if this site goes down, you can digitally find me … nowhere. I know a sign from god when I see one
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also, a true car-buying conundrum from : do you buy the last Bugatti Chiron ever made for $10.7 million, or spend that amount on *every* new GR86 and BRZ on , with enough left over for a bonus Veyron?
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for awhile, certain racing games were obsessed with vehicle damage. somehow, with today's superior hardware and visual capabilities, damage has fallen by the wayside. Jalopnik's spoke with a studio insider to find out why
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it's not often that a news outlet launches with such a focus on important local journalism. check out , which is hiring!
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If you want to do meaningful journalism, have fun and be creative, join our founding team. We would love to hear from you.
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when Porsche showed the 911 Dakar, I was skeptical. it's easy to make an all-show hack-up, lifted but otherwise unchanged. shared my concern — but after driving the Dakar, he came away gobsmacked. check out his review on
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traffic stops don't make our roads safer, and they create an unnecessary risk of fatal violence, especially for Black drivers. this post is from 2020, but the facts, and the threat, have not changed since then.
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I know a bunch of inexperienced jamokes who would gleefully go broke trying
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Hey weird car Twitter friends, anybody know anybody who might be interested in taking over a part (or all) of one of America's leading Citroen restoration businesses? If so, HMU.
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the Porsche that will race at the Rolex 24 at Daytona this weekend has the heart of a 918 Spyder .... which had the heart of a Porsche ALMS racer. great history and explainer here from
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we sent to the new Grand Central Madison train station on a crucially important mission: seeing a Yoko Ono tweet engraved in marble on the wall, complete with timestamp
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if there's one person you can trust at the intersection of artificial intelligence and traffic court, it's
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Regarding Fare Evasion Discourse, it seems to me that New York City cops routinely defacing their license plates to steal tolls and evade speed cameras, then using fake placards to park on the sidewalk is much more corrosive to social trust than turnstile jumping.
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had an amazing time talking with about cars, media, and how to get a job writing about what you love.
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Globe. Plant. Well composed generally. Neon should be on or there’s no point in having it. Minor cord violation. 9/10
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Is now the time to buy a car? editor-in-chief says while the market is ripe for good deals, if you need a loan, sky-high interest rates are a good reason to wait a few months.
WATCH: trib.al/NeLAscQ
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Remember when then-candidate George Santos — or is it George Devolder, or George Devolder-Santos, or Devolder Santos, or Anthony Devolder — claimed he was driving 800-plus miles a week in New York City?
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and finally: why didn't Chevy make the E-Ray a plug-in hybrid? it all comes down to weight and complexity — and the fact that you're extremely unlikely to pull in your garage with less than 80 percent battery charge
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so who is this all-wheel drive, super-quick Corvette meant for? Vette boss Tadge Juechter told me the E-Ray is aimed at buyers who just want "the most expensive Corvette," but have no need for the Z06's ultra-focused track capabilities
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last week, I got to ride in the hybrid, all-wheel drive Corvette E-Ray, and talk with the folks who engineered it. it's fascinating and completely unconventional, and I think it'll be the Vette that a ton of buyers choose
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15 years ago, when I first started writing about cars, my secret wish was to write for Jalopnik. Today that wish comes true, as my CES 2023 vibe check post is now live at the original cool kids car website.
Give it a read?
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today's award for "perplexing yet entirely on-brand gift" goes to for sending me this, uh, 90210-themed XJ I didn't know my collection needed
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(the music is just a single tuba making lonely fart noises)
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If Elon Musk sets foot on Mars in the next 10 years I will eat an entire Cybertruck twitter.com/treywheeler_/s
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Ken Block's death feels especially tragic because it's impossible to overstate his influence on car culture. he captured a generation that everyone else in the automotive world ignored. beautiful words from here:
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the key to enjoying glass onion is to delete twitter from your phone
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tonight I discovered the opposite of “sober as a judge” is “stoned as a christmas tree salesman”
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Hi! Looking for two things :
-any writers/editors interested or available in being on call for holiday coverage anytime Dec. 23-Jan. 2
-a regular weekend writer/editor starting in Jan
Please spread the word / share any recs! Thank you!
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the Krispy Kreme in my hometown had a machine that did all of this before 9/11
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Krispy Kreme has begun testing new technology in its shops that would cut back on repetitive labor such as dipping doughnuts into bowls of icing. on.wsj.com/3G1AAxm
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the way I just reacted to an incubus song coming up on shuffle tells me I’ve fully aged out of being cool
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