http://cache-01.gawkerassets.com/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=5404809&view=rss&microfeed=true If only I'd had a Casio EX-F1 slo-mo camera as a kid. The awesome destruction of all those 1:24 scale model cars I stuffed with M-80s would have been captured! Sadly, Malaise Era kids had to settle... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404806&view=rss&microfeed=true While some are hoping to get big bucks for early Civics, the harsh reality is that lovers of vintage Japanese iron haven't really embraced the little car that changed the entire automotive landscape... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404620&view=rss&microfeed=true Sometimes a car speaks to you, and what it says moves you so profoundly that you must burst into song! Such was the case with the Datsun 710 and BABE Rally veteran Timothy Hansen. Mr. Hansen is also... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404615&view=rss&microfeed=true On my way to the neighborhood taqueria, I passed the Eternal Yard Sale House down the block- every 'hood has one, right?- for the thousandth time... and finally bought something: a 50-year-old photo... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404593&view=rss&microfeed=true Since our last LeMons team T-shirt post my shirt collection has nearly doubled; not only do I get them as bribes from teams, but Chief Perp Lamm has kindly dumped given his collection on to me. This... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404633&view=rss&microfeed=true Don "The Snake" Prudhomme did pretty well with his Arrow… and somehow the success of a vaguely Arrow-shaped Funny Car implied that the street version of the badge-engineered Mitsubishi Celeste would... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403715&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. We now have our first-ever five-time DOTS honoree:... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404505&view=rss&microfeed=true Andy House isn't just the man who crashed his Bugatti Veyron into a lake. He's also the man who owns the repaired Ferrari Enzo crashed by actor Eddie Griffin. Holy super car t-shirt meme crash... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404403&view=rss&microfeed=true Remember the amazing $1.6 million Bugatti Veyron lake crash blamed on a low-flying pelican? We have the video of it happening and there's not a freaking pelican in sight. UPDATE: The driver responds!... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404305&view=rss&microfeed=true Fayetteville, Arkansas' KFSM satellite truck was on the scene to cover a dramatic water rescue before accidentally becoming part of one. Quick, someone call a Bugatti Veyron owner! (H/T to John!)... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404392&view=rss&microfeed=true One of the forgotten examples of early post-colonial British-American sitcom imperialism was the show Dear John, which came over to America as Dear John. The premise is simple and similar to the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404358&view=rss&microfeed=true Last month, California's governor quietly killed an effort to improve commuter rail near L.A. Why? He wanted to focus on a bullet train. Don't agree? You're wrong. America needs fast trains. The... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404257&view=rss&microfeed=true This screen-cap is from a cartoon Toyota produced to help kids understand how their cars are made. It starts with a meeting, charts and one paranoid engineer noticing "they all look the same..."... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404300&view=rss&microfeed=true A septuagenarian businessman from Florida has lots of money and apparently no driving skills, having wrecked ten exotics, including a Ford Indigo concept car, an EB110, and a Yenko Camaro. The full... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404281&view=rss&microfeed=true Chrysler (remember when we called them Chryslerberus? That was fun) issued a recall on 161,000 Jeeps because they lack a feature indicating their automatic transmission is overheating while wheeling.... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404130&view=rss&microfeed=true Carmax, the nations largest used car retailer, has put together the top ten features new car buyers yearn for in online searches. But, rather than just listing them, we've tried to divine why someone... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403431&view=rss&microfeed=true Hodinkee just tipped us that 49 watches from the Porsche family private collection are up for auction at Bonhams. The best part? With many around $1,600, you could actually afford to own a Porsche... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404045&view=rss&microfeed=true This is what the Eisenhower Interstate system looks like drawn in the style of Harry Beck's famous London Underground map. Now come on, wouldn't this make it much easier to find WalMart? ... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404074&view=rss&microfeed=true This Australian ad for the Hybrid Synergy Technology used in the Toyota Prius and other hybrids draws a parallel between gas/electric harmony and having a weird guy attached to your butt all day. Ya... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404153&view=rss&microfeed=true The McLaren MP4-12C is the next world-killing super car from McLaren. Now we've got development video of the new many-numbered-McLaren. In the video, we learn a little about the car, but most of... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404158&view=rss&microfeed=true Before you ask, no, this isn't it. But an all-new Interceptor is set to replace the old-and-busted Crown Vic, and it's likely to be rear-wheel drive. Get in the car, perp. Confession time: A few us... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403545&view=rss&microfeed=true We may not live in the Waterworld formerly known as Virginia, but we know what it's like to be stuck in a downpour with no end in sight. Here's five tips to get you and your car home safely. Driving... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404068&view=rss&microfeed=true It's Friday the 13th, which numerology has dictated is not a good day because on Friday the 13th a big, crazy hockey player named Jason kills people. Jason typically walks, which is a waste of... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5404020&view=rss&microfeed=true The Bugatti Galibier debuted in Los Angeles last week before a crowd of people wealthy enough to care. The photos finally reveal proportions of the front-mounted W16 super saloon concept. Also, the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403287&view=rss&microfeed=true Two Democrats in Michigan's State House put together legislation to mandate classroom time on "the importance of carpooling and using public transportation, identifying the attributes of a... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403963&view=rss&microfeed=true The Russians love things big. They also don't let silly things like gravity and drag get in the way, dammit. We've only limited data on the K7 Flying Fortress, but this hasn't stopped Russian... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403997&view=rss&microfeed=true Our friends at the DeLorean Motor Company have made themselves experts on tearing down and rebuilding DeLoreans. And now they've put it to music and it's Bennie Hill's Yakety Sax to boot! (Hat tip to... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403285&view=rss&microfeed=true Demonstrating the kind of financial savvy that keeps "gold investment" firms in business, a poster at Bimmer Forums wants his 5-series repossessed so he can buy the M3 he wants. It's brilliant/awful... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403662&view=rss&microfeed=true This is a screen capture of the Virginia DOT's closed-road list as of 5:30 EST Thursday. Each line represents a primary or secondary highway. Crazy part? This is less than 25% of the whole list.... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403245&view=rss&microfeed=true Lotus tasked itself with repairing a painstakingly accurate replica of a Spitfire fighter plane in preparation for the Battle of Britain's 70th Anniversary. Hey, can you think of anyone else with... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403446&view=rss&microfeed=true With the 944, Porsche gave us a highly capable sports car with a decidedly Germanic personality. Chevy has taken a more muscular approach to the Corvette's development. Today, Nice Price or Crack... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403455&view=rss&microfeed=true Remember the 6.2-liter V8 we showed you earlier today? Ford may not be marketing this engine as the Boss, but trust us, it's a Boss engine. Here's the mother of all Easter Eggs to prove it. Cast... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403246&view=rss&microfeed=true A moment on Google Street View showing a Dutch fire truck driving away after allegedly knocking down a little old lady on her bike hit the internet yesterday, today Google's completely erased the... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403524&view=rss&microfeed=true One of the most printed contemporary books of the 1970s, Jonathan Livingston Seagull is an extremely accessible psychospirutal novella about personal growth, spirituality, nonconformity, and... http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5403350&view=rss&microfeed=true A Washington man doesn't like coffee shops with scantily clad baristas, so he's staking the establishments out and then encouraging boycotts of businesses if one of their employees patronizes while...