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Patrick George
pgeorge
Editor-in-Chief @ Jalopnik, 2015-2019.

Exactly. I think that there can be a ‘correct’ number of buttons somewhere between Tesla Model 3 and Buick Cascada.

So many people hating on the Tesla 3's simple interior. Personally I find it refreshing, but if you hate that, you’ll hate this more:

The last of the US Spec Fiestas are both ugly and low quality. Why does it have a full number pad? Who Knows! Why’d they make it impossible to replace when it barely qualifies as infotainment? Fuck You, that’s why! No soft touch anything, just super soft plastic that’s easy to put deep scratches into.

If you would have told me three years ago that we would be discussing a lawsuit involving Elon Musk, pedophiles, underwater tubes, a phony P.I., and South African insults, I would have totally believed you. Read more

It’s perfectly fair to have mixed feelings about the Cannonball Run, to say the least. Some see it as a crucial part of American car culture, a rebellion against traffic laws. Others see it as a pointless and dangerous provocation. In truth, it’s all of those things and more, and I’m eager to see the full picture Read more

Pretend you’re Uchida. What do you do?”

Should you ever use the defense “that word was totally normal in apartheid South Africa where I grew up?” Read more

but in reality...

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when somebody says they were in the Special Forces, they almost certainly were not.

The email from Howard-Higgins to Musk after Musk terminated his contract (this caused Musk to rehire Howard-Higgins): Read more

I would wager that in spite of all of this, he has spent less than most people have on their last single vehicle purchase. Read more

Great article, Patrick. My take is we have collectively lost our damn minds. The collective keeping up with the Joneses paradigm never seems to go away, especially when it comes to vehicles. Read more

I, myself, tell people that the smart money is to buy a 2 year old Honda Civic. Read more