matepetrany
Máté Petrány
matepetrany
European writer of Jalopnik, based in Budapest.

Same here. He just loved playing in the snow in Utah, and 2023 began by making us all very sad. Read more

Hi there! Thanks for your kind words. Yes, I’m indeed alive, and as somebody who was sentenced to the Phantom Zone one too many times, I’m always happy to pull a fellow beer enthusiast from the grays. Read more

Wow, never have I expected to see a post about this Jason, but I’m glad you went for it. Also, I just came back from getting groceries, and the situation is still very much #streetparkedBudapest. Cheers Jalops!

With that in mind, here’s a relevant frame from Alarm für Cobra 11:

Not the Stratos. A new car that has nothing to do with the Stratos. And all this is up in the air for now. Read more

British Rail is fine. Except for being very, very expensive for what it is. Read more

I wanted to reply to this, but of course I had to recover my Kinja first. Thanks Helpdesk Steve! And Etele. And Ernie!

So: When I was in New York this year, and walked up to the Embassy to vote, I found this:

I don’t believe in emails. My 1985 Autobianchi A112 Abarth is very Italian. What can I do about that? Read more

This is good Jalopnik Dave! By the way, the guy I bought my A112 from back in 2013 had a perfectly restored Steyr-Puch Haflingerrel. Those are the jam! Read more

By the time we get old, we’ll have so many similarly shitty old car stories that we’ll need more than a six pack for an afternoon chat. Read more

UPDATE: It did not start. Then, it did, with two people working on it. I left it right there, and got on a tram. Read more

I’m picking up my Autobianchi tomorrow, because it starts and runs now. Or at least that what they told me over the phone today. Zero mile engine, and all the things that come with it. Read more