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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

The floor map isn’t even accurate. For example, where Honda should be is a display of Lingenfelter cars. There are two Mazdas and both are used cars. There are two Volvos and one of them is used. Read more

I went on the second day and it looks like the show figured out how to fill the dead space. Dealer groups came in with cars right off of their lots. The VW section is an endless sea of gray. Read more

So that’s what was happening! Yesterday I saw guys walk up to the Lordstown Endurance and start measuring its windshield wipers. They seemed content. Read more

My one and only ride on this coaster was in 2016. I waited for a front seat to the experience, too.

I tried to buy a first-generation BMW X5... and failed horribly because the SUV was vastly different (worse) than the pictures in the ad. Read more

It is an intersection, and a crazy one at that.

The bikes don’t actually come out of the factory that loud. Months ago I got to test Harley’s King of the Baggers roadgoing specials and they were quieter than some of the stock metric bikes that I’ve owned and tested. It was the same deal when I rode a friend’s Harley trike (I was curious). With the stock exhaust Read more

Oh man, the acceleration of that thing is probably best described as “gradual.” Read more

The Montana title is a trick used to avoid sales taxes on expensive cars. Basically, the owner set up an LLC in Montana, registered the truck to the LLC, and avoided paying sales tax on $400k of truck in their actual state. Read more

I somehow missed this comment all those months ago! I do not need my hazards to merge onto a highway. Read more

The list of Smart-loving stars has always been somewhat interesting. Shaq loves Smarts so much that he’s had more than one of them. I’ve forgotten that Hamilton has one! Read more

It was the other way around. Ford imported Transits as wagons with passenger seating to avoid a 25% tariff. Then, once the feds were looking the other way the passenger seats got tossed out. Read more

Illinois can be decent if you stay off of the highways. Take backroads (or Route 66) and you’ll see some history, great little hole-in-the-wall eateries, and great cars. Read more

Sadly, you are right. Back in early 2020, Geico left me stranded on the side of an interstate in rural PA after I got a flat tire on a motorcycle I bought. Read more

After having driven thousands of miles in the future wife’s Prius, I have come to greatly respect the thing. In fact, I’ll even call it an enthusiast car. Read more