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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)

Absolutely. It’s impressive in its way, but it’s not intelligence. It’s what Easy Cheez is to Brie. Read more

Very nice! I think yours is the even earlier-branded version than mine! Read more

There’s a low-speed electric vehicle category it can be registered under! Read more

Let’s all just be cool here--I’ll be getting it registered as a Low-Speed Neighborhood Vehicle very soon. Read more

My dad had personalized plates on his ‘88 Honda Accord Coupé that said “TORCHY.” Read more

You know, I never really found out. I think they did figure it out, but we weren’t informed or anything, and Mr.Bull had a rough go in the years after this, I believe ending in suicide.  Read more

Thanks for this; that seems like exactly what happened. At 16, all I really did was hear the smaller amount, which I must have given to a bondsman. Read more

The terrible triteness of the stickers IS the joke. Nobody is seriously sayinhg these things are good, they’re a weird cliche of automotive-- oh, okay. I’m just having fun here, people. Read more

They’re absolutely incongruous with what Calvin and Hobbes was about, no question. These are meant to mock the fundamental idea of those Calvin-peeing stickers, which are, of course, idiotic. But that’s kind of the whole point? Read more

You’re not wrong, but this has transcended the original source material and become a strange sort of folk art. It’s so far beyond recovery, at some point you have to realize it’s something new. Besides, I think Mr.Watterson is doing just fine. I hope so, at least. Read more