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carmobster says:
As CAR has not published anything after 2 days on the death of Sergio Pininafarina, I would like to remember him. Read my post under "Heroes and Villains".
Is the CAR staff on a holiday?
Sep 06
Posts: 1541
kubrick says:
'mobster,
CAR may be on holiday, but the CAR forum certainly isn't. I posted a brief obituary yesterday, which you could've found here.
Oct 06
Posts: 3041
Sam the Eagle says:
carmobster said: As CAR has not published anything after 2 days on the death of Sergio Pininafarina, I would like to remember him. Read my post under "Heroes and Villains". Is the CAR staff on a holiday?
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Same happened when Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche died recently.
You should know that Car online is obviously not equipped to deal with news as it comes i.e. in near real time, which they should probably have thought about before they started their 'news watch'.
I personally blame Bauer for not taking Car online seriously and resourcing it properly.
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Hell is other people.
Mar 08
Posts: 4886
Batty says:
Sam the Eagle said: carmobster said: As CAR has not published anything after 2 days on the death of Sergio Pininafarina, I would like to remember him. Read my post under "Heroes and Villains". Is the CAR staff on a holiday? ------ End Quote ------ Same happened when Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche died recently. You should know that Car online is obviously not equipped to deal with news as it comes i.e. in near real time, which they should probably have thought about before they started their 'news watch'. I personally blame Bauer for not taking Car online seriously and resourcing it properly.
What is there to take seriously? Would you pay for the resource that they offer? I know I wouldn't. I was reading about CAR's history last night and I realised that CAR Online is a victim of its own smart-arse history in print. It has attracted all of us who have an irreverant streak (you're pretty typical Sam) and tend to be sardonic- a hard audience to sell to mon frère.
Ha,ha,ha,ha,ha.
Batty said: Sam the Eagle said: carmobster said: As CAR has not published anything after 2 days on the death of Sergio Pininafarina, I would like to remember him. Read my post under "Heroes and Villains". Is the CAR staff on a holiday? ------ End Quote ------ Same happened when Ferdinand 'Butzi' Porsche died recently. You should know that Car online is obviously not equipped to deal with news as it comes i.e. in near real time, which they should probably have thought about before they started their 'news watch'. I personally blame Bauer for not taking Car online seriously and resourcing it properly. ------ End Quote ------ What is there to take seriously? Would you pay for the resource that they offer? I know I wouldn't. I was reading about CAR's history last night and I realised that CAR Online is a victim of its own smart-arse history in print. It has attracted all of us who have an irreverant streak (you're pretty typical Sam) and tend to be sardonic- a hard audience to sell to mon frère.
I would (and do) pay for quality, yes. For example a decent app with good articles to read on the tube when I'm not cycling to work would get my vote, and my money - to replace my subscription which I keep forgetting to cancel. The website should be able to pay for itself, through ads. Car has after all a broad audience (not just made of sarcastic b*st*rds like me) which it isn't really cashing on outside print.
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