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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)
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THIS.. THIS... this is why we love you Torch. Your flag commentary is spot on, and the Yugo is spot off, until you spot rock fix it.

Love it! Nice Bodging!!! Read more

You and David NEED to restart ‘Car talk” on NPR as the new hosts. Read more

Extra points for Peter for ordering two clamps and a rock from RockAuto.com. Read more

Kid was driving the Ford Transit and the shifter came apart much like the Yugo. Wife goes to rescue him in the only car she had that day the BMW 850. She quickly figures out that the shifter is not working and googles it and gets to the #1 hit on Youtube which is stick you hand into the engine compartment up to your Read more

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I think my favorite part of most of your articles is the fact that you take the time to document with illustrative photos. Out there on the side of the road struggling with this, but still photographing along the way so that we can learn or be amused is a level of dedication I appreciate. Read more

Can I get back out of the grays? I have no idea how I got relegated to the nosebleeds.

What’s funny is the trim’s straighter on the Yugo and the paint’s in better condition. You can see the half-assed waviness of a paint respray on the GTO’s nose, a common problem because the Bunkie Beak racks up paint chips like nothing else. Meanwhile the Yugo’s still rocking the original paint.
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Does this guy not realize who designed the Pinto, Chevette, Mustang II, etc., etc.?   Freedom tears.  Read more

Looks to me like that shitbox Yugo is running just as well as that meticulously maintained GTO. Read more

Let’s not forget that GM not only had to be bailed out by the government, but also had to kill off Pontiac in the process. Not really sure if he put any effort into the visuals here. Typical Boomer. Read more

Nothin’ better than some crusty old prick fetishizing four thousand pounds of 6mpg unreliability that merely manages to be loud and look cool-ish. Read more

There are two things in that video: 1. Michael being a totally reasonable human being just like he’s always been and giving a properly balanced impression of FSD as it is today; 2. CNN video editor making the segment look like a complete joke by splicing together every single “whoa” Michael uttered to create the Read more

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This discussion reminds me of an ‘82 Chevy truck that I had essentially sold to a guy and as the test drive had us returning to my house, the thing quits, erupting into flames. The fire trucks came, the guy backed out of the deal, I called my wife for a ride.

Don’t shit on the Blizzak like that! Read more