Bob Sorokanich's discussions

This former Wegmans addict banished to Wegmansless NYC is glowering at you with a passion. Read more

I mean, I don’t truthfully know how you stay on a regular-ass skateboard while somersaulting through the air, so my understanding of the whole process is pretty limited. Read more

So when are we gonna see a turbo, AWD, drifting skateboard? Read more

You and I are dancing around different definitions of the word “bullshit.” Read more

Don’t assume that it will stay exactly as expensive and exactly as inefficient as this first experimental example. The very first example of any technology is ridiculously expensive, and it usually has zero bearing on the eventual cost. Read more

So . . . Read more

I’d be most curious to see how Musk’s tax subsidies compare to those given to U.S. oil, gas, and other fossil fuel producers. Read more

I believe this is called the Polish Chainsaw. Read more

From Travis’s iPod to Tony’s sidepods. Read more

I think the answer is to read more. START OPENING NEW TABS! CRANK THAT TRAFFIC-O-METER! Read more

Me on my commute to work:

I remember, back when Buell had just been shuttered and EBR had just kicked off, a Cycle World profile of everything that went wrong during the Harley-owned years. One thing sticks out in my mind: An aside mentioning that the partnership deal Harley offered Buell was so bad, Erik’s lawyer walked away from the… Read more

Doug, here you go: Read more

My impression is that the rigged-up shit is there to get the old-ass car back up to snuff for the year of manufacture. As in, a worn out 70’s Celica ain’t gonna run as clean as it did when it was brand new, so your shadetree mechanic has to work some voodoo to get it clean enough to pass the test it passed when it was… Read more

Yes, you heard that right: that 1977 Lamborghini Countach with the beautiful Gandini design and the gorgeous unspoiled wedge shape – the car you drive 350 miles per year, only on sunny Sunday mornings while the dew is still on all the leaves, and your neighbors are still asleep, and people on the 405 are just climbing… Read more

On a scale of one to seething, how mad is Wagner right now? Read more

As a toddler, my mom accidentally locked me in her 1982 Camaro along with her keys. Now I’m an automotive journalist. Read more

Yes, the JK windshield is curved. That’s why I mentioned it—the JK is way, way evolved from the original Wrangler (and the CJs that came before it), and the upcoming new Wrangler will be even more so. Read more

All you punks saying “hurr de durr Jeep Wrangler next quaystion” have it backward. I love Jeeps enough to have the logo tattooed on the inside of my eyelids (buy me a drink and I’ll show you), but the JK Wrangler is way, way evolved from the YJ that grandfathered it.

I’m sure that kicking this thing will be just as viscerally joyful as yanking the fake, flimsy “lever” on an electronic slot machine. Which is to say, if you hit it with half the force the old-fashioned device required, you’ll probably break it. Read more