You know what really grinds my gears?!

[ScottyB]

Speaking of shitty Jalopnik articles, this one harshed my buzz way more than the BMW one.

i was actually going to bring that one up as an example of why jalopnik continues to double down on producing garbage articles written by pseudo-enthusiast twats.

whoever wrote that article has literally no idea what's involved in keeping a seriously old car reliable on a daily basis - and not even a carbed one, even something from the 80's. guys who don't put a lot of miles on pampered classics probably get the scrutiny because its easy to pick on cars that are already sorted out, and those are rare. but for most other old stuff that normal people can afford, see how life is when every rain storm fills the floorboards through rotting window seals or trying to fix the points ignition in the parking lot on a 100 degree afternoon coming back to the office from lunch. i don't even own a classic, but have enough basic knowledge to see that its a full-time job to essentially keep an antique mousetrap happy. back then, hitting 100k miles in a car was an event. now, its "i guess i should change the spark plugs or whatever"