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LandofMinos, cast thou evil bum dragger to thy scrapyard
10/07/09

In reply to See, There IS A Future For Car And Driver Magazine
Carrera looks half surprised, but with a bit of a smile in it's grill.
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Mischif
10/07/09

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This feels right here somehow.
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dwhite
10/07/09

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At last a magazine for all us Miata owners.
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Electro_Boogie
10/07/09

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That magazine became unreadable as soon as Bedard turned into Rush Limbaugh, all the good writers left, and they started filling the pages of the magazine with crossover SUV comparos and other worthless BS.

Newsflash guys - the people who are likely to buy car magazines are PRETTY DAMN SURE to be exclusively car enthusiasts, i.e. NOT people who would consider, for a second, to buy crap like a Chevy Tahoe.
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UDMan
10/07/09

@Electro_Boogie: You see, that's where we differ. I like normal car tests, not flashy BMWs Ferraris or Lamborghinis. The comparison tests between some smaller cars, wagons, or other types of real world cars.

But I digress. Car & Driver, Automobile Magazine, and to a lesser extent, Road & Track are nothing bu drivel.
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IN THE FACE!
10/07/09

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I laughed my ass off when I saw this last night.

At the end of the bit Jon remarked something to the effect of "...I think I had sex with that car too."

Coincidence that this is posted ~15min after I sent in a tip about it?
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MushyHeirloom
10/07/09

@IN THE FACE!: There have been a lot of missing hat-tips lately. Yours may have been one.
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TexanIdiot25- needs moar horse powah
10/07/09

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Ray has competition..
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GreenN_Gold
10/07/09

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Seems like a stretch.
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Jeb_Hoge
10/07/09

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C&D is sad this month, what with the photoshopped drag race with the X6M (I was looking through that copy and nowhere did they even imply that what you saw wasn't what really happened), and then now they're printing letters from readers telling them how bad they're failing. I mean, you've got David E. and PJ both contributing to this issue, but I'm not sure it's helping.
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skaycog
10/07/09

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Sometimes it's hard to be a man,
Giving all your love to one car.
You'll have bad times,
And it'll have good times,
Doin things you don't understand.

Stand behind your car,
And show the world you love it.
Giving all the love you can.
Stand behind your car.
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lilwillie
10/07/09

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Shortest magazine ever.
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Joshuman
10/07/09

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Wert, how pissed are you that they Photoshopped some model's head on your torso?
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Syrax
10/07/09

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Wort needs to sue their asses for using his signature dragoning pose.
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dolo54 blows minds and blows engines!
10/07/09

@Syrax: can you copyright poor judgement?
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IH_kumicho
10/04/09

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Ok, aside from the blatant BS with photoshopping, anybody else catch this?

"... the competitor in the far lane is overheating the 500-cubic-inch Hemi in his Ford Anglia, an engine he built at the expense of multiple mortgage payments and his wife."

Yup, the guy in the opposite lane is an idiot for spending a couple grand on his 500ci Hemi, while you spent NINETY THOUSAND DOLLARS on a POS monstrosity that has less cargo space than an xB, is the same speed in the 1/4 mile as a Camaro SS, and probably slower around a track than the Evo, and costs more than all of them put together.

Being the "fastest SUV" is like being the smartest person in Special Ed. Great, you beat your peers. Too bad you'll always need the qualifier any time you're talking about performance...
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ab3
10/04/09

@IH_kumicho: Hey don't be hatin on BMW just for what C&D did. Say what you want about the looks but this car certainly is not a POS. What BMW did in the X6 is pretty amazing, that big heavy SUV can handle like a mid-size car while still retaining some offroading ability (granted I know many SUV's can do much better but none of those would be able to hold their own on a track). And the X6 M may have a similar 1/4 mile as a Camero SS but on a real track (aka something that takes a little more skill than driving in a straight line) I am completely confident that this would out handle it.
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Alfisted
10/04/09

@ab3: Just 'cause you CAN doesn't mean you SHOULD.
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Mike the Dog is sitting by the door with a pair of cow slippers, and a very sad face.
10/03/09

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I thought that car looked familiar. I've photographed it at a few local shows. The only way the Bimmer's gonna beat it is in a bracket race where the Bimmer gets a five second head start.
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bzr
10/03/09

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Wait a minute - I love John Phillips. He's the sole reason why I still read C&D anymore. As an impressionable kid, his tales about traversing Iceland in a Land Cruiser, entering New Zealand banger rallies in a Saab 9-2, or the annual 10Best Winners and Losers feature made me laugh until I cried and peed myself. Hell, I even bought his first book.

So this doesn't really come as a surprise: it's a clever way of reviewing a completely polarizing car, and it doesn't really show the X6M kicking the snot out of that sweet Chevy Nova. It's the principle of the matter, I suppose.

And yes, I still do like Car and Driver. Honda and BMW biases aside.
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