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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 would say my Nova Bus RTS, but I would go even larger if given the chance.

Kinja is currently coded to remove hyperlinks from comments. When it does that, you end up with the messed up words. But you can just drop the whole link, as you did. Read more

The 2.0 Ecotec LNF in the Sky Red Line has a turbo, not a supercharger, unless SC means something else. At any rate, period tests claimed that the Sky Red Line hit 60 mph in 5.2 seconds, over a second faster than even that 2013 MX-5 GT Jota.
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Of course there are sick days. I put into Slack “hey, I feel like crap, I need to take the day,” then log off and remain in bed. Or if I have something to do, I put in “hey, I need to run my bird to the vet,” or “I have a dentist appointment.” Then I leave the keyboard and do my thing. Read more

Apparently there are folks who consider a 50-foot boat a yacht. A small one, of course. What I didn’t realize until reading your comment is just how expensive these things are! Read more

I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Emme in person earlier this year and I was starstruck. She’s definitely the real deal, and handles a side-by-side like a rally car driver. Massive respect! :) Read more

That’s not just any former Mercedes-Benz factory; Ineos took over Smartville, the former home of the Smart Fortwo! Read more

Barring any gotchas that I’m missing, this sounds pretty awesome to me. If programs like this more common around when I graduated high school, I would have probably ended up a commercial pilot. Read more

I love reading Volt owners talk about what their cars can do on a single tank of fuel. I always come back to thinking that the Volt is one of GM’s best cars ever. Read more

Rails as in, the planes ride on rails for taxiing, take off, and landing? Read more

If you look hard enough (another problem with Facebook), you should find “Other” as a make. When selected, you should then get the option to manually fill in the make and model. I’ve had to do that a number of times when selling old motorcycles. Read more

One of those Domino’s cars with a built-in pizza warmer ended up on Copart, then bought by a famous YouTuber. Read more

I think this is more damning of the usage of adhesives for motorcycle phone mounts than anything else. You basically have to trust that the patch of 3M adhesive is going to hold to your case to keep your $1,000+ phone from getting ejected into traffic. Read more

Steals, you say? Well, just about any Kia made before 2022. Price? A screwdriver and a USB cable. Read more

These were the media days (and Biden shut down the whole show for three hours), thus the general public was not allowed in. Read more