Logan Carter

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Logan Carter

The Los Angeles region is famous for its car culture; we have famously poor public transit, famously congested roads, and famously beautiful roads filled with famously beautiful people driving famously beautiful cars. Prior to its colonization, though, the region was naturally beautiful, peppered with Indigenous tribes who coexisted with the various native flora and fauna in one of the largest and most significant examples of Mediterranean-type ecosystems in the world, the Santa Monica Mountains.

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Logan Carter

I was a durability test driver for Porsche and Audi earlier in my career, which sounds really cool but it just meant that I drove hundreds of miles on traffic-filled public roads every day. The last (and only) time I drove a 911 was a 991.2 GT3 RS, one of the most hardcore models in the lineup, so I was eager to get behind the wheel of the rear-wheel-drive base model Carrera version of the updated 992.2 and reacquaint myself with the rear-engine legend.

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Logan Carter

If you're the type of person who notices the make and model of the cars around you, then you're likely to have a few makes and models that you keep an especially scrupulous eye out for in your rearview mirror. Cops used to drive Ford Crown Victorias, but now they could be in a Ford Explorer, Chevrolet Tahoe, Dodge Charger, Dodge Durango, and the list goes on. Generally, though, you expect local governments to buy American cars, right?

1 week ago | jalopnik.com | Logan Carter

Subaru is a brand that's known to do things a bit differently than other mainstream car manufacturers. All but one of its cars come with standard all-wheel-drive, it has a historic commitment to occupant protection, and all of its internal combustion-engined cars feature a unique horizontally opposed engine layout. These horizontally opposed engines are called "boxer engines," and they are oriented differently than every other engine configuration on the market.

1 week ago | flipboard.com | Logan Carter

Amazon is selling 'sleek' $200 earbuds for just $24, and buyers call them a 'game changer'"The 80-hour playback time is unreal." Personal audio equipment tends to be a very personal choice. That's why it's important to get the best possible …