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    AutoSpies Up For Sale

    AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show

    SUPER PRESTIGE AMUSEMENT: Cadillac PR Squad Namechecks Web Site
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/18/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Up For Sale
    Several years ago, I used to read AutoSpies, Autoblog & Jalopnik articles only. One day, while killing time, I read some of Jalopnik's comments and enjoyed the sense of humor and knowledge these guys have. After being a spectator for about a year, there was a post about the Ford GT. I signed up immediately, and I'm still here.

    No more Autospies, but I do peruse Autoblog on occasion.

    You guys are stuck with me. ;)
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    11/18/09

    @skaycog.2000: Oh darn ;D
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/19/09

    @Carplanetzone1: Good morning!
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    Image of Carplanetzone1 Carplanetzone1
    11/19/09

    @skaycog.2000: Hahaha, just can't get rid of you, can we. ;D
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    Image of skaycog was here skaycog was here
    11/19/09

    @Carplanetzone1: No, I just keep coming back.
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    Image of bmoreDLJ bmoreDLJ
    11/18/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Up For Sale
    Whatever's going on, it ain't Priddy.
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    Fuck this show, and fuck the auto industry goons. I'd break back in.
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    Image of MushyHeirloom MushyHeirloom
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    I think the Acura's a pretty funny-lookin' car, does that count for something?
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    You know, they should be glad someone cared enough to bootleg it. It's not as though the guys were stealing state secrets or super secret engine tweaks.

    It's only geeks like us, and only some us at that, who even care--99% of humans don't.
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    There is a way to play hardball with these manufacturers as well.


    Don't give them any coverage at all, until they issue a formal apology.

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    Image of area_educator area_educator
    04/09/09

    @leavethegun-takethecannoli: Don't give them any coverage at all, until they issue a formal apology.


    You really think Autospies has that much pull?

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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/09/09

    @area_educator: No, they definitely don't.
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    Image of DoctorNine DoctorNine
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    And it's an ugly, angular and completely un-sexy example of the ersatz Acura Design Language anyway. I am somewhat unsympathetic. Every shark is going to have to have a remora or two swimming about, picking at scraps. Someone up in NYC needs to relax. Oh... I see the problem right there. Never mind.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    Overheard from the Acura booth:


    You don't frighten us, AutoSpies pig dogs. Go and boil your bottoms, you sons of a silly person. I blow my nose at you, so-called "Auto Bloggers," you and all your silly AutoSpies K-n-agents.

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    Image of Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm Tiberiuswise is all ate up with sarcasm
    04/09/09

    @engineerd has Ben in his head:
    Now go away or I will taunt you a second time!
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/09/09

    @Tiberiuswise - now with 20% more sarcasm.: I don't want to talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper. I fart in your general direction. Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries.
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    Image of FЯeeMan FЯeeMan
    04/09/09

    @engineerd has Ben in his head: My sister was bitten by a moose once. No realli, she was carving her initials in the moose...
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    Dear Autospies:


    nelson-muntz

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    Image of scroggzilla raids again scroggzilla raids again
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    I can hear that telephone call now.
    "Hello, Mr. and Mrs. Buffamanti? This is detective Don Brodka from NY Auto Show security. That's right, Don Brodka. Your son Don has been caught photographing Acuras. Uh huh. Yeah, it's a shame, I know, but... well, try and have a happy Easter."
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    Image of SirNotAppearing SirNotAppearing
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    He will Buffamanti right out?
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    Image of leavethegun-takethecannoli leavethegun-takethecannoli
    04/09/09

    @SirNotAppearing: mmmm. I don't know. Maybe?
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    Image of RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment RLJ676-LS3 Commuter Car - for the environment
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    If you click the link over there, they claim they are the "#1 website for autoshows". Take that Jalopnik.


    I've also noticed their pics of an Acura boring CUV are sponsored by a boring Lexus CUV. Ironic?

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    Image of aSoundofSleep-less nights aSoundofSleep-less nights
    04/09/09

    @rlj676-Carbon Footprint Size - Clownshoe:


    I saw that too. I smell a fued brewing!

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/09/09

    @aSoundofSleep is drinking and Jaloping: I thought it was funny that Jalop's main pic of the new Acura featured the VW logo right above it, in the background.


    Maybe it's a rebadged Dodge Journey...zee people vant Japanees engineering.

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    04/09/09

    @aSoundofSleep is drinking and Jaloping:


    If we feud with someone, it neets to be TTAC. I f'n hate those people.

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/09/09

    @rlj676-Carbon Footprint Size - Clownshoe: The OCD is strong over there. They're well into the hundreds on the "Death Watch" series, which I believe has been expanded to include every single manufacturer except BMW.
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    Image of Uncle Bo Uncle Bo
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    I'm not surprised, this is pretty much how they operate.


    They've trolled the web looking for "breaking automotive news", stealing it and passing it off as their own. Why are they being allowed to troll a car show with a digital camera in hand?


    Note To Acura: If you don't want anyone taking pics of your super-duper new car, keep the thing covered up!

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    Image of Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig) Das ASHloch (achtundsiebzig)
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    Man, I sure hope NYAS doesn't have a camera inside our toilets at work, because I'm about to unveil Acura's entire 2011 lineup.


    brb

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    Image of pauljones pauljones
    04/09/09

    @Ash78:


    Son of a bitch. I'm not even going to bother for the rest of the day. There's no beating that one.

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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    04/09/09

    @Ash78: So when you were in school, did all the kids around you fail/get detention because they burst out laughing at stuff you muttered just loud enough for them to hear it?
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    04/09/09

    @Ash78: A+, sir.
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    Image of engineerd engineerd
    04/09/09

    @Ash78: Nicely done, Ash.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    04/09/09

    In reply to AutoSpies Booted From New York Auto Show
    I understand getting slapped around for violating an embargo of official pictures, but posting a picture that someone else took - a picture that, no doubt, is posted at least 100 other places on the web at this point, does not violate an embargo in my opinion.


    This is the same heavy-handed reaction that has led to fear among journalists of all sorts who get information that is valid and that the public is interested in, but that they won't post because they're afraid they'll get removed from all the press lists that these companies keep. What if Chevy hadn't invited Jalopnik for a test ride in the Camaro because you guys posted pictures of the Blue Devil so long ago? Or what if they'd just tried to ban you from the NY Auto Show completely? That's essentially what Honda is doung here.

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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/09/09

    @weatherman: So you're actually buying their story that the pictures weren't theirs? 'Cause it ain't passin' the sniff test over here.
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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    04/09/09

    @Mike the Dog: well, unless there's exif data to disprove it, I guess I'm inclined to believe them. I'm just sick of this embargo stuff and how it's affecting coverage - I feel like I can't really trust any site anymore to have a truly independent perspective.
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    Image of Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face. Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
    04/09/09

    @weatherman: Even if the pictures were "submitted by a reader", as they contend, they still signed an agreement to honor the manufacturers' embargoes as a condition of getting access to the show floor before the public opening. They tried to skirt that agreement on a bullshit technicality, and they got spanked for it. In other words, they knew (or should have known, assuming their legal advisers have a pulse and a valid law license) that they were risking repercussions by breaking the embargo and they did it anyway. I wish them luck in getting press passes for any other auto shows in the near future.
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    Image of Brian Lam Brian Lam
    04/09/09

    @weatherman: righteous
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