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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

Dunn tried to sell me his Smart. If only I was looking for another coupe to go with the other five coupes I already have. lol Now, if it were a convertible... Read more

I fear that I am one of the few people on Earth who actually loves Smart cars... Read more

But the person who’s looking to buy your vehicle likely isn’t on their phone... Read more

Yep, definitely a hard pull. I tried to finance a motorcycle a few years ago, making the mistake of trying to go through the lenders offered by the dealer and not my bank. They did something like 4 hard pulls that day. And those pulls don't go away immediately, kids! Read more

This used to happen to my parents a couple of decades ago. They’d walk into a dealership with banged up credit (usually a recent bankruptcy or a repo). A good dealership didn’t promise anything and kept us there until they got hard denials from the banks. Yes, it took all day, but at least we knew what was going on. Read more

Those are also a ton of fun! But in my experience, doing 60 mph in an open top SUV doesn’t feel nearly the same as doing the same speed in something that’s just a few inches off of the ground. Read more

The Boeing hitman when 10 more whistleblowers stepped up to the plate:

It’s a joke about how multiple Boeing whistleblowers have died in recent times. Read more

These are pretty much as close you can get to a motorcycle without getting a motorcycle endorsement. Well, provided you aren’t a resident of one or two states, anyway. Read more

The target demographic seems to be someone like me. lol I’m testing a Slingshot R right now and I’m in love. Read more

Normally, I’d say that suing this state would be a terrible idea. Tennessee effectively has unlimited time and money and will drag out the case as long as possible to make him suffer. It would be one of those things where he’ll probably win, but at the cost of everything else. That old Nissan Motors v Nissan Computer Read more

Illinois is a bit weird about this. We’re not allowed to fire off the flying stuff, but we can have sparklers, smoke bombs, snakes, and stuff like that. It’s a little silly because the law, which is several decades old, is supposed to be about safety, but sparklers can burn the crap out of your skin. Read more

All he needed was a propeller and it would have been perfect. But I suspect the addition of a prop would catch the attention of the aviation authorities. Over here that rig would probably be too heavy and probably too powerful to be an ultralight. lol Read more

I think it’s just a wild coincidence. It’s just an article on a cool car museum and not really worth the effort to fake things. Read more

Damn the lack of an edit function. I dusted off my old IT skills and compared the Drive’s images side by side and block of pixels by block of pixels with mine. Read more

In fairness to my former colleagues, we all saw the video earlier in the week. Read more

Look, it was an intentionally silly comment. :) But a GMC Motorhome would be a commuter car you could cook dinner in. lol Read more