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

You’re right on all of that. The difference is that all of those guys prepared for the effort. Tesla didn’t. Read more

Every manufacturer cheats it up a bit at the Nurburgring but the GT R lap was fully egregious. It was so bad that Porsche broke the unwritten rule and publicly called them out on it. Read more

I see your point, but let’s get to the real meat of this. Read more

My condolences to you and Davey’s family and friends. My thanks to you both for creating this weird-ass community.  Read more

I haven’t posted here since 2013, and can’t even figure out how to post as my old “LTDScott” handle here anymore, but I wanted to come out of the woodwork for this. Read more

If we’d pissed anyone off, it was only because we ignored the public relations reps” Amen to that, not unlike shitty ass Car Throttle who sold out, Jalopnik kept true to the readership, and to that a cheer. “I didn’t care that Davey’s column wasn’t “doing big numbers.” I was proud of him, he was happy with it, and Read more

“When a loved one goes missing, it’s a grinding sort of loss. A helical screw of hope and hopelessness augering into a stratum of grief, one crushing nanometer at a time....”

Mr. Spinelli, amazing writing. I found Jalopnik in 2005ish as a high school kid more interested in beater old BMWs and Volvos and Alfas than the typical muscle car/tuner/truck interests of my peers. The Jalopnik you and Davey curated truely shaped my view on cars. My often unpopular view on cars taught me to have Read more

Mike, what a beautiful tribute to your friend. “A relationship so well earned” really got to me. RIP. Read more

I’m sorry. He was lucky to know you & you him.   Read more

I remember a long time ago, in my early college years (2009 ish), my dad, who had realized my interest in automobiles, called me and said “you should check out the website Jalopnik”. Read more

I still love his He Said / He Said review of the Audi RS4. I was in an awful job at the time and reading every Jalopnik story everyday helped pull me through. I’m so sad he died so young. Read more

Those were good times. Condolences to his friends and family. Read more

I want to say this with as much class as possible as I am not good at this writing stuff or how to say things the right way, but.......May he rest in Peace! I will miss his articles.
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shoehorning lyrics from Zen Arcade and Double Nickels on the Dime and You’re Living All Over Me into headlines touting Mercedes-Benz’s safety tech or a design refresh of some Honda or other.” Read more

Well written, and well received.  Now I have to go read all Davey’s stuff. Read more