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Goodboy Picture Company/Getty Images There are a handful of cars which can be widely known to be a blast to drive. Whether that be the Mazda MX-5 Miata, Volkswagen GTI, or something just like the BMW M3, each have a status that precedes them. Unfortunately, it’s much easier to search out cars that usually are not especially compelling to drive, whether or not they’re simply dull, gutless, or designed for a more mundane purpose like hauling children. From time to time, though, you end up in something that sneaks its way into your heart and brings an unanticipated smile to…
It’s no secret that VinFast, the only Vietnamese company selling cars in america, has faced some… lower than glowing criticism from the automotive press surrounding its VF8 midsize electric crossover. We have also previously covered how VinFast is losing an astonishing sum of money, and a few essentially the most scathing instances of media criticism. And now, a video has come out of a VinFast VF8 going absolutely nuts when creep mode loses traction on a snowy hill. Kyle Conner of the Out Of Spec Reviews team posted a video to Instagram demonstrating the alarming behavior, and it’s each hysterical…
Ford Ford’s most iconic brand partnership is arguably the Eddie Bauer special edition models it used to do of the Explorer, Bronco, Expedition, F-150, and Tour. I remember seeing them as a child and being so envious of classmates whose parents drove an Eddie Bauer Ford, with their special green and metallic tan paint and plush-looking interiors. That partnership ended a protracted time ago, but now Ford is teasing a brand new upcoming collaboration with a unique clothing company: the 2027 Ford Super Duty Carhartt truck, coming later this yr. This may not be the primary heavy duty American pickup…
George Frey/Getty Images The times of lugging around various physical valuables are slowly disappearing. More stores and merchants are going money free, you’ll be able to pay for goods using nothing but your phone, and shortly, iPhone and Apple Watch–wielding Illinoisans won’t even must carry their physical ID card for some things, but for now at the least, you continue to must keep your driver’s license on you whenever you get behind the wheel. Digital identification cards aren’t particularly revolutionary; in truth, 12 other states and the island of Puerto Rico already allow drivers to ditch their physical license in favor…
Parking in Los Angeles is a well known hassle, but imagine being charged nearly $8,000 by an automatic machine that wrongfully showed that you just were parked there for 3 years. That is what happened to Cate Daniels last Friday after a 45-minute visit to Glendale Memorial Hospital in LA County. The hospital parking structure’s automated machine charged Cate Daniels $7,829 after a visit that did not even last an hour. The receipt claimed that Daniels first parked within the structure in 2022, and when she tried correcting the difficulty, she said a parking attendant accused her of parking there…
Logan K. Carter / Jalopnik Despite what the technicians at your local drive-up oil change shop attempt to sell you, replacing a automobile’s cabin air filter is normally a really sure bet. Most cars’ cabin air filters are deep contained in the glove compartment or somewhere easily accessible under the hood, but sometimes automakers resolve to squirrel it away somewhere infuriatingly difficult to succeed in. Unfortunately, the latter applies to Volkswagen’s ultra-cool if slow-selling ID Buzz, which for some reason practically requires disassembly of your complete front of the automobile in an effort to replace the cabin air filter. I…
Ford Hot on the heels of the badass Maverick Lobo compact street truck, Ford announced the brand new 2025 F-150 Lobo street truck on Thursday night. Unfortunately, just like the Maverick Lobo, the F-150 Lobo doesn’t gain any additional power over other F-150s, but seeing as there appears to be a ceasefire within the war against the V8, not less than the full-size Lobo does have Ford’s 5.0-liter V8 under its hood. Choosing the Lobo package will add $4,695 to the value of an STX trim F-150, so the most affordable 2025 F-150 Lobo you possibly can buy starts at $59,995,…
Ford Ford owners have had an awfully rough time recently as they face what looks as if an limitless onslaught of recalls, but now some owners are pushing back. A recent class motion lawsuit alleges that an early 2024 recall nullifies the supposedly ruggedized, short-lived Transit Trail all-terrain van’s all-terrain-ness, and that addressing the recall defeats the aim of the $12,500 price premium they paid for the Trail trim over an ordinary Transit. The Transit Trail never really made waves, so in case you forgot it was ever sold from the factory like me, it was introduced in late 2022 as…
Is the dystopian reality of late-stage Capitalism weighing you down? Sick of spending a minimum of 40 hours per week, a number that averages out to about 1/3 of your life, observing a pc screen or busting your rump to make a dime while your boss makes a dollar off your labor? Then live vicariously through the journey of the brave 29-year-old who left his corporate job at Discount Tire, ditched his stable corporate life in Oregon, bought a sailboat, learned methods to sail his boat, and is now on day 14 of his voyage sailing from Oregon to Hawaii.…
Logan K. Carter/Jalopnik Finding one of the best tires to suit your unique driving needs is a frightening task; there are lots of of options available and lots of more people attempting to inform you what tires provide you with probably the most bang in your buck. Ultimately the one one that could make the ultimate decision is you, but we’re here to assist inform you so you may feel confident that you just’re selecting one of the best all-weather tires in your needs. Our industry compatriots at Consumer Reports put tires to the test by driving 1,000 miles per day…