An Open Letter To Car Show Trophy Hunters

Dear Trophy Hunter, We know the show season has just begun and you are noticeably excited, but before you explode with jubilation we’d like to stop you for a second and address an incident from last year. Do you remember? It happened at the show where you spent most of the day glued to your…

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We’re Killing Automotive Media

People often criticize the blog boom of late 2008, through 2010, but in hindsight it is something the automotive media desperately needed. That boom flipped the print industry on its head as online producers began releasing free content of equal, or often better, quality than their print counterparts in less than half the time. To keep their…

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Don’t Believe The Hype: The Wheel Debate Isn’t Black And White

The ‘fake’ wheel v. ‘real’ wheel debate is a conversation that knows no end. It has been going on long before this site started, and is likely to continue long after I stop updating. Over the years I’ve been asked my position several times, and aside from a few ‘off the record’ comments I’ve offered little…

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Aggressive Fitment Needs To Die

Almost daily I see people blame stance (99% of the time they actually mean aggressive fitment, but that’s another discussion for another day) for the downfall of the automotive community as a whole. Proclamations are made that once the ‘fitment fad’ dies off everything will miraculously change for the better. Really? We’re using aggressive fitment…

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