While You Were Sleeping: January 9th, 2015

Derek Kreindler
by Derek Kreindler

Before we delve into our daily news bulletin, TTAC is proud to announce two additional contributors. Former Autoweek Associate Editor Blake Z. Rong will be contributing to the site starting later this quarter. In addition, Doug DeMuro will be returning to TTAC as a contributor, starting later this month. We are thrilled to be publishing the work of two of the best young writers in the business.

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  • Jack Baruth Jack Baruth on Jan 09, 2015

    Just for purposes of clarification: We didn't fire Doug, and Doug didn't quit. He just wandered off and stopped returning emails when I told him that I, not he, would determine when his stories were published. I don't personally enjoy Doug's work and I don't think I've ever managed to read all the way to the end of anything he's written. However, when I took over from Bertel as EIC pro tem I indicated that we would be customer-driven, not insane-perverted-secret-agenda-driven. There's a significant percentage of TTAC readers who would like to see Doug's work. So Derek went out and managed to come to an agreement with him. I think this represents Derek's commitment to serving the readers and even if you don't care for Doug's brand of "humor" it's a good sign that the management is listening to the demands of the readers. In a perfect world, every popular TTAC contributor would continue to publish work here, but not all of them are easy to deal with and in the case of at least of of them it's like dealing with a greased-up snake that has fangs on both ends.

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    • Land Ark Land Ark on Jan 09, 2015

      I have to say that I applaud this decision. I love cars and I like humor. And it's fantastic to get both at once. Jack, you do a great job of making both work in thoughtful and thought provoking ways. I think there is plenty of room for everyone here. Sometimes I want a bit of sly dark humor and sometimes I just want to get hit in the face with a freakin' pie, ya know?

  • NoGoYo NoGoYo on Jan 09, 2015

    Damn, that is one cool looking Defender. Sadly, no neutered "city Rover" could ever have the "crossing the plains of Africa and the Australian outback in search of adventure" spirit of the Defender.

    • Thomas Kreutzer Thomas Kreutzer on Jan 09, 2015

      When I lived in Osaka there was a love hotel close to my office called "Hotel Africa." One of my good buddies changed the lyrics to the famous Toto song to "I busted a nut in Hotel Africa" and used to sing it when we walked by on the way to lunch. Thus, anytime I read something in which someone writes about "driving in Africa" I have a little chuckle. The moral of this story is that I don't generally think of the Land Rover as the tool for that job. Oh, and there is a whole other meaning to the great rift too - wink wink nudge nudge,

  • Trackratmk1 Trackratmk1 on Jan 10, 2015

    For a site called "The Truth About Cars," regaining a writer with a steadfast commitment to avoiding facts at all costs seems to be a poor decision. Yes I'm referring to DeMuro.

  • Kosmo Kosmo on Jan 10, 2015

    DeMuro and Jack are both great, in completely different ways. Every car story does not have to take the same approach. See Consumer Reports. DeMuro could stand to expand his range a bit, and Jack should get over his school girl crush on John Mayer, but I'll read anything either of them writes. More reviews would be good, too. As mentioned frequently above, both Alex and Michael's reviews are sorely missed.

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