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)

Crap, what the hell was I doing? Maybe thinking in gallons? Anyway, it’d be like 8 tanks, at a conservative 25 MPG. Sorry. I fixed it. Read more

right, it’s still individual cylinder targeted, but I see how that can be unclear. Read more

Ah this is looking promising! Maybe that thicker bumper is buried?

I fuck up so many things on the daily forgetting to lock doors barely makes my list Read more

this is one of the nicer ways of reminding people I’m absurdly compact Read more

I also showed my Pao, too. That’s easily half the value of a Spyker. But you’re right, there aren’t a lot of good examples, because, as I said, almost everyone hides fasteners.

But that’s the real core of the problem: WHY do we associate hidden fasteners with quality? It in no way is evidence of quality, and showing actually high-quality fasteners would say so much more. Why can’t we break this silly belief? Read more

Fair enough, but let’s hear your side! What would be so bad about exposed screw heads on your grab handles or visor mounts? Read more