the day. Read more

A wonderful story, very well told. You should consider writing as a career if you’re not doing it already...  Read more

There are a lot of reasons a car could go to auction. A lot of them are trades like you said, some are repos, some are liquidated fleet cars, some were caught up in legal trouble (owner arrested, car impounded and never reclaimed), some were left at repair shops with unpaid bills. Some were just sitting on dealer lots Read more

I learned very recently that the R129 could be had with a back seat! What a great family car.  Read more

They’re wildly impractical what with they’re mile-long hoods and low horsepower, but god damn if a t-top early 80s Z car doesn’t hit all the right spots for me. 
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Early Z3? M Roadsters are expensive but I think there’s a not-the-smallest engine option Z3 that’s supposed to be decent. I would say “early Boxster” but everybody will reply that they are too expensive to take care of. (I think you could do one under budget if you don’t put a ton of miles on it.)

Jeez, it’s too bad you don’t have another Jeep that you could press into service in a pinch. You should think about buying a spare.  Read more

Something similar to this already exists for the Jeep Wrangler aftermarket, as a way to get a big roof rack and still be able to remove the roof easily. I would love to see it on more vehicles.

Probably because hydrolocking your engine is not much fun
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Hi All, we bought one of these back in November, I can answer some questions as well. Read more

I can confirm, I bought a used 2009 370z and the navigation system was full of random addresses with people’s names and home+work were populated. It’s crazy that people don’t think about deleting all of that before trading a car in.  Read more

That whole thing about ancient gods was not what I expected at all. It’s so hilariously over-dramatic without really saying much that I love it. It’s certainly better than all the buzzword-heavy garbage that other companies write about how “dynamic” their vehicles are. The vehicle itself is somehow both very serious Read more