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Rory Carroll
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Jalopnik EIC '48 Willys CJ-2A, '84 Porsche 911, '15 VW GTI, '07 Lexus GX 470, 1995 Ford F-150.

Adjustable hammer

The Normandy scene of Saving Private Ryan but with Pugs instead of humans.

I pretty much hate most of the other people on the road, and this seems like a good way to get back at them.
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Very interesting. Curtiss-Wright, huh? You know when it went under way back when right after WW2 (and they couldn’t make the XF-87 Blackhawk a sale), the management had the engineers just throw out all their drawings into the trash. Can’t remember the guys’ name but one of them felt that was just too much and went Read more

I’m not seriously looking for one unless the price is ridiculously low. I’m sure you’ll get most back on what you paid for it because it really seems to be the highest quality carrier you can buy. I’m lobbying for a new lift kit right now and I don’t know think my wife will give me the green light to do both right Read more

Nice. Very understated yet very capable and far more comfortable than your average 4x4 for far less than a decked out Land Cruiser.
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I know I told you this already, but that thing looks amazing!
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GX470s are great offroad vehicles. Yours is coming along nicely. Read more

Cosmetically, the lift and wheel/tire combo are a fantastic improvement from stock.  Obviously they’ll help with wheeling but in my opinion, they make the vehicle look more like something it should have looking like from the factory. Read more