That’s right! It’s been 20 years since Jalopnik first graced the internet and, in all that time, we’ve somehow avoided gaining our own wikipedia page. But who’s bitter?
Yes, the forgotten red-headed stepchild of not just Gawker, not just Gizmodo but the entire auto enthusiast news industry is made of strong stuff. We are all survivors. In the event of a nuclear war, the Earth will be dominated by cockroaches reading the latest posts written from our underground editorial bunker in [REDACTED].
Over the years, fantastic writers have passed through these hallowed pages. On this holiest of holies (at least, for a union shop) Labor Day we’re giving our regular crew a break to revisit some of our favorite Jalopnik moments over the last two decades.
A lot of these stories are very old. Some old enough to vote. They’re from a different time on the internet, so expect to see missing images, broken links and outdate language. It just wouldn’t be Jalopnik Classic without some weird Kinja issues and off-color humor, right?
We are grateful to have share all these special moments with you, and been a small part of bringing a little joy or information to your lives. We hope we can do so for another 20 years.
So join me, won’t you? In revisiting the the adventures of folk like Ray Wert, Neal Pollack, Patrick George, Alanis King and the always fabulous Jason Torchnisky and David Tracy. If you have some suggestions of your own favorite Jalopnik moments, hit us up in the comments! Jalopnik has always been about having a conversation with our readers.