Other than that lashing out in the David & Jason goodbye post, I thought you did a good job. Journalism is in a tough spot right now and I can see why you made the move to something new. Good luck in your future endeavors.

Tempting. To make it even worse, I know the manager of the theatre and could probably even get comp tix. 

I was at a fairgrounds show for that tour.  Also caught him at open air theater over at the college.  My son adored it.  Although the fairgrounds show was around 3 hours of standing my legs were shot by the end of it.

Ten years from now he’ll be more honest about Al.

My wife and I both had TDI Sportwagens (hers DSG, mine a manual) until VW bought them back for more than we paid for them. I do miss that car though; it was the perfect size and had great fuel economy.

A 2014 Jetta SportWagen TDI was my first brand-new car. Mine was also black, but with the Cornsilk Beige interior, DSG and panoramic sunroof. I miss that car. I actually found it more substantial-feeling than the 2015 Golf SportWagen TDI SEL that replaced it.

All joking aside, the only people I know that have experience with old british stuff are all of the age where tomorrow isn’t a guarantee. These things are going to be harder and harder to keep running unless you can do it all yourself.

Every time I have to figure out wiring on anything around 1990 or older, pulling the harness and starting over is almost always the preferred solution.

Per the seller, the previous owner stopped working on the car when “a friend and British car mechanic that was helping him with the electrical and carb set up passed away unexpectedly.”

60 year old British wiring? Probably easier to yank the existing harness and start fresh than spending the rest of your life chasing one electrical gremlin after another.

*insert napolean dynamite YES gif*

Well, we’re readers, too, and I was a comment section troll long before I worked here. This is just me returning to form.

“In the long run, I think there’s a chance we can just buy the Magic brand from Wizards of the Coast...”

If we don’t see a) a diesel Chrysler minivan ‘Ring time and b) Jason actually trying Apollo-style pooping **in space** come out of this, I’m disowning you both.

Oooh upcoming slideshow - your favorite ex Gawker writers.

Jason: you’ve always been a stellar dude on this site, writing the most absurd nonsense, and your passion for everything has always been apparent. Your writing constantly kept me coming back for years. I hope all the best for you on future travels.

I drove a 70 squareback in high-school and college. While this is an interesting idea, my squareback was a rust magnet and it wasn’t soaking in a lake every other weekend in the summer. And you would need to seal a plate to prevent the engine from flooding as it sits so low, and that would introduce cooling issues for…

I’m pretty sure “Schwimmwagen” is what the actor who played Ross in Friends calls his car.