http://cache-foo-01.gawkerassets.com/gawker/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com http://jalopnik.com This is an XML content feed. It is intended to be viewed in a newsreader or syndicated to another site. http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413257&view=rss&microfeed=true It's one thing to see the Killer Bees MGB get PIT-Maneuvered at the 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza last weekend, and another to see that poor MG about to get slammed upside-down into the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413125&view=rss&microfeed=true As you know, I collect heartfelt notes to the mean ol' tow-truck driver, as found in junkyards. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to peel off the ominous "red tag" stickers applied by angry... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413269&view=rss&microfeed=true A recent addition to the Toolbox-O-Cruelty™ used by the LeMons Supreme Court is the Trivia Test. We've got a half-dozen tests, written by members of the Court, and miscreants generally get the choice... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413261&view=rss&microfeed=true The famous chase sequence in Bullitt was just about perfect, but it lacked a few crucial components. For example, where was the church procession blocking the road? The oil drums bursting on the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413092&view=rss&microfeed=true Much as I like to get my parts at the junkyard, I tend to feel a little uncomfortable using junkyard brake hoses. Anyway, there's been a real Spridget drought at my local self-service yards. So, I... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413264&view=rss&microfeed=true This magician dude might as well pop Fool For The City into the 8-track and start tokin' on his Carbonga™ Mobile Bong, because that custom paint job has no business on a van that will be hauling... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412318&view=rss&microfeed=true The 21st race in 24 Hours Of LeMons history took place in Northern California last weekend, and we saw a BMW E30 take the overall win for the second time in a row, bringing BMW's LeMons win total to... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412463&view=rss&microfeed=true Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Alameda seems well-stocked with Darts; in this series,... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5414063&view=rss&microfeed=true Golfer Tiger Woods was "seriously injured" in a car crash after hitting a fire hydrant and a tree in Florida early Friday morning at 2:25 AM. The crash, at low speed, did not deploy the airbags of... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413866&view=rss&microfeed=true Beneath this expanse of aluminum foil is two tons of aluminum und shteel in the form of Audi's new A8. The veil will drop on Monday in Miami and we'll be there to tell you all about it. http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413426&view=rss&microfeed=true In addition to these ten cars and five of these ten deals, we're also thankful we're not working today. In the meantime, here's Bumbeck's guide to deep-frying your turkey using an engine hoist for... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5413052&view=rss&microfeed=true Once upon a time, men were real men. Women were real women. And speed came from strapping yourself into an aircraft drop tank and hauling across a lakebed like a bat out of hell. Plus, there's... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412994&view=rss&microfeed=true One thing any person who writes on the Internet has to look forward to is a correction. And not just any correction. The most detailed-oriented, minor suggestions will come your way with regularity.... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411475&view=rss&microfeed=true Richard Carter affixed over 200 novelty singing fish and lobsters to a Volvo 240, linked them with a Linux operating system and got them to sing and dance in unison to create the "Sashimi Tabernacle... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412877&view=rss&microfeed=true Hypothetical question: If you had 7,688 tiny Swarovski crystals, what would you do with them? You'd glue them to a cheap Murcielago model, you say? Oh! It's like we were separated at birth! The... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412820&view=rss&microfeed=true Sixteen-valve fours, crashing, and some of the best racing ever seen. It's like NASCAR, if NASCAR were high on schnitzel and still had soul. We've watched a lot of DTM videos. This is one of the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412915&view=rss&microfeed=true We feel bad for this guy. He did what most lesser Ferrari 360 owners wouldn't dream of, took his car to the track. His tape-job didn't offer much protection when he hit the wall at Palm Beach... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412827&view=rss&microfeed=true We're thankful for pre-Ford Volvo, but now we're thinking Post-Chinese Volvo will make us thankful for the days of Ford's ownership. So this pre-Turkey Day we're remembering some highlights of the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412147&view=rss&microfeed=true Consider the lowly parking lot: You drive on it. You park on it. You ignore it. It's a means to an end, not an end in itself, right? Wrong. It's wonderful. And it needs your love. On the surface,... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412771&view=rss&microfeed=true The 2010 Dakar Rally will put bikes, quads, cars and trucks to the test through 5,600 miles of South American terrain and we've got the official route map. Fiambalá here we come! [Motorbiker.org via... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412791&view=rss&microfeed=true The latest round of European NCAP crash testing's complete, which means our video-bin horn o' plenty overfloweth with clips of a dozen Euro cars getting the stuffing smashed outta them. Thank you... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411975&view=rss&microfeed=true Bruce Wayne has shown us it's possible to cruise with more than a single companion in a two-seater Lamborghini. Perhaps. But there is a more elegant way—worthy of both superheroes and mere... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411532&view=rss&microfeed=true If you absolutely must buy a new car in this hour of thanks, then we suggest you choose one of these ten. Happy turkey! Ahh, Thanksgiving — turkey, family, angst, and burnouts. (Your holiday... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412726&view=rss&microfeed=true Tomorrow we're filling up on booze and tryptophan; the excess of food leading to imminent napping. If this doesn't work there are many vehicles designed to encourage the same feeling. What car puts... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412653&view=rss&microfeed=true Conventional wisdom states all rear wings do on FWD cars is increase drag and reduce fuel economy. Chinese designer Leon Zhu wants to challenge that notion, using the vast empty space inside them to... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412022&view=rss&microfeed=true The Mercedes E-Class Coupe's quite nice, yes, but so nice as to be perfect — or so perfect as to be deserved of a new word to describe its perfectness? Not so much. [FuckYeahAds] http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412624&view=rss&microfeed=true Rap/rock is as old as Run DMC and Aerosmith, but The Black Keys-produced BlakRoc album has something on every Jay-Z mashup: a freaking Camaro SS. This may be the first album launched with its own... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412655&view=rss&microfeed=true Happy Thanksgiving Eve! Unless, of course, you happen to be flying, driving, watching the news or talking to anyone. Because then you'll know today's the worst travel day of the year — 1.4%... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412585&view=rss&microfeed=true Toyota's announced this morning they will eschew replacement for reshaping of accelerator pedals and/or floor surface on Toyota or Lexus vehicles involved in the "floor mat fiery death" non-recall... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411454&view=rss&microfeed=true One streetcar, a handful of cars, and San Francisco's Market Street before the 1906 fire — all of it set to Air's "La Femme d'Argent." In other words, the best YouTube clip we've seen all... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412158&view=rss&microfeed=true The Honda Civic has been an icon of frugality for decades. Today, Nice Price or Crack Pipe has a decades-old Civic that comes with a price that may seem less than frugal. Yesterday's Audi Doody,... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412206&view=rss&microfeed=true Toyota, bowing to owner reports, issued a safety recall today on 110,000 2000-2003 Tundras sold in 20 cold-weather states and DC to fix frame rust problems that could cause fiery death the spare tire... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5411802&view=rss&microfeed=true Gary Tatman builds models cars. More specifically, he carves replicas of the coolest race cars of all time from simple wood. Dazzlingly accurate models of the Lotus 33b, Porsche 917K, the Ford GT40,... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412160&view=rss&microfeed=true It's hard to think of a time when someone as benign as Billy Joel could have a song banned, but such was the feigned innocence of the late 1970s. America's cherry had been popped but gay culture... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412131&view=rss&microfeed=true According track-side sources, the 2010 Dodge Viper ACR has set a new unofficial lap record at Laguna Seca of 1:33.944 as the final year production cars make their debut. At least they're going out... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5412014&view=rss&microfeed=true Last month, we reviewed the Skip Barber Advanced Two Day Mazdaspeed Racing School at Connecticut's Lime Rock Park. Here's what they taught us. Turn: 1, First Half of Big Bend Description: The entry...