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Mercedes Streeter
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Staff Writer at Jalopnik, learning pilot and does bus stuff. Smart Fortwo (x4), Honda Beat, Suzuki Every, VW Touareg V10, Passat TDI, Jetta TDI, Audi TT, Buell Lightning, Triumph Tiger, Genuine Stella

I’ll take the NYPD over the jokers at my local PD. Still remember (and not fondly) the time when someone stole my van and when the cops found it, they found a meth lab inside. Read more

I watched that press conference and it was possibly the worst post-aviation emergency press conference I’ve ever watched. He spent the entire time railing against what he thinks DEI means while making false claims left and right. Read more

I suppose I’ve added to this pile. My 2016 Smart has an open recall regarding its headlights. My car’s headlights have vertical and horizontal adjustment screws like its European siblings, but that’s a big no no in America. The recall is to install a permanent cap so that the headlights no longer have horizontal Read more

Honestly? A kei van is way better than this truck cap pretending to be a camper. They cost about the same as a kei truck and have way more space for a camper layout. Read more

Welcome to the crazy group of riders who aren’t afraid of a little winter! Omg I hope you have gear to match the bold yellow of this thing. :D Read more

I wish car YouTubers (and really every other YouTuber) quit it with the scammy sponsors. Oh boy, I lost count here. Let’s see, Established Titles can’t legally change your title and the “plot” of land you’re buying is a joke. BetterHelp is mining your data, overcharging you, and your “therapist” might not even be Read more

You are totally correct. It’s also insane what goes into the production of videos at some of the larger channels. Take YammieNoob as an example. It may look like it’s just a guy firing off hot takes from his keyboard, but he has a team of about 30 people helping him plan content 45 days ahead of time. Unless it’s Read more

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Uncle Tony’s Garage is wrong a lot nowadays. His usually uninformed whining about EVs was annoying enough. Then he spent a whole hour deepthroating Robby Starbuck’s verifiably false claims about “wokeness”:

The entire existence of StreetSpeed717. He’s a transphobic dick who pollutes water for fun and thinks the laws shouldn’t apply to him because he’s a good ol’ boy. The $58k fine he got wasn’t harsh enough. Read more

David Tracy famously left groceries in the beds of pickup trucks and under snow in his backyard. I’m pretty sure I drank one of yard beers right before he left Detroit. :) Read more

Exactly. If prices actually go down, Trump will be credited as a genius. If things keep getting more expensive (which, I mean...) then Trump and his base will blame Democrats even though the Republicans currently control the entire darn federal government right. I mean come on, we already have a whole four years of Read more

I forgot to mention that a $100 truck is likely to be rusty, but even a nicer one is so dirt cheap. The hard part is getting access to the auctions, but a service like Japan Car Direct can get you in for a fee. Ugh, yeah, there’s like a fee for everything if you’re not personally an importer. Read more

I wonder what the TSA doesn’t catch? They joke about making a guy throw grenade-shaped hot sauce away, but how many guns get through? Read more

I say modestly as the Brabus ForTwo maintains the standard model’s 70 horsepower turbo triple engine. It does have remapped shift points for the five-speed auto manual... Read more

I see a couple of issues with the guy’s claims. For one, he just sat there, seatbelt on, letting the car drive him in circles. If he wanted the car to stop all he had to do was interfere with its controls. Sounds like if the car was driving toward a boat ramp he’d just let it happen. lol Read more