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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

Maybe the builder wanted to go highway speed with comfort. Everyone forgets that 25+ year old Kei trucks aren’t really fast enough for American highways. My Suzuki is banging off of the rev limiter at 70 mph, so a realistic cruising speed is like 55 mph. Even then, it’s uncomfortable, noisy, and hates wind. A Corolla Read more

Welcome to a whole new life, Amber! Here’s to life only getting grander from here. You rock, girl! <3 Read more

Looks like the source article has no images at all, so Jalop is using a stock photo of a nighttime crash. Read more

Yeah, I don’t recommend buying Kei trucks that someone else imported. You’ll always be paying more money than you need to. A $7k Kei truck probably cost the dealer $3,500 landed, something you can do yourself easily. I have articles here about that. :) Read more

You know, I always thought Idiocracy was supposed to be a comedy, not a documentary, but here we are. When I was a kid I was told to be mindful of car doors, hoods, and trunks because I could break my poor little fingers. Now, we have people doing it intentionally for clicks. Read more

It’s only fair to start digging into these events and put as much pressure on Boeing board of directors as possible. Read more

Even if the slide wasn’t retrieved though, it washing up on the shore of Linsk’s home made his job in the courtroom a whole lot easier.
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Sort of off-topic, but has “Go Woke, Go Broke” ever worked in real life? Read more

The thing that gets me about these things is that they used to be $5k-ish bikes at auction. They used to be $7k-ish on Facebook. Read more

Buc-ee’s advertising gets even weirder! :) I think I was on I-70 sort of out west and saw a sign pointing out a station 1,015 miles away in a completely different state. I wish I turned around for the photo.

Maybe, but it’s still pretty lazy to use 3 year old pics for an ad on a multimillion-dollar car. I put more effort into selling $500 crapboxes. :) Read more

If you’re trying to sell a car on the internet for $2.4 million, hire a fucking professional photographer to capture the car for your listing. This magnificent car looks like a pile of dogshit because this cheap bastard didn’t feel like having the car trucked out to a gorgeous location for a pro snapper to capture its Read more

I can take a lot of crap. I have taken a lot of crap in my life. The experiences that still get me are the homophobes and transphobes I run into on Facebook Marketplace...and, well, life. Read more

The feds aren’t even the problem here. These trucks are all 25+ years old, so the feds don’t care. The problem was the AAMVA, an NGO that consists of DMV and law enforcement admin from every state, territory, Canada, and Mexico. The AAMVA seeks to make car laws the same across the country and was the one who Read more

Eh, I suppose even I have a bad take in me. :) I mean, I do *adore* terrible cars so it's technically on brand. Read more

I suppose I should have clarified that the Rogue I tested was a new third generation model. The 2020 you drive is a second-generation, which made its debut all the way back in 2013. Apparently, it’s not just me who thinks the third gens are decent, even the car buff mags gave it relatively positive reviews. Read more