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Erica Lourd
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Video Producer for Jalopnik. In a committed relationship with her 2007 Nissan Sentra named Layla.

Hey, about that same time I put one of those together for my daughters for Christmas. You should really appreciate your dad, because if it went like it did for me, he spent hours assembling that thing and putting all those stickers on!
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I believe my parents got me the ‘89 model.

From the first photo caption: “Literally the last time I was truly happy”. I call shenanigans.  Read more

On a current Ford Mustang lookalike model, there is a touch screen in the dash to control performance settings—traction control and stability control being two of them. Read more

Wait, is anal not the rage anymore? Read more

Also, you can buy a 10 year old one in good shape with 70k miles for the price of a Nissan Versa.
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If you run short on car videos, just post more of you saying ‘fuck’ over and over. It might not be informative, but it’ll be therapeutic. Read more

The Italians have it figured out. No nonsensical alphanumerics for them! While the Germans are busy with 911 GT3 this and Audi S3 that the Italians have the Ferrari The Ferrari, and the Maserati Four Door four door. Who’s the logical ones now? Read more

And all this sounds awesome.........until 2-3 years from now lolz

I didn’t hold a party when I became invisible to men, but I should have. Read more

As a rule, the more dismissive a male commenter is of women, the lower their: Read more

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Alanis, with the exception of your wrongness about pizza, I think you’re fantastic. Read more

I am so, so sorry you and every other female writer here—hell, probably every female in any profession—have to deal with this vitriol. Read more