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Michael Ballaban
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Deputy Editor, Jalopnik. 2002 Lexus IS300 Sportcross.

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If you’ve got a 2002 Volvo Cross Country in good condition, we’ll drive it. Read more

Capitalism is the path to totalitarianism. It always has been and always will be and can not be anything other. Big C capitalist beliefs must be crammed down on a majority at the expense of a minority and that takes force. If you want to understand this, read Marx’s “Das Kapital”. Read more

The Green New Deal has 70 co-sponsors in the House. Here’s a whole bunch of Senators getting all on board, too (and just to be quick about it, all declared 2020 Democratic candidates have signed on board): Read more

Hey, since you have to have some trouble reading, I’ll quote the relevant portion of the post here: Read more

I don’t think I also stated enough how much I appreciate that the SUV’s reaction is to back away slowly, instead of checking to make sure people are okay. Read more

I’m sure the car is grand and all but “Subaru Impreza WRX STI S209" is a terrible string of letters and numbers. It sounds like a model of vacuum cleaner. Call it the Subaru Fast or something. Read more

I thought about that, but this seems to be a level above and beyond high centered. Thus, beached. Read more

Looks precisely like a BMW interior with a Toyota steering wheel. Even this UI is straight-up damn near identical to BMW:

You can feel good about it because good things are good and bad things are, in fact, Bad Read more

Sadly no, this is a Gran Lusso with the V6, but weirdly I never felt like it needed any more power. It’s quick enough to be fun as it is. Read more