Comments on: Daily Podcast: Another Milestone

By: cretinx

cretinx — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:25:31 +0000

Lets see whether you rip a Ford product a new one anytime soon . . . . . and should you do so, lets see what happens to their advertising.

By: Sajeev Mehta

Sajeev Mehta — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 15:53:23 +0000

Hooray for TTAC! I always thought Ford worked the best with their Internet detractors after learning the hard way from the (failed) lawsuit against Blue Oval News. So kudos to them too.

By: Ralph SS

Ralph SS — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:54:11 +0000

Cheers for TTAC. I remember writing you a short email of encouragement after an editorial that said something at the end like ‘I’ll be here until the money runs out’. I could see then that TTAC was a good thing, I felt like I was kinda in on the ground floor, and I hoped it would succeed. With every editorial about changes to the site I would hold my breath and hope it would not water down. Looking around it would appear that you have stayed true AND prospered. A rare thing, indeed. Feed the Fire.

By: edgett

edgett — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 07:07:26 +0000

The key to this seems to be to avoid the Stockholm syndrome, where you begin to have sympathy for your captors! Or in the case of autojournalism, begin to drink the kool-aid they serve on junkets.

As much as we all dislike opposing commentary on what we do, it’s important for anyone to listen when someone else is critical. Our press has long ago sold out, hence the need for TTAC and the web in general. So long as you are keeping the TRUTH in TTAC, you’ll get readers and the readers become important to advertisers. Congrats, Bob – I hope this site remains an important voice about the modern automobile. And good for Ford for having the balls to advertise here…

By: Rastus

Rastus — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 06:49:48 +0000

Best to you and a warm congratulations.

But rest assured, there are plenty of us roustabouts to keep you in line :)

-Rastus

By: NickR

NickR — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 04:04:22 +0000

And kudos to Ford for having the guts to advertise here, and not just rely on the highly compromised print media.

By: beetlebug

beetlebug — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:36:06 +0000

I think the mustang’s not real rear intakes were for not cooling the rear brakes, not for not cooling the non-existent mid-engine.

By: Steven Lang

Steven Lang — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 03:16:41 +0000

Congrats!