Bukowski and the Beetle
It's funny to us that one of the more enduring things associated with Charles Bukowski is his old Volkswagen Beetle,…
What Makes a Man Smoke Tires? Gasoline, Petrol, Benzin or Benzina?
On the occasion of the day after D. Boon's birthday, and having had all manner of fuel scents drift in from the harbor…
More Fun With Jackstands: The Great White Whale of Pedro
While not quite the quad-flat Merc Limo of 'Gundo, this Cadillac's been sitting on 22nd Street right next to the…
Transport Revolution! The Great Hoverchair of San Pedro!
Despite what y'all think, we at Jalopnik to do not spend our days tearing around in Torino Talladegas playing the Angry…
Transport in Los Angeles: It Exists!
The Pacific Electric Red Cars were legendary in prewar Los Angeles part of a 1,500-mile streetcar network that enabled…
Toyota Hybrid Exec David Hermance Dies In Plane Crash Off Cali Coast
There's an bit of space in the air off of the SoCal coast, right near our West Coast office in San Pedro, that's…
Peterbilt Goes Hybrid, We Applaud Peterbilt
In San Pedro there is problem. And the problem is transport. We hammer on this point like Sweet Peet on his "product,…
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach Revise Environmental Plans
Yesterday was one of the hottest November Sixths we can remember. According to the owner of the bodega, it hit 93 in…
David Johansen is Making Out With ParanoidAndroid07
We really thought the Loverman would nail this one, but apparently, commenter ParanoidAndroid07's taste in experimental…
Jamming Econo With the Fiat X1/9
Quick break from Maximum Mopar Day. Reader Ben suggested this, and while we've considered posting it for a a while, we…
Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach to Clean Up
The other day, Bumbeck said to us, "Man, I may as well just go back to smoking," in reference to the air quality in LA.…
America's First Freeway: The 110
ThnderBlt's comment on this post got us thinking about what's alternately known as the Harbor Freeway and the Pasadena…
Bombas Por Vida!
Lately, we've been a little obsessed with bombas. Maybe it's because it's summer, and the Mexican guys around Pedro are…
The Lonely Barracuda of Pedro
We've been walking by this forlorn Valiant derivative for a week or so now, and every time we see it, our heart sinks a…
Vintage Bike Radness Happens in Pedro
Bumbeck came down from the hills in the Mighty Starlet to catch a showing of Cars today (which totally brought out the…
These Are the Vehicles in Your Neighborhood: More of San Pedro's Lost Cars
A few months ago, we rocked a set of photos of the random vehicles we found down by the marina. Now, here's a random…
This World is Big, And So Are We: Trans-Americas Journey
When Ray and Austin crashed the parade in Indy and ended up in a car with Karen Catchpole and her husband Eric Mohl,…
Perfect for Pedro: The GMC MotorHome
As we were walking back from supper at Louie's Chinese Restaurant #2, we spied a white GMC MotorHome that looked like…
Plaid Retina: Weirdo Benzo in MBUSA Parking Lot
Is this a Burberry cross-promo car, or is Mercedes planning to give Mike Watt a free car so he can save gas money by…
Hello From Pedro! Davey G. Returns
The prodigal West Coast blogger has returned after a week of Ann Arbor-outsourcing his posts to the the highly capable…