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Amber DaSilva
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Staff Writer at Jalopnik. Sucker for big adventurous motorcycles and tiny sporty cars. It doesn't make much sense to her, either.

I invited Andy to come out to Seattle to ride the sidecar! He said no, like a coward Read more

Surely you jest!

Mercedes I would pay real money to see a Gold Wing TDI Read more

Genuinely the funniest way for him to describe bulletproofing. Yeah, it’ll stop whatever, regardless of mass, as long as it’s moving slow. Totally. Read more

I’d take this over a KLR any day of the week, to be clear Read more

Y’know, I was trying to figure out which Toyota this was, and I ended up going Crown over Celsior just based on the lights. Totally spaced out on the Celsior’s ‘97 facelift. Read more

Oh, it wasn’t supposed to. Mine was just busted, and the transmit switch was stuck Read more

Personally, I’m waiting for smoother thumper motors. Ducati claims this one is well-balanced, so I’m intrigued to see it in a bike Read more

I even asked Rory if I could expense the place! Apparently we don’t have that kind of money. Read more

I’m hoping the crystal method ends up cheaper than a lawyer, but can you really put a price on vibes? Read more

The singular They” is grammarically accepted as a gender-neutral third-person singular pronoun, and long has been. The backlash to it is recent and ideologically motivated

I’m very curious as to how the driver’s credit score plays into this Read more

If you’ve got a better gender-neutral third person singular pronoun suggestion, I’m all ears Read more

Did he think it was gonna be the size of a Civic, or... Read more

The Hess Truck goes with Energizer batteries like chocolate goes with peanut butter -- absolutely inseparable Read more

Y’know, I had thought it looked a little too small to be a Panther, but this is strong evidence pointing towards Ford. Read more

Honestly, I thought about taking the time to adjust lighting on the pacifier, but instead decided to get the post out. Now I wish I’d taken another pass Read more

It’s the Top Secret color! You dare disparage that shade of gold in my good christian comments section? Read more