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Detroit, 2:17 AM
Mon Nov 23
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10/27/09
10/27/09
I can't help but wonder how different the last three decades would have been, had Detroit had been this serious about the automobile business. #fordf150svtraptor
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First was the E-350, then the MK-whatever SUV heap-O-ugly, and recently the MKX, which is borderline caricature.
Damnit! My picture upload isn't working, again.
Stupid hamsters...always going on strike and fucking up my pictures. #fordf150svtraptor
10/27/09
Both of these monsters are far removed from my daily activities, but I have a friend with a big red Super Duty and I was really impressed with its brute+creature comforts set up. What's in my future is a ratted up pre-72, most likely, but if I win the lottery, I'll definitely purchase one of these to carry my money around in. #fordf150svtraptor
10/27/09
Does anyone know why there is no diesel option with the Power Wagon? #fordf150svtraptor
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That attitude is wholly un-American (and rational).
But yeah, if I needed a truck, it would be a 2nd or 3rd vehicle, and given the choice here, I'd go for the Dodge. #fordf150svtraptor
10/27/09
In a perfect world, its a perfect match. #fordf150svtraptor
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@myasir: If you want something a little more subtle, you can always go with black instead of orange (or red, in this case). It tones down the grill and such as well. Also, you can check the "delete graphics" option, too. #fordf150svtraptor
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10/12/09
It's just we thought "no link" is the new link etiquette these days from Edmunds given their recent non-linkage to us on our stories:
[www.insideline.com]
I give automotive outlets the same respect on links that they give us. When they don't respect our stories enough to link to us -- even quoting us -- we won't respect their stories enough to link to them.
10/12/09
Kudos!!
10/12/09
You still have no excuse for copying their last line.
Also, there's this whole concept of taking the high road, being the setting the better example. Just a thought.
10/12/09
For starters, it wasn't a press release. We interviewed him. The quote from our Q&A is just as much a product of our hard work as their sentence is.
Secondly, if we'd taken the low road we would have run the story sans credit. Edmunds gets credit on this. In fact, we give them credit fully above the jump on our front page. They gave us credit too. Buried a bit, but they still gave it to us.
You see, we're not arguing that they stole our story. We're arguing that if they want links where credit is given, they need to do the same with us. That's called being fair.
10/12/09
Your line of argument here suggests to me that you intentionally created the post as a response to them picking up on your exclusive Delorean thing without a link.
I still contend that taking the high road and being the better man is preferable to sinking to the levels of others.
That's all debatable, but the big one for me is:
They end with "lift with the knees" and you do the same. No quotes, no attribution. You put this forward like it's your own clever idea.
From a creative integrity standpoint that's pretty weak.
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As far as making a big thing out of this, I observed that Ray didn't put a link over to the content he was referring to and pointed out that he copied the line. He brought up the not-linking pissing match justification.
...and since I keep harping on taking the high road and I'm not into abusing dead equines, I'm checking out of this little debate.
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10/09/09
Metric shit-ton BTW...
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"Hey, Triple-A??? Yeah, I'm out here stuck with a flat - can you send a tow truck... and a truss?"
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