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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

She’s loud, poops everywhere and nibbles on everything that you don’t want her to nibble on. Read more

Oh my, I’m going to need a minute to process all of your former cars. Now all of those are the stuff of dreams! Read more

Thanks for the explanation! Hmmm...I might have to add drones to the list of things that I want to try out this summer. Read more

Kathryn Janeway (a baby green cheek conure) is also joining us today whenever she finishes stretching.

Apparently swimming in mid-winter is “a thing” now that’s supposed to be good for you, (if you don’t die of hypothermia). Read more

Admittedly I’m not much of an F1 person (I’m more into off-road stuff) but I’ve freed you so my colleagues can answer that question! Read more

You’ve been freed from the gray! Be excellent to your fellow readers and have fun. Read more

After having ridden in (and driven) David’s Valiant, that is so true. lol Just fold the carpet over the hole and pretend it’s not there. Read more

Those visuals are absolutely fantastic. I so need to get a drone for stuff like this. Many many years ago I had an early consumer drone and it was darn hard to fly the thing. Are new ones as easy to fly as they look? Read more

I’d say do it if you can swing it! I’ve seen Monteros do some wild stuff off-road and I just watch in awe. Like, I’ve watched one pull a school bus out of a mud pit. Read more

I love that I’m not the only one with multiples of the same car. Whew. Read more

With so much car content going to YouTube today I’m always happy to see new car media outlets popping up still in digital print. And with those two you already know that you’re in for a ride! Read more

It’s an experiment to see what happens when old “evergreen” articles are re-upped. The stuff going up should be articles that are still relevant and still have a draw. Read more

That is indeed my baby! I got it because it was an RTS, but along the way I found out that TAMU student and faculty absolutely love these old buses. My story on it got a lot of reactions from the university. Read more

During our week away from Kinja we talked about coming back and doing all of the stuff that we missed most about Jalopnik of old. So these chats are back, as are Traffic Jams. There are things that we can’t control, so we want to make what we can the best we can make them. Read more

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