Open Season For Pinkies!

Bertel Schmitt
by Bertel Schmitt

They say they are all pink inside. A surprising number is pink on the outside, as our weekly hunt for the crimson cars certifies, so much that our mailbox at shootthepink@gmail.com is all pink inside…

This time, the hunt starts with a big game trophy. Reader Kevin Jaeger bagged this pink cement truck in Ottawa, Canada. “Not something you see at every construction site,” Kevin says, and we agree. There are more …

“Your wife’s?” asks Anon Random (most likely not his real name, if it is, our condolences.) Frau Schmitto-san denies any ownership, but says: “Eeeeeeh! My girlfriend’s pink Porsche. She owns that garage in Akasaka – she can buy one a day with the money she makes there.”

“This carcass of a car was being hauled north on I-75 between Fort Myers and Tampa, FL. My guess is that it’s a long-dead GT40 kit car,” writes Multicam from Florida. With all that Bondo, the picture nearly didn’t pass our strict acceptance rules (all pink) – but we make an exception.

First gen Miata, caught by thefronge at an autocross held at Fort Devens Airfield in Ayer MA.

Thefronge receives extra credit (five pink slips) for having the presence of mind (and camera) for a video.

Thank you for sending so many pink cars to shootthepink@gmail.com. The kill was so plenty that we will run another pink installment tomorrow.

Hunt the pinkies! Send pictures of pink cars to shootthepink@gmail.com. Please enclose your TTAC screen name for proper credit. If you forget it, we’ll publish your pinkies under your full name.

And may the pink be with us.

Bertel Schmitt
Bertel Schmitt

Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.

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  • Golden2husky Golden2husky on Sep 02, 2012

    ....pink cement truck in Ottawa, Canada.... Would you like some aggregate with your cement?

  • Multicam Multicam on Sep 03, 2012

    Sweet, I'm glad mine made the cut! I bagged a pink 745Li the other day. I'll send it in soon.

  • Kwik_Shift Hyunkia'sis doing what they do best...subverting expectations of quality.
  • MaintenanceCosts People who don't use the parking brake when they walk away from the car deserve to have the car roll into a river.
  • 3-On-The-Tree I’m sure they are good vehicles but you can’t base that on who is buying them. Land Rovers, Bentley’ are bought by Robin Leaches’s “The Rich and Famous” but they have terrible reliability.
  • SCE to AUX The fix sounds like a bandaid. Kia's not going to address the defective shaft assemblies because it's hard and expensive - not cool.
  • Analoggrotto I am sick and tired of every little Hyundai Kia Genesis flaw being blown out of proportion. Why doesn't TTAC talk about the Tundra iForce Max problems, Toyota V35A engine problems or the Lexus 500H Hybrid problems? Here's why: education. Most of America is illiterate, as are the people who bash Hyundai Kia Genesis. Surveys conducted by credible sources have observed a high concentration of Hyundai Kia Genesis models at elite ivy league universities, you know those places where students earn degrees which earn more than $100K per year? Get with the program TTAC.
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