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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

Oh, I’ve seen those smashed before.

*whispers from off sides*

Oh, you meant the CARS getting smashed, not myself.

Never mind. Read more

You make it sound like the truck driver himself is at fault. Seems to me like that would only be the case if A) he owned the trailer and B) he didn’t properly maintain it. I imagine he’s an employee of the transport company. Read more

The one woman I know with a Gladiator has a diesel and uses it to tow. She wanted more towing capacity than most unibody vehicles can deliver, but didn't want to get a full size pickup. Read more

It would hurt them less if they weren’t murdering people in Ukraine.  Read more

Agreed on 2 & 7.

V8 “enthusiasts” are some of the worst when it comes to gatekeeping.

I was in Italy last week and got an Audi Q5 as a rental. On a model with less than 30,000 km, it had:
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Classic Jalop would have done 18 slides of the Cybertruck. Read more

Kanye West is involved? I would piss on it first. He is a racist, bigot, anti-Semite and all-around asshole. Anyone who willingly involve themselves with him is too. Read more

What a poor excuse: We want to support a fascist, but don’t want any blowback for doing so. Read more

Honestly, it’s a bit of a lift, some chunky tires, and a garish light bar away from a very fun off-roader build. Read more

For all its flaws, I genuinely love this car. I’m toxic.  Read more

For the all-time best aircraft-at-track day, look up Gimli Glider. Read more

How old is this person? He talks about himself and his family like he’s a wee widdle baby man, it’s kind of weird. And what the hell does diabetes have to do with cross-country racing? Is he gonna wipe out in a sugar dune and need his legs amputated? It kind of seems like a bunch of freaks trying to make a spectacle Read more

So worst case scenario, he crashes and is bleeding out.  His mother can see it on the livestream and can’t do one single thing about it.  So, totally pointless and didn’t increase safety at all, likely made it worse because of the extra weight on his neck. Read more

The spot and description appear to be the outlet guide vanes for the fan nozzle, which is the “bypass” part of the compressor stage in a high bypass turbofan engine. They don’t spin, they just straighten air coming out to make it less turbulent.

I don’t feel so bad now about the 3 to 4 10mm sockets somewhere in the engine bay of my car. Read more

Tired - replicas of the restomod Mustang from the Gone In 60 Seconds remake