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

"Wait a minute. Are those PENGUINS?"

I'm really surprised at how many people are calling me out on that particular idiom. Has "<blank> as hell" just fallen completely out of usage? I know I should have been more descriptive, but I'm getting a lot of trolling and confused comments from the YT illuminati. Read more

I don't think Apple would produce its own car unless it could 1.) wholly rethink the concept of personal transportation, and 2.) formulate a fresh design-and-technology solution, as if no other solution ever existed. With so much of the construct we think of as "car" mandated by government decree, I can't imagine Read more

1.) For general submissions, yes. We are accepting foreign/overseas submissions. (Foreign-language films must be subtitled in English.) BUT. Volvo contest entrants must be US residents, per contest R&Rs. Read more

I think you probably need to do that — upsetting the car to load directional forces and start breaking traction — if you're on pavement. It takes almost nothing to get it rotating in the snow. Read more

I dunno. You can ask him.

The 911's much more of a precision instrument than the Aston. With the Vantage, you won't get that feeling of precise control of movement you have with the 911. In terms of driver engagement, the Aston is more of an occasion. Would love to hear your impressions having driven both back to back. Read more

Maybe she's related to Liz Cho?

Hmm — might have been before I got there. The drive began and ended at the Aston Tech Center. Read more

Yeah, that's the positioning. Cheaper in the US, and de-contented a bit. Those Euro lightweight seats alone are a multiple grands. Read more

I guess they didn't mean ExiSTANCE...