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)

And that would have happened almost immediately, but very likely he’d have veered onto the shoulder, been honked at, rubbed a guard rail, or something to wake his ass up. I’ve been dumb and driven while tired but rumble strips or the terror of my eyes shutting has always jolted me awake and convinced me to pull over.  Read more

He would have had to have done something to the car to defeat the steering-wheel torque sensors. This doesn’t happen by accident, by design. Read more

Oh wait--shit, I think you’re right--there are two smaller bulbs there! I’ll try swapping those, too! Read more

Only 2 are for dash illumination; the others are all warning lamps. Read more

It’s not a big enough deal to nix the whole car, come on! Unless this is like your key criteria in a car. If that’s so, okay. Read more

This is a good question. I’d imagine the lifespan of one of these is measured in decades, right? Read more

I agree; I think there’s a place for the use of the word honest in this context. It works. Read more

You’ll never stop me from anthropomorphizing cars, or, really, almost anything. Also, you’re close to getting disinvited to my desk lamp’s Bar Mitzvah. Read more