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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

Exactly - if we’ve learned anything from the last several years in America, it’s that malicious corrupt actors will never face any consequences and will, in fact, flourish and be granted only more power, influence, and cold hard cash.
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There is less than zero chance any right-wing SCOTUS judge will face any consequence from congress (the only people who legally can do anything) when those 6 people so blatantly do whatever the GOP wants, seeing as it requires a super majority from congress to have any consequences. It will easily be 30+ years before Read more

Heat affects all aircraft basically the same - less engine power, less lift (for a given airspeed). A STOL is not really suited to routine air ambulance ops anyway. For starters, I’m not sure there are many (any?) turbine STOL aircraft, and if you think high heat is bad on turbine performance, it’s way worse on piston Read more

Counterpoint:  Screwing around with (and likely damaging, from the looks of the photo) somebody else’s ride isn’t really funny at all.
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One of the funniest things I’ve ever seen on a car involved a Smart car in the Bay Area. Just unbridled Dad-joke funny. Didn’t hurt anybody, and the great state of CA even made a little money on it. Read more

Vandalism is hilarious. WTF is wrong with you kids? Read more

I'm sure it wasn't funny to the people whose cars were tipped but go off. I am happy to poke fun at silly or pretentious vehicles but I keep it nondestructive  Read more

Karens will Karen. An karma is even MORE of a bitch. If the cops come and arrest her for DUI, all the better - but she didn’t sound like she was slurring her words to me, she just sounds southern. Read more

I joked with my wife that it was only a matter of time before Gen-Z began mounting their flat screen televisions on the wall in portrait orientation. Then a few days later, almost as if I’d willed it into existence, we saw a short clip of some nonsense “influencer” living room ... with a TV mounted in exactly that Read more

DO NOT rely on the dealer. Go to your own bank or credit union before you even start shopping and get a blanket approval up to whatever amount you and they are comfortable with. Worst case scenario, you might not be able to drive home with the car THAT very day. But getting you to is a good incentive for the car Read more

It isn’t a thing. The more accurate term for this is “lying” -- the dealer is knowingly misrepresenting the state of the loan application in order to close the deal, hoping to be able to clean up the mess later on.
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I agree....how is this a thing? Going forward....if “approval” really means, “well, maybe, hold on, we’re not really sure...let’s wait a few weeks to decide” then how does anyone purchase with financing and trade in their vehicle? Read more

If we lived in a sane world dealerships would not be allowed to sell financing. It’s a conflict of interest as the best interests of the finance company, the auto manufacturers and the customers are not aligned. Read more