Road Trip Snacks Ranked Best To Worst
Whether you're planning a trip to the grandparents' house for the holidays or a summer road trip across the country, these snacks will keep you satisfied.
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Here Are Five Cheaper Alternatives To Driving A Big Diesel Truck
Diesel prices are getting out of control, so chances are you're feeling the squeeze at the pump. These other options could save you some serious money.
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Some of you have already made the switch to electric, promising to never go back, while others refuse to give up gasoline as the source of power for their cars.
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Are You Keeping An Old Car On The Road Because New Cars Are Too Expensive?
The average age of cars on the road is getting higher and higher, and with rising new car prices, keeping your old car running is pretty appealing.
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The Answer To Balancing Your Budget With High Gas Prices Is A Costco Date Night
You and your partner can pair cheap hot dogs and pizza with some wandering around the aisles, munching on free samples, and filling up on discount gas.
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Is Expensive Gasoline Making You Reconsider Electric Vehicles Yet?
If you're not on board with the EV train yet, what're you waiting for? Even higher gas prices?
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Here's What You Have In Your Garage Right Now
Our readers are storing all sorts of fun project cars and daily drivers, big boxes of tools and parts, and even a few motorcycles in their garages.
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2026 Japanese Classic Car Show Brought The Heat
At this year's show was everything from a perfect time capsule 1990s Nissan Altima with 40,000 miles to a real Honda-powered Aston Martin F1 car.
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2027 Polaris RZR Pro R Boost Is An Off-Road Cheat Code
I've never had as much fun in any car as I've had in the driver's seat of this turbocharged desert-slaying mech suit on wheels.
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Porsche's Most Uncompromising Race Car Had Carcinogenic Brakes
In its search for ultra-lightweight materials in the late 1960s, Porsche found a new way to make brakes. It didn't know the metal they used caused lung cancer.
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What's In Your Garage Right Now?
For car enthusiasts the garage is perhaps the most important part of the house.
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Hybrid-Free Ferrari 296 Challenge Stradale Spied Wearing Funny-Looking Camouflage
Inspired by the 296 Challenge customer race car, the roadgoing 296 Challenge Stradale will ditch its hybrid system in the pursuit of lightweight driving fun.
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Here's Why You Should (Or Shouldn't) Run The Alcan 5000
If you want a break from the everyday routine, and some really good fish, you'll find both on the wildly difficult drive that is the Alcan 5000.
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Pony Cars Don't Always Have To Be American-Made
American car manufacturers are certainly known for their pony cars, but other countries have been getting in on the V8-powered action for decades.
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The Hummer H2 Was Huge, But Here Are 5 New SUVs That Are Even Bigger
In the 2000s, the Hummer H2 was considered ridiculously large. But time marches on, and today we barely even notice that these SUVs are bigger.
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Ferrari Achieved Automotive Perfection With The 1969 Dino 246 GT
Ferrari couldn't bring itself to put its name on the Dino, but there's something about it that speaks to our Brad Brownell like no other car ever built.
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Here's What Jalopnik Readers Are Doing To Budget For High Fuel Prices
Some of you are pinching pennies, others are switching to EVs, and a few readers are powering forward, hoping high gas prices will soon be a thing of the past.
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A Pilot Sponsored By Red Lion Gasoline Decided He Should Make A Real Lion His Co-Pilot
It took a 1930s promotional genius to realize that if your company's mascot was a red lion, it would pay off to put an actual lion cub in the cockpit.
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8,000-Mile 2001 Porsche 911 GT2 Clubsport For Sale And You're Too Chicken To Actually Drive It
When the gavel drops, this will likely be one of the most expensive 996 sales in history, but the next owner should take it out and put some miles on it.
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Mickey Thompson Wrung 295 Bonneville Records Out Of The 1969 Ford Mustang Mach 1
Thompson was a racing legend, and his legacy is burnished by the hundreds of speed records he established in 1968 at the Bonneville Salt Flats.
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5 Motorcycles Faster Than Honda's CBR1100XX, Once The Fastest Factory Bike Ever Built
With a top speed of 178 mph, the Honda CBR1000XX is still one of the fastest bikes around, but other manufacturers wouldn't let its record stand.
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What Are You Doing To Budget For High Fuel Prices Right Now?
With the rising cost of fuel, it's particularly tough to be a car enthusiast right now. Are you changing your driving habits to save a bit of money?
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Here's How My 15-Year-Old Porsche Cayenne Held Up To 10,000 Miles Of Driving In 16 Days
Besides the wear and tear on a my body from sitting in a car for 10k miles, that many miles in that short of time is bound to wreak havoc on a car.
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What Happens When You Put Gas Into A Diesel Engine
If you accidentally put gasoline into your diesel-powered vehicle, it can be a big problem for the engine and fuel systems, and not just in the short term.
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The New Edge Ford Mustang Mach 1 Had A Shaker Hood, More Cars Should Have Shaker Hoods
When Ford revived the Mustang Mach 1 for 2003 and 2004, it had a host of technological and comfort-level changes. High on the list was the shaker hood.
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Canada's Dempster Highway Is A 460-Mile Dirt Road Stretching Across One Of The Harshest Places On Earth
It'll almost certainly do a bit of damage to your car, but the expansive Canadian road across the wilderness of the Great North is a beautiful site to behold.
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How Much Porsche Models Cost In 1976 Vs. 2026
With prices relentlessly on the rise, of course Porsche prices are higher today than 50 years ago. But is that also true when you adjust for inflation?
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