julkinen
Antti Kautonen
julkinen
Automotive writer based in Finland. Never paid more than two grand for a car. Currently drives a manual turbodiesel wagon.

Us millenials can’t afford a car with traction control. Read more

And of course, the British added further insult to injury by deciding to call it “spagbol”  Read more

I’m such a Deadspin fanboy that I hate Barstool Sports despite the fact that I’ve never visited their site. Read more

This loss hurts so much. I really didn’t participate in car anything until finding FinalGear in college. I was dealing with some pretty severe depression at the time (as tends to happen), but through other forum members, I got involved in autocross, found a track to routinely troll in whatever I could find, and then Read more

I love this season of True Detective, but let’s be real. Every episode is like: Read more

I do!

It’s just that all of my guests are engine blocks.

“Care for a cylinder head?” (right arm shaking as I hold a cylinder head on a silver platter in front of my company) Read more

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THIS is the 2000 Toyota Avalon. That’s right, today I’ll be reviewing a 19-year old large Toyota sedan from the middle of the Boring Era. It’s just like the one your grandparents probably traded in last year. Just kidding - they’re probably still driving it! Read more

A good friend of mine’s mother had a 2002 Windstar while I was in middle and high school. We’ll call the friend “V”. We actually did call V’s mother “Bob” because someone once said “Mom” with a head cold, and it came out as “Bob”. And the name stuck. Anyway, Bob and her husband—V’s father—bought the 2002 Windstar new Read more

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This is a solid pop culture reference.  Take your star. Read more

They work pretty well as a source for a quote from an entertainer’s lawyer, though. Read more

Yup...and we all know who the Sheik is:

I understand Alanis is a small town girl with limited exposure to life outside of the USA so I imagine coming to Shanghai has been a major cultural shock for her at all aspects. Read more

Have you tried putting them in the dishwasher? Read more