Comments on: The Tom-Tom Vince Capece http://autowriters.com/blog/the-tom-tom-vince-capece/ The right info to the right writers who write about cars. Sun, 08 Apr 2012 18:34:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: JGlucker http://autowriters.com/blog/the-tom-tom-vince-capece/comment-page-1/#comment-5 JGlucker Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:20:15 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=108#comment-5 This was a nice read though I am among the new, young, "netizens" you speak of... I grew up thinking of cars as an object of my desire and I am now in a position to combine that love with a yearning to place the ideas and thoughts that flutter through my mind into a written form for others to discover (though my thoughts now become virtual words that hang in a cyber space). I would like to believe I am more than a drivers license and a press pass, but that is still all I am at the moment. I want to stick around for a while and learn from those before me, and if that means combing through my father in-laws stacks of old Car & Drivers, than that is what I will do... it is not viewed as "paniful research" but rather a chance to discover the magic that some feel is missing from the articles of today. Fluff pieces and not-so-subtle advertisements masquerading as journalism are not what I want to write about. I want to discuss the feeling of hopping in an american V8 sports car for the weekend and heading down PCH... I want to talk about the sound the comes out of the Aston Martin DBS and why, once you hear it, it will be the only thing you can think about for weeks to come... I want to talk about how certain cars are not just machines but rolling works of art that should be driven and enjoyed no matter their value... I want to talk about cars... This was a nice read though I am among the new, young, “netizens” you speak of…

I grew up thinking of cars as an object of my desire and I am now in a position to combine that love with a yearning to place the ideas and thoughts that flutter through my mind into a written form for others to discover (though my thoughts now become virtual words that hang in a cyber space).

I would like to believe I am more than a drivers license and a press pass, but that is still all I am at the moment.

I want to stick around for a while and learn from those before me, and if that means combing through my father in-laws stacks of old Car & Drivers, than that is what I will do… it is not viewed as “paniful research” but rather a chance to discover the magic that some feel is missing from the articles of today. Fluff pieces and not-so-subtle advertisements masquerading as journalism are not what I want to write about.

I want to discuss the feeling of hopping in an american V8 sports car for the weekend and heading down PCH… I want to talk about the sound the comes out of the Aston Martin DBS and why, once you hear it, it will be the only thing you can think about for weeks to come… I want to talk about how certain cars are not just machines but rolling works of art that should be driven and enjoyed no matter their value…

I want to talk about cars…

]]> By: Larry Dietz http://autowriters.com/blog/the-tom-tom-vince-capece/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Larry Dietz Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:28:45 +0000 http://autowriters.com/blog/?p=108#comment-3 Amen. When Setwright and that crew were writing for Car, I remember thinking that we Yanks had a long ways to go to match their prose abilities. And, in terms of writing, those were better days for the American auto magazines. But one can make the same rueful complaints about almost all periodical journalism. Newspapers are shedding their older (which to them only means means more expensive) reporters as fast as they can; name a (non-automotive) magazine that publishes good writing. Okay...The New Yorker. Jeez: someone should convince David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, to publish a (well-written) automotive column. Yeah, I know, people in New York don't much care for cars. But one of the best-written (and idiosyncratic) car columns, Brakes, used to run in The Village Voice. And much of The New Yorker's circulation is outside New York. It's a terrific idea. Whoever gets the gig owes me a ride. Amen. When Setwright and that crew were writing for Car, I remember thinking that we Yanks had a long ways to go to match their prose abilities. And, in terms of writing, those were better days for the American auto magazines.

But one can make the same rueful complaints about almost all periodical journalism. Newspapers are shedding their older (which to them only means means more expensive) reporters as fast as they can; name a (non-automotive) magazine that publishes good writing. Okay…The New Yorker.

Jeez: someone should convince David Remnick, editor of The New Yorker, to publish a (well-written) automotive column. Yeah, I know, people in New York don’t much care for cars. But one of the best-written (and idiosyncratic) car columns, Brakes, used to run in The Village Voice. And much of The New Yorker’s circulation is outside New York.

It’s a terrific idea. Whoever gets the gig owes me a ride.

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