jasontorch
Jason Torchinsky
jasontorch
Senior Editor, Jalopnik • Running: 1973 VW Beetle, 2006 Scion xB, 1990 Nissan Pao, 1991 Yugo GV Plus, 2020 Changli EV • Not-so-running: 1977 Dodge Tioga RV (also, buy my book!: https://rb.gy/udnqhh)

The bill just seems to specify ‘antique’ cars for the exemption. Read more

I’m going to have to ask you to leave now, please. Don’t make a scene. Read more

I was thinking that, too. I made some drawings when I read Fatherland. Read more

Reliant needs some help! David Tracy is going to come visit and help me see about getting it going again. Read more

Exactly. That’s where this car shines; it makes even boring-ass errands fun. Read more

I know it’s not all about clock speed, but for the context of this chart, it worked well enough. Well, I thought it did. I do know if you had a 1600 MHz 6502 it wouldn’t be nearly as fast as a modern CPU for the second or so it ran before melting. Read more

I have one right by my desk, as we speak. There’s 48K on the motherboard, and a 16K Language Card. Tons of programs ran fine in 48K, and 64K programs hardly ever require any special configuration. What were you doing with that Apple II? Maybe some Pascal stuff was wonky that way? And beyond 64K, shit did get weird. Read more

Actually, the automobile was invented in 1769! There were automobiles being developed and used all throughout the 1800s. Don’t buy into the Benz hype. Read more

I think I’m more likely to get a “For The Love of God, Knock It Off” order. Read more

That’s a good question. Let’s say it’s a separately-grown biological component used to help facilitate the speech generation. Why don’t they just use a speaker? Do they need to taste? I never said there wasn’t sill work to be done in Homunculus Studies. Read more