Alone after drop-off—unless a chaser car’s involved—they trudge off into the day or the night to the bus, subway or train. Their reward is another car to be delivered to another journalist, who may or may not be in a good mood that day or may criticize a car’s maker or car color straight off instead of looking in the driver’s eye for the briefest of greetings and perhaps ask how the trip was.
Category Archives: Miscellaneous
Pit Notes: December 2009
Girls Go Racing: Driving To Esteems is a new book by Dani Ben-Ari and Susan Frissell. The long time auto writers detail the benefits of auto racing, what it takes for interested young girls to get involved, how racing can become a viable career option, and how the involvement in motorsports builds much needed self esteem.
Ezra Dyer and STI Exchange
This whole scenario, as constructed by STI, is incredibly bizarre. Generally speaking, an aspiring writer gets in touch with the manufacturers, who then talk to the fleet company to arrange test cars. I’ve never heard of a fleet company trying to foist cars upon a publication, unasked for, under the guise that they have a directive to do so from their “patrons.”
New Roads-February 2009
From Wooden Horse Newsletter and news releases: . . . FOREVER MX-5 is a new quarterly that targets Mazda Miata enthusiasts. Content focuses on road trips, car projects and parts, buying and selling Miatas, and club events. Jeff Zurschmeide is the editor-in-chief of the magazine, which is published by MediaSpigot LLC and sold in bookstores… Continue Reading
Q&A With Bob Golfen, SpeedTV.com
SPEED: What’s the significance of Italian automaker FIAT purchasing a 35-percent stake in Chrysler? What’s the future hold? Bob Golfen: Those of us who remember the funky Fiats of the ‘60s, whose ‘Fix-It-Again-Tony’ reputation eventually turned away even their most loyal fans, should know that FIAT today is a multinational company with a global dealer… Continue Reading