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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)

No I didn’t! The Corvair has its spare in the engine bay; the two cars I mentioned have something totally different, a trap door under the trunk. Look!

It’s one of my favorite things about VWs. I didn’t mention it because that tire is in the trunk, not the engine bay. Read more

I was thinking about these micro-drives, too. This could sort that out. Read more

Yes, I know! That’s sort of the point! Also, are those Ebros common? Read more

I know! This was the same weekend as the Pixar trip, which I had to go to. It HURT not to be able to go, but I’ll be there in July to give a talk and shoot some Jason Drives. Stef stepped in, thankfully, but I hate giving up any Lane trip. Read more

No no no no. I write all this stuff and then get a chance to ask the very people who made it about it? You don’t turn down these sorts of opportunities. Read more

THE NEW MOVIE MENTIONS AN ANIMAL IN PASSING. The director did not wish to elaborate. Read more

This is different; I happily accept the sentient toys that exist in our world, and acknowledge, for example, they were built in Singapore or wherever. There are no huge holes in that world; you accept toys are sentient, and that’s it. Read more