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Mike Spinelli
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Founded Jalopnik. Coasted on that shit for years.

I still can’t believe Jalopnik lasted 15 minutes, let alone 15 years. But I can always count on good people finding their way to becoming keeper of the takes. Godspeed, Ballaban. May a haircut that suits your face someday find you, as it has still eluded me. Or mine. Whatever. Read more

Thanks Yozzie. The awesome, resonant power of bullshitting about cars. Read more

We have another one-hour special (the Iceland episode) this season, and it definitely is nice to have the space. Read more

I would never do such a thing! That’s what half-witted manservants are for. Read more

Well, it was like 1979 or 1980, so my recollection may be a bit hazy, and I may be combining different times, and yes, I know it sounds implausible to be so out to lunch, directions-wise. But a lot was left out, like how maybe we MISSED the RT 4 exit, and may have wound up SOUTH on 17 toward East Rutherford first, Read more

I’m lame in ways you haven’t even imagined yet. What did it for you? Read more

My dad had a red ‘75 sedan that we picked up from a dealership on Peninsula Boulevard in Five Towns (that’s Long Island). It immediately overheated on the Throgs Neck bridge, and then proceeded to disintegrate over the next 10 years. Yes, it lasted a whole decade. Shocking. Read more

Track AND wheelbase. Don't scratch your head too much, it's only a few millimeters. Read more

Put the right suspension and tires on almost anything and you can make it a track monster.

For you? Not the Cayman, but...