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What's The Worst Food You've Spilled In Your Car?
Can you top a foil pan full of baked beans spilling in a minivan?...

The Texas A&M Regent Who Called For Kevin Sumlin's Firing Spent $600K On A Bigass Tank
Remember Tony Buzbee, the lawyer on the Texas A&M Board of Regents who recently called for Kevin Sumlin to be fired? He just blew a “little over $600,000" on an M4 Sherman tank that was used during World War II....

Oh God, My Car's Been Invaded By Rats
Team Jalopnik rolls into the studio to talk about cleaning your cars....

Will Cars Ever Die?<em></em>
Before we get into the Funbag, here are some quick announcements. First of all, I started a newsletter, which you can subscribe to here if you feel like doing that to yourself. Secondly, The Hike comes out in paperback on July 4. There will be a small tour, with the requisite drinking and merriment....

Pro Cyclist Michele Scarponi Killed By Car Driver At Age 37
Michele Scarponi was perhaps the most seasoned rider in the professional peloton. The Italian had been racing as an amateur or a professional for almost 20 years, beginning as a domestique on some very good teams, working his way up to Grand Tour heavyweight, and then sacrificing his waning individu...

Nick Kyrgios Is Now A Used Car Salesman
Many athletes enjoy an enormous platform, capable of reaching millions. This platform can be used for platitudes about working hard and competing, or, in the case of tennis player Nick Kyrgios, for selling a used car....

Here's A Good Idea: Curling, But With Cars
Have you ever watched curling and thought, man, this is great, but what if the stones were replaced with Soviet-era cars? A Russian insurance agent has! Here is the debut of the resulting sport, from last week:...

You Should See Europe By Car
I have never owned a car, and since my driver’s license expired at the beginning of this year, I have yet to have enough cause to motivate me to renew it. So, going by my personal experience, all I can really recommend when it comes to driving through Europe is that you should find a nice man who is...

Dog Takes Semi Truck On Joyride, Crashes Into A Tree And A Parked Car
Labrador retrievers are wonderful, loving, intelligent dogs. They can do lots of people stuff, like fetch bats for a baseball team. One people skill that they are apparently pretty bad at: driving....

Yoenis Cespedes Is Driving A Different Ridiculous Car To Spring Training Every Day This Week
“Hmm, it’s Wednesday, no Bat-tricycle today. Get the Lambo.”...

Volkswagen-Sponsored Wolfsburg Fine Nicklas Bendtner For Posting A Photo Of Himself With A Benz
Nicklas Bendtner has always been, let’s say, a vibrant character. A few years ago, he whipped his dick out and tried to hump a taxi, UEFA fined for wearing the wrong underwear, and he’s been arrested for trying to kick down a door in his own apartment building because he wanted to go swimming. Bendt...

Here's What To Do When You Barf In The Car
My guest this week on the official Ask a Clean Person podcast is Freddy Hernandez, a/k/a Tavarish, of Jalopnik fame, who joined me in the studio to lend his expertise to more of the messes you all are making of your cars. And boy, are you ever making some messes!...
