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Bug Poop, Not Tree Sap, Ruining Your Car | Giga Gears
Los Angeles and most of Southern California is currently covered in light purple flowers from the Jacaranda tree, and car lovers know to keep their cars away from these flowers like the plague, but I just learned that it’s not the tree’s fault. Jacaranda trees are not native to Southern California, they are actually…
“Parnelli Jones: Racing at the Forefront of Indy 500 Innovation”
Parnelli Jones died of natural causes on Monday at 90 years old at Torrance Memorial Medical Center in Torrence, California, his hometown. The 1963 Indianapolis 500 winner was one of the defining drivers in American racing during the 1960s. Jones was arguably the fastest driver in an era of unprecedented change when…
“Porsche 911 Turbo S: Safari Edition”
When a customer in Las Vegas gives you carte blanche to build an off-roading 991-generation Porsche 911, you pull out all the stops. At least you do if you’re Joey Seely, owner of E-Motion Engineering. There is something of an off-roader craze going on in sports car land right now, in case you hadn’t noticed, and this…
Don’t Leave Your Keys in Your Car! | Giga Gears
If you’re reading Jalopnik, then you probably love your car enough to avoid mixing it up with another in a parking lot, but a Montana man recently did exactly that when he mistook a random red Honda CR-V for his and drove off. Vincent Zepeda was allegedly in a rush to pick up a pizza, but when he jumped into his car…
McLaren’s Monaco Senna Tribute Livery: Too Cool for Words
Formula 1 liveries are boring as all hell these days, but one team isn’t afraid to bring a little color to the grid. For this weekend’s 81st running of the Monaco Grand Prix, McLaren will swap out its traditional Papaya for a striking yellow, blue, and green Senna tribute livery. It has been thirty years since the…