erikshilling
Erik Shilling
erikshilling
News Editor at Jalopnik. 2008 Honda Fit Sport.

To think, I don’t own a single car with a cabin air filter.

All of that crud is IN MY LUNGS. Read more

It has, and it is, for the worse. Too little, too late, only because they have to.
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But I have been told if we just leave it to the free market to sort it all out that the world will look like this.

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She’s the best CEO they’ve ever had who inherited a mess from the worst CEO they ever had. Read more

Shilling is vehemently opposed to liking things. It’s his whole shtick.  Read more

Has anyone at Jalopnik ever blogged about how advertising 0-60 times or top speeds multiple times the legal speed limit is just as irresponsible if not dangerous as these dumb ads? I should have. Dammit.
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German animals wouldn't think of crossing a road except at a marked crossing. Read more

I think I’ve talked myself into trying to do my Z’s timing belt, but every time I research it, I get intimidated at the long list of stuff I’m supposed to buy (based on the “while you’re in there, you might as well...” forum advice.) Read more

the maker of very expensive, very heavy toys, primarily for Americans Read more

you can tell this video is 15-20 years old because everybody has a lighter instead of a cell phone, lol Read more

This is beautiful.  Peter Gabriel is a freaking treasure.
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I owned the Big Time 12" single (1986) as a kid and it had a version of this song that wasn’t available digitally until a couple of years ago. It has a sparse bass heavy mix and a bigger dose of Youssou N’Dour.

One of my favorite songs on an iconic 80s album. Read more

Yeah, the brain short circuits sometimes when we mix decimals and percentages! Your point stands; the streets of smaller cities get ravaged with closures every spring and fall weekend by 5k fun run mania, and people manage okay.  Read more

This is a ridiculous take. If you close streets to cars, how will the mayor’s motorcade drive to Brooklyn? How will NYPD officers use parking tags in no-parking zones? Read more