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Old Aug 19, 2008 | 06:14 PM
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Car & Driver mocks the Mustang...again

Don't this puss rag excuse for a magazine have any real news to write about?

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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 01:19 AM
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Originally Posted by Hollywood_North GT
Don't this puss rag excuse for a magazine have any real news to write about?

They should change their title to:

Car, Driver by a dumb azz editor

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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 04:00 AM
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don't waste your time with C/D magazine.
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 05:32 AM
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bunchaweiners lol
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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by tom281
don't waste your time with C/D magazine.
I only come across that mag it if I'm at my dentist/doctors office. You couldn't pay me to read that rag. But if they gave me a KR I could pretend to like C & D.

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Old Aug 20, 2008 | 05:37 PM
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As I've said before, I subscribed for years but I canceled after I got sick of the BS I started seeing more and more of a few years ago.
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Old Aug 23, 2008 | 09:24 AM
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Is that the rag sheet that Brock Yates runs? He's one whiny old wind bag - I remember a few years back on some TV show (it was either C/D TV or Motor Trend TV, all the same **** if you ask me) and they were road testing the then-new Mach1. Yates actually had the audacity to whine about the hood scoop being hard to see around Then one of the other "editors" said, "This car has the engine from the '95 Cobra..." Um...yeah....go back to your pansy *** quaint little cars you love so much
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 07:45 PM
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Is that the rag sheet that Brock Yates runs? He's one whiny old wind bag - I remember a few years back on some TV show (it was either C/D TV or Motor Trend TV, all the same **** if you ask me) and they were road testing the then-new Mach1. Yates actually had the audacity to whine about the hood scoop being hard to see around Then one of the other "editors" said, "This car has the engine from the '95 Cobra..." Um...yeah....go back to your pansy *** quaint little cars you love so much
If he related to Doug Yates from Yates Racing?
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 07:46 PM
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I remember when they had a cheap speed test and they chose the most expensive (cheap?) and slowest (speed?) car as a winner, which was a Acura RSX.
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Old Aug 24, 2008 | 10:12 PM
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Originally Posted by Red Star
If he related to Doug Yates from Yates Racing?
I don't believe they are related.
Doug is Robert Yates son.
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Old Aug 27, 2008 | 03:36 PM
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Car & Driver is owned by a French publishing company....nuff said!

Edited to add: Road & Track is owned by same French company.

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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by SD CALSPCL
Car & Driver is owned by a French publishing company....nuff said!

Edited to add: Road & Track is owned by same French company.

Dude! I knew it!!!
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Old Aug 28, 2008 | 06:38 PM
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I like C&D and R&T. I read them to see what's coming to market, and road tests. I definitely don't take their opinions for gospel or read the random columns.
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 12:24 AM
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Wow, people still read that
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Old Aug 29, 2008 | 07:43 AM
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I'll read it occasionally, if one of the articles looks good; since I get the magazine for free
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 02:02 PM
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Car and Driver gave a good review of the Bullitt Mustang. I am not sure why everyone hates C&D. I renewed for another 3 years because I enjoy reading it. I like my Mustang but let's face it, it's not going to be in the same playing field as a BMW M3, C63 AMG, IS-F, or a Lotus Elise SC but I enjoy reading about what the foreign automakers are doing.
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Old Sep 4, 2008 | 02:47 PM
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Now you know why I don't read Car & Driver....nothing original or new with their stories.
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:06 AM
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Yep, same 'ol BS from C&D. Not worth the paper it's printed on anymore.
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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:42 AM
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Find the July 2008 issue where they talk about the Bullitt and actually praise it. I just re-read that article in the first thread and didn't find any bashing. It's all good-humored fun.

The new-generation Mustang II is aimed at economy-minded Mustang intenders, but Ford isn’t stopping its fuel-efficiency train there. Indeed, what better way to save fuel than to use none at all? The Mustang Mustang is the most-fuel-efficient and practical Mustang ever: Instead of a gas-gulping engine, this ride comes with a team of horses to pull it around; all you need is a pile of oats and a few bales of hay, and you’re on your way.
Four horses come standard, and the team can be upgraded to 10—the car gets GT10 badging—with the tick of an option box, but you’ll probably want to consider the cost of care before upgrading. It costs, at minimum, $4 per day to keep an average 1000-pound horse in food and medical care. Opt for the 10-horse team, and you’re facing at least $14,600 annually, or about the same as your fuel costs if you use an M1 Abrams tank for grocery runs.

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Old Sep 15, 2008 | 09:56 AM
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I get that C&D and R&T are jokes, but didn't anyone else take it as humor ? I thought it was funny. Mainly because Ford, Roush, Saleen...etc is wringing ever last bit they can out of a very successful car with so many different "Special Editions" that at this point it is just stupid....

The first few made sense, Bullitt, GT 500, odd saleen or two and the same for roush, but come on the world DOESN'T NEED another special edition S197. We need not to be so butt hurt over a magazine article.

That being said I don't buy either one because they do indeed suck. Just like the manufacturers blow-jobs that are any tech article in any Mustang mag. The readers rides are cool, the one or two per, but the rest is just advertising and worthless, IMO.
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