The more I'm involved with people in the automotive press the more I wonder how on earth these people EVER got a job in this business.
Can you imagine people who review cars for a living not owning a car themselves?
You would be SHOCKED how many of these reviewers you read and trust in the mags and on other websites and blogs aren't even owners of ANY type of vehicle.
And they BRAG about their expertise on top of that!
Plus, of the remainder who review cars that cost over $35k, less than 1% own a car that costs over $35k themselves.
As you all know, I subscribe to the theory that if you don't own them or spend SIGNIFICANT time driving them, you CAN'T really know them and offer valid reviews.
So it's no wonder when I read idiotic comments like this one from this writer (or so he calls himself) from AutoCar, it reinforces my beliefs that these people have ZERO pulse on what people are looking for when they buy a new vehicle.
Here is what Rory Lumsdon from AutoCar had to say and we quote about the Audi front LED's:
"these things are vulgar, plain and simple
They are the expensive equivalent of the inappropriately-used foglights beloved of Saxo VTS drivers in baseball caps.
And yes, I know that makes me sound snobbish, but seriously, what is the point of these lights?"
The point of these lights, Rory?
How about to make their car's faces SEXIER than the competitors?
To give them a unique signature an identity that lets you know its an Audi in less than one second when you see them coming?
And maybe it excites you like nothing else and raises your pulse because you could be lucky enough to see that the car is an R8, coming at you or from behind?
Rory, there is a new concept in autos that you may not have heard of... LOOKS MATTER! ;)
It seems to me, a small company in Munich has captured the world with their pretty/nasty/sexy/exciting 'Corona Rings' or 'Angel Eyes'...should I go on?
How about one last thing...Could it be the ONE thing that makes a customer buy a car over the competitor because it is sooooo cool looking?
Dude, take a suggestion from the AutoSpies...Get out of the car business.
This one comment from you has totally destroyed any credibility you could have or should we say had.
You have a wonderful future in the hospitality business!
Arrrghh!!!!
So who is right?
Rory or 001?
Chime in with your opinions...
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