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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

These have to be made up callers. Who is actually taking car buying advise from a car salesman? I wouldn’t believe a word he says. Read more

That looks more like a phishing vessel. Read more

a dummy credit card that tricked “the fuel system into thinking the pump was in use, even though the transactions were never completed Read more

It would’ve been nearly impossible to drag power all the way into the park, not to mention provide water/sewer facilities (park toilets are composting and what minimal water exists is from wells). Also, obtaining private land from the National Park Service would’ve also been a non-starter I’m sure.  Putting this Read more

...one of the main reasons I bought a Hummer EV is because it ISN’T gas or diesel...that’s the schtick. Diesel and lifted truck bros HATE them and I love it. They’re always trying to roll coal or gun it past me and I just laugh knowing I’ve got well over twice their horsepower available in an instant and have a Read more

No, and neither have you. Nobody with the easy means to charge at home complains about EV range. That’s just asinine to claim. Read more

I wonder if they figured out how to make one last longer than a timing belt.
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Remember, NHTSA says pedal confusion accidents happen 44 times per day in the US. But we should first blame the Tesla, then read the car’s logs, then we can blame the victim driver for mashing the go pedal instead of the stop pedal. :) Read more

There’s no recourse for lying in this country.  Read more

Simple, do everything you can to kneecap the education system so the general population is pretty dumb. Allow social media to work unchecked at spreading dumb misinformation in small meme form they can still manage to digest despite their poor education, make having an education and the ability to reason and Read more

Because the majority of voters in their districts are even dumber than they are Read more

I miss the good old days when all it took to change a hurricane’s course was a Sharpie. Read more

What’s worse is that, like 2020, we’re going have Trump as president again. He might even bring Covid back. Read more

68k miles <100 miles at a time? That’s an impressive number of short trips. Read more

Coal, gas and oil are the leading sources of weather altering carbon emissions. Looks like this bill could turned into another conservative self-own. Read more

If it’s global warming, that’s not possible because humans can’t impact the weather. Read more

Pro-Tip: If you carry a flat of AAs, you can refill it as you go.
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