Aspiring Zündapp Janus owner.
I haven't been on very much lately, but there's a very good reason why I've been busy as heck: I finally got a full-time job! Starting Monday, I'll be the new Social Media Editor for Brookline Media's Autos sites, The Drive and the soon-to-relaunch Car Bibles.
I'll still be blogging about cars with more opportunities to do longer stuff, fun tangents and passion projects on top of being Extremely Online.
Please troll me, but in a polite and enjoyable way. See you in the comment section!
This question came up at work today: https://www.thedrive.com/news/39701/whats-the-coolest-car-swag-toys-or-gear-youve-ever-gotten
Despite the fact that there's the bottom of a freakin' F1 car in my dining room and other weird stuff like a 919 'Ring lap pass and a teeny tiny Wiking model of my 411, this was still my pick for my favorite auto thing of all time:
The parsh is so good!!!!!
#TeamChicken has good taste in cars, too.
Chickens love aircooleds! (And they know where you sleep.)
One of the things I just found in my screenshots is from when someone made Fluffy Bunny the Oppo icon, heh.
Fluffy says hi.
Does this mean we can ban you now?
Yeet Jim Spanfeller
Post Peter Cottontailers
Things suck! Post bunnies.
I don't think you'd get a response in its current format, to be honest. Oppo at least looked like a blog when he tried to do that, and I think it was still when it was oppositelock.jalopnik.com.
Either way, I don't recommend it unless there's someone kind of tamping down on that stuff. What makes press cars not a big grift is that they're work. You write a review and give an honest evaluation of the thing. It's not a perfect thing per se (life happened and got in the way of reviewing a couple cars I had out last year, for example), but that's generally the gist. There's at least social media posts of whatever I get nowadays, too, FWIW.
If Oppo opens back up a blog and it's getting decent traffic, I wouldn't mind if it so long as someone here is keeping an eye on what folks have gotten to review, if they've actually reviewed it and if they're doing right by whatever PR-type they've been in touch with. You don't want to gargle OEM balls or anything, but you do have to keep in mind that it's a working relationship, and be fair to the dudes you're interacting with. Base criticism of the car itself in honesty and only anger folks for good reason, in other words.
@jb-boin Yeah—even I felt like the trio got a bit formulaic. I think the review should come after a watch, but yeah, it's an opinion and he's entitled to it.
TBH, "Be excellent to each other" extended to FP writers—even when criticizing them—on Ye Olde Place for a reason. Hell, they've been nothing but helpful in moving Oppo somewhere else. (Spanfeller can still go to hell, though.)
If you think Jello Picnic is a bit too negative lately, tell them. Be polite so they actually read it and don't discard your feedback as trolling, and say what you'd like to see more of, less of, whatever. Then again, I'm a big proponent of telling people directly—and politely—what you don't like. That actually works sometimes. Calling for their heads in a place they may or may not read usually doesn't, and honestly, it's a bit much.
There's quite a few of these Cayenne builds now and I gotta say...the parsh is GOOD.
(Now quit sending me overpriced BAT links to other peoples' trendy project rigs. Stop. STOP. Send hoon footage or GTFAC.)
Oh man oh man oh man oh man. I'm prepping the VW 411 for a Gambler 500 in May and I can't wait.
@veearrrsix said in Our house sold after being on the market for 18 hours.:
Meanwhile around the corner from my duplex...
This place is bordered by two lower end multi unit dwellings, and has a absolute dump behind it off the alley. It's also on a busy street with little parking and right next to a loud ass Catholic church and school. Everything else around here sells immediately, but not this 2 and half million dollar spec builder fail boat.
Walk around a bit here
Awesome garages, though.
Hahahahahahahahahahahhahaha, it's so bad, it's gone full circle back to awesome.
I still can't believe that anyone still gives a crap about the film Avatar. Forgettable, generic plot, wow-effects that were pretty to look at, but that's it. Someone tried arguing "but there's a Disney ride that's neat" after that weird Avatar-inspired Merc concept came out way, way too late, but buddy, we're not talking about an actual Disney classic a la Snow White or Lion King here—we're talking about an excuse for theme park engineers to go nuts and that's about it.
#TeamChicken has good taste in cars, too.
Chickens love aircooleds! (And they know where you sleep.)
