tommcparland
Tom McParland
tommcparland
Tom is a contributing writer for Jalopnik and runs AutomatchConsulting.com. He saves people money and takes the hassle out of buying or leasing a car. (Facebook.com/AutomatchConsulting)

That’s such a bizarre comment even without the political undertone. “Thank you Quentin for opening our eyes! Before you came along we could never enjoy a film from before 2019! Read more

I reached out to Tom about trying to get a GR Corolla at MSRP earlier this year, and Tom told me straight up that he wasn’t in a position to make that happen well before I paid the fee. It was obviously not the answer I’d hoped to hear, but I’m tremendously grateful he was honest very early on, and if I have a future Read more

I’m a Dodge dealer and I can tell you that the response to this car has been off the chart. With that said, I did sell both of my 170 Demon’s at MSRP and not a dollar over.  Read more

This is an amazing article. This is FASCINATING. I’m not just saying that because I was a SEGA kid in the 90's, which included lots of arcade time with Daytona, VF & SCUD GT. Read more

As a huge fan of kung fu films, I honestly can’t tell if Reeves’ performance in Man of Tai Chi (which he also directed) is just plain awful or an homage to the way white antagonists are typically portrayed in kung fu movies: cartoonishly evil. Read more

I want to note that this advice does not really work for high-mileage cars, beaters, custom cars, cars with enthusiast interest, or collector cars. Basically, it works best for normal cars driven normal miles. Read more

Russian pilot must of thought he was leaving a car’s & coffee event.  Read more

That fighter jet totally rolled coal on the drone... Read more

The best answer - Ford Explorer Eddie Bauer - has already been mentioned multiple times.

Late-90s but Acura Integra gets my vote.

I had a TSX “Sport”wagon. It was painfully slow. The accelerator was just a volume pedal, as nothing physical happened when you stepped on it. Decent car otherwise, but should never had the name “sport” in it’s name.  Read more

Hey there, I don´t comment very often as I can´t be bothered, frankly. I am in grays, so fuck it ... but I decided that I like you and I may be able to help. (if you read the comments, obviously)

Here is the almost perfect car for you ... I am saying almost, as I am not sure if you can stretch it that match.

Shelby was Read more

That really looks awful. Like something found in a recent Jalop slideshow... Read more

One other tip, don’t have negative equity rolled into a loan. The fastest way to a monthly car payment that makes people laugh at you is to have a trade in you still owe money on. Either pay off the car or sell it and pay it off before financing another car.  Read more

This. I was always the shy kid growing up and generally not the social butterfly, but if I’m going to be around these people at least semi-often, I want to know who the hell they are - especially if my child is hanging out with theirs.

Put your big boy/girl pants on and learn to be an adult so you can be a better Read more

So she did it by having a lot of money and charging her tenant an ass load for rent. Be rich and become a landlord, how truly uplifting. Fucking tiktok and influencers. Read more

No, it is more that doing something good takes time, imagination, and effort. Three things 99.99% of the population don’t like to spend. Here are a couple of pranks that were good.  Read more