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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.

My Uncle Sal (yes, we’re about as Italian as you can imagine) had a Mercedes 300D for years. He would daily it to his job at the port of Newark (like I said, Italian). I thought it was the coolest car ever. He detailed it weekly and only let one mechanic, a Cuban exile named Gus on Staten Island, service it. Gus was fo Read more

This just in, people with money only care about making more money Read more

Genny Cream is a good, cheap, hoppy ale. Read more

I LOVE that Cummins Gallardo. That’s the kind of engine swap you do just for the silly factor. Find a wrecked Lamborghini on Copart, find a wrecked Cummins truck, then make them kiss. Nobody would expect a Gallardo to sound like a school bus. Bonus points if you add a stack with a flapper on it. Oh, and you need Read more

Because Elon hasn’t gone away and has decided cisgender is a slur on X and won't shut up about it. Again. Read more

Obligatory Miku.

This rules. Custom liveries of any variety rule. Many of these aren’t in my personal taste (although I love the Kirby GR86), but communities of people doing their thing that doesn’t hurt anyone will always get a thumbs up from me. To the folks hating from the outside looking in, keep it moving. Read more

I’m pretty sure plenty of people are talking about Starfield already without a magic puddle needed to be included. Read more

I think the tank and shorts photos are hero shots, not what she actually wore for the course. In the second photo from the top, she’s wearing the long-sleeve shirt, long pants, and sturdy shoes that are required by the MSF. Read more

No it was just incredibly hot so in between bike time I’d always strip back down into my sports bra. This pic was taken *after* we were totally done.  Read more

This is the “freedom” that car-dependency provides. Read more

Except one is towards an historically discriminated group while the other isn’t. These folks are either: Read more

I’ve never met a single ally (a real ally, that is) who has been offended by being called cisgender, which... *checks notes* ...means you identify as the gender you were born as. Oh, so offensive! Judging by his own Twitter, this Esses figure is a troll at best, transphobic at worst. So of course he’s going to make a Read more

Well, that kind of puts the five people on the sub in perspective, doesn’t it? Read more

I definitely understand. Hell, I currently have my mechanic handling an engine rebuild because I just want to be able to ride as soon as possible. (I’d been putting it off until the coming winter, but all the little problems finally caught up!) Read more