Now THIS is the kind of automotive nerdery that I come to Jalopnik for. Read more

This explains why there is a street named Brush in Highland Park. Read more

Fabulous essay! Thank you very much.  Read more

I love the TOC tech found in cars and bicycles of the time. Some of the most brilliant people of the day were working in those fields and they often had ideas that technology took decades to catch up to. The other great thing is that the mechanicals of the age are so much on display, that I find it fun to figure out… Read more

Excellent piece man. I’m a big Cadillac buff and I never knew this. Lookng back, Cadillac has been responsible for quite a few major automotive innovations. Enough so you’d probably be able to make an entire series of articles out of it. Read more

Very thought provoking

Does not look like a ‘Yo VTech kinda guy Read more

“My variable valve timing just kicked in my good lad” Read more

Mini Hardtop Oxford edition is a hair under 20k. Read more

Because they can get affordable financing with very little down on these new cars. Hard to get an 8 year loan on an used car, and buy here pay here charge an arm and a leg on financing. Read more

Because if you miss a day of work, you probably don’t have a job anymore.  Read more

Try again.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/21/coronavirus-swedish-herd-immunity-drove-up-death-toll-column/5472100002/ Read more

Fuck, I remember dying laughing about this, watching it over and over again when it was new. Those were the good old days.  Read more

Today I was reading the daily update for our state and they noted as a nice tidbit that our largest county, population around 650k people, had more cases than entire countries like Finland(5.5M) and Norway(5.4M)... Read more

This is what it looks like when your bubble pops around you. Before the posts he thought he was living in a world where this is the dominant attitude and would be widely welcomed and appreciated. Now that his bubble is popped he is left to deal with reality. My prediction for the future of Petrolicious? The go to… Read more

it seems to be a uniquely American thing to believe you have to have a firm opinion on everything, even if you know little about it or just discovered it exists.  Read more

“Look, I promise I’m not racist against Black people. I do, however, not believe in a woman’s right to control her own body. Especially as it pertains to Black women.” Read more

I’ma go out on a limb here and predict you’re going to get lots of petulant, pissy pushback for this post from Jalops who think you shouldn’t be political. Read more