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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

Michigan in the winter is a crazy place. I’ve seen people riding Harleys in freezing temps as well as Miata owners top-down in snowstorms. If there’s a will, people with summertime vehicles will find a way. Read more

In my local area diesel is still cheaper than 93. I’m seeing about $4.49 for 87, $4.80 for diesel and above $5 for 93. Everything I have runs either premium or diesel, so diesel it is! Read more

I’ve always thought that the Warthogs in the original trilogy sounded like pissed off vacuums, but that may have been my crappy TV speakers at the time. At least in those games they were supposed to be hydrogen-fueled ICE. Read more

I can see it. In my living room right now is a Honda Spree. I’ve never ridden the thing and the last time that it ran was maybe three years ago. Read more

Alright kids, here’s the plot: Another Earth has appeared in our solar system and it’s on a crash course for our Earth. The planet...man that thing’s going to get blown up like every other Emmerich film that you’ve seen. Oh, and there’s some dad with family issues with his ex-wife and kids. I guess that’ll be Brian. Read more

Hmmm...I bet I could find a TDI-swapped XJ somewhere. Ooh, or an XJ with a big honkin’ Detroit up front. Read more

Same! The Gambler 500 does the majority of its organizing efforts on Facebook. And with Craigslist as bad as it is nowadays, cutting out Facebook means no more cheap cars. Read more

Some, yes! To give an example that I’m familiar with, some aviation news will break on Twitter before it ends up on a wire or a media release. Read more

There is something nice about a “work” vehicle that you don’t mind getting a little banged up.  Read more

One of these days I have to own (or at the very least drive) one of these microcars. They look so fun! Read more

LOL! Yeah, as Doug notes it’s best to drive in the manual mode where it doesn’t feel as odd. Read more