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Detroit, 9:02 AM
Tue Dec 1
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10/04/09
"... 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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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.
10/02/09
Well, formerly. Now it's more like
Road & Track Car and Driver Motor Trend
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Wait...no...this is not like that it's exactly that.
Sack up and issue an apology and retraction.
Alas, I've no subscription to cancel.
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Heeb just released this photo as well. No wonder C&D lied.
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///////// CAUTION: THREAD JACK /////////
So as far as car magazines go, which are the best ones to subscribe to? I already get Motor Trend and C&D, but will probably not renew the former. I was considering Automobile or Auto Week. Any recommendations?
Although Jalopnik has made these magazines miserably obsolete (by the time I got the issue with news about Chrysler entering bankruptcy, they had already been done and merged with Fiat for almost a week!) I still enjoy waiting for them every month.
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0-60 is improving, and gradually winning me over. Of all of them, it's the one I'd want to write for, because they actually seem to know what they're talking about, they're not full of themselves, and they are improving noticeably with every issue.
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I like Car and Driver, but they need to tighten down on their so-called journalists. This is the sort of shit I'd expect from Top Gear (where it would be accompanied by some outrageous, barely believable story) or Motor Trend (seeking to prove they are really car guys and not the politicians they have become).
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However, it's rare a buff book ever writes anything too scathing.
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There was a time not that long ago, when I seriously considered letting it lapse.
The humor was gone, I was tired of seeing BMW win every "contest", and the fun was lacking...then they did the diesel beaters article, and I was glad I still had a subscription. As a bonus, when shopping "new" cars, it's nice to be able to go back and see what the reviews were.
This was my first introduction to LeMons, so it kinda led me to Jalopnik, though I honestly can't remember how I found this site...which has become my 'mistress'.
I took R&T concurrently, until the late-80's, at which point R&T exceeded my British car and racing story limit, and school books/tuition cut into every aspect of my budget.
To those wondering why this "old skool" print is still around...it's nice to have pages to turn and to read printed words...if you can read, that is.
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Agreed. Ignoring the consumer is not bright.
MT isn't worth using as bird-cage liner...even if it's free.
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Cars are supposed to be fun, and reading about them should be too, that's why I check this site often. If CandD can bring the fun back I won't consider chuckin them like MT. Glad to see they've started already, there response wasn't serious, didn't need to be, the article wasn't a road test, it was hooning an SUV. Apologize for what? Fun is back at CandD .. lighten up guys.
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Bingo.
It sucked from about '97-'06...I'm patient, obviously.
I can't tolerate wolf-dog-boy's aimless rants, but hey, life ain't perfect.
10/02/09
But the buff books, even as glacially slow to bring "news" as they are, are supposed to be, if not timely, then at least reliable. Journalistic ethics and all that.
Well, this just shitcanned that little concept. Nice work, guys. Way to keep the readers.