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Staff Writer at Jalopnik, learning pilot and does bus stuff. Smart Fortwo (x4), Honda Beat, Suzuki Every, VW Touareg V10, Passat TDI, Jetta TDI, Audi TT, Buell Lightning, Triumph Tiger, Genuine Stella

Buc-ee’s is absolutely run by terrible people, but as an honest question, is there a gas station chain that isn’t run by ghouls of some sort?  Read more

I try to stay away from making assumptions about the people who drive certain vehicles unless they’re dumb enough to plaster their vehicles with Confederate flags or whatever. Read more

It’s just a weirdly-worded sentence. It happens from time to time. :) I think I might have done worse... Ooof!

The FBI theory was that he didn’t survive the jump, not that he never arrived at the ground. Some of the stolen cash began washing up, possibly indicating that something happened, but they never found a body. Read more

I’ve had an intrusive thought about these decommissioned scooters. Buy one, put the stickers back on, place it in a high-traffic area, and watch confused people try to rent it. Read more

Yeah, but the reader didn’t say that. If they said “customized Jeep” I would have agreed, especially if we’re talking about those awful angry face grilles. But they just said the Gladiator, claiming that it does nothing well. It’s a truck with a Jeep badge. Maybe not the greatest truck, but clearly a product with Read more

Not going to lie, I’m pretty disappointed in the Jalop community on this one.

You can see cooler stuff than this by going to any Gambler 500. :D This looks like the rich guy version of the Ford Festiva I chopped up years ago. Read more

Trying to register a car with a damaged title has been the worst ongoing DMV experience I’ve had for about two years now. Read more

And what the hell does diabetes have to do with cross-country racing?
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I doubt we’d be looking at a huge explosion here, but something more like an engine failure. Read more

If the 4-foot piece of nylon got sucked into the engine, the results could have been catastrophic. Read more

That bus is a bad deal. Let’s see, the seller wants you to pay $30,000 for a bus that he hasn’t even tried to start in years. Oh and he’s too lazy to get you more than the worst possible pictures, the bus doesn’t have operational lights, and it looks like the parking brake doesn’t work, either. It looks like someone Read more

The PC800 remains deeply underrated. I guess that’s a good thing because they also remain cheap. Great find! Read more

“I think that’s bad development policy, people in rural areas should be working locally or telecommuting rather than driving 3 hours.” Read more

Crazy answer: A triple diesel engine pickup truck with a 6 inch lift installed at the factory. I mean, the EPA’s going to get a gut punch, too, so might as well make a FerdRamChev F-Teenthousand Denali with a 6.7 Power Stroke up front, a 6.6 Duramax in the middle, and a 6.7 Cummins bringing up the rear. Read more

Paging Jonee to the white courtesy phone. Your lovely LNA has been spotted! Read more

I mean, a cutesy name didn’t stop Honda from dominating the world with something called the Super Cub. Read more

Plymouth wasn’t irrelevant for most of its existence. The whole idea of the brand was to cater to car buyers who couldn’t afford a Chrysler, Dodge, or a DeSoto. Plymouth was crucial to Chrysler’s survival through the the Great Depression.

Things went well, all things considered. The aircraft was passing through 4,000 feet, so no pressurization wasn’t a big deal and a busted windshield is better than ingesting birds into the engines. The pan-pan call here basically means something’s broken and it’s an urgent thing, but the aircraft isn’t in immediate Read more