Today Is The Last Day That You Can Enter To Win My Volkswagen Jetta VR6

I’m giving away a car to the person that sends me the most interesting project proposal. Will that person be you? Not if you don’t contact me by 5 PM EST tonight. Tick tock, you moochers. Here are the details, as per : You can watch the video above and...

Sep 12, 2025

My Shitty Honda Is Making Me Lose My Mind

Alright, I’ve just got to get this off my chest. My blood is boiling, and my brain is fuming with rage. This 1995 Honda Accord, which I’ve owned for only seven months, is destroying my life. Today, I was nearly brought to my knees as I failed miserably in replacing...

Sep 12, 2025

What The Hell, Jiffy Lube?

Lots of “quick oil change” joints like have pits in their floors so they can work on your car without lifting it. That’s all well and good until they actually do need to use the lift, and somebody royally screws it up. A reader just sent in these pictures of...

Sep 12, 2025

Surprise Off-Roading And Other Joys Of Driving A 1974 VW Across The Country

I glanced down at my phone to double check the directions Google was giving me and I looked up, at highway speed, and the road in front of me disappeared. I didn’t even have time to shit myself. This was the third day of . On the first day, the...

Sep 12, 2025

Here's What It Looks Like When You Overload Your Hydraulic Bottle Jack

In my article “,” I discussed the importance of using jack-stands when working on a lifted vehicle, because jacks alone can fail. And now, thanks to , we can see how such a failure might look in slow motion. If your car comes with a jack, it’s probably either a...

Sep 12, 2025

Here's An Engine Running With Half Its Cylinders Exposed

There are few better ways to learn about how certain car parts work than to actually watch them function, but some parts are hard to see. So here’s a video showing the innards of one bank of cylinders as the other does all the heavy lifting. I know absolutely zero...

Sep 12, 2025

Here Are Ten Cars You Wouldn't Buy For Any Price

It’s good to know where your standards lie. Otherwise, we wouldn’t know the difference between Mega Blocks and LEGOs. That’s why , much less your bank account. This might hurt. While might be the car of choice for octogenarians that think anything on the FM side of the radio is...

Sep 12, 2025

My New Off-Road Project Is This Rust-Tacular 1948 Jeep; Pray For Me

This Rusted-Out 1948 Willys Jeep Is Our New Off-Road Project Earlier this year, I used junkyard parts to build up a rusty , which I then took off-roading at the Easter Jeep Safari. That Jeep kicked butt, outclassing much newer rigs, but now I’ve got a new off-road project, and...

Sep 12, 2025

Area Saab Owner Devastated To Part With Beloved 9000 Turbo

We may have found the ultimate Saab Slaab right here. . The price is fair, just $1800 for a nicely styled, nicely trimmed, nicely driving car. It has high miles (200,000+ on the odo), but it’s a manual with a lovely interior and what sounds like a well-maintained drivetrain. The...

Sep 12, 2025

eBay Challenge: Discontinued Cars That Deserve To Be Made Again, For Less Than $15,000

Everyone knows that the best things in life are usually in your rose-tinted memories. Your first kiss, that time you found $100 on the ground, and the first time you did a standing burnout in a Wal-Mart parking lot will never be beat in terms of sheer awesome, but they...

Sep 12, 2025

I Bought The Worst Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 In The World

Wisdom is a product of age and experience. When you get older, you tend to be better at judging something on its merits, rather than your emotional attachment to it. That’s why a while back, after losing money on cars that I initially intended to sell, I vowed never to...

Sep 12, 2025

The Car That Beat You

Many of us spend hours, months and even years working on our cars to get them looking and working the way we want them to. But sometimes, the cars say no more. Our man David Tracy is as good a mechanic as anyone, but his 1995 Honda Accord—a car that...

Sep 12, 2025

Your Ten Best (And Craziest) Ideas For My Jetta Giveaway

A few weeks ago, I decided to give back to my readers by announcing that to the starry-eyed dreamer that gave me their best and most insane project ideas for the car. It was tough, but I’ve finally managed to narrow it down to 10 finalists. Your butts—hold on to...

Sep 12, 2025

I'll Tell You What You Need: You Need This Manual V12-Swapped BMW E34 M5

Studies reveal that millions of Americans every month waste time at work on Jalopnik. So where do Jalopnik writers waste their time at work? , of course. And when I took a break to ogle this gorgeous , ex-Jalop supremo Matt Hardigree showed me how I can do one better:...

Sep 12, 2025

Take A Walk Around My Beat-To-Hell 1948 Willys Jeep Live Right Now

My Willys CJ-2A project has commenced. And while I’ve already shown its copious flaws in my , now it’s time for an in-depth look. If there’s anything you’d like to see, hop on FB Live and start commenting! Just don’t say anything mean about the Willys. He’s a bit self...

Sep 12, 2025