So sick of Jalopnik...

gtc · gtc's Garage

I am done with Jalopnik.
The content has been reduced to little more than a means for wannabe-Jalops to compete for "Caption of the Day" with bad puns and allusions to '80s pop culture and auto advertisements.
The news is generally old, unless it's written by Wert - but he seems to spend more time on TV than behind a keyboard these days.
Top 10 Lists are split up into galleries to increase the number of clicks and ad views.
The 24hrs of LeMons was funny/cool the first time or two. Covering 10 races each year is excessive.

And finally:
El Caminos suck. They always have and they always will.

Please join me in ranting about Jalopnik.

Zeke · 06-01-2009, 03:21 PM

Didn't even know it existed. I guess I'll have to catch up first.

Sarc · 06-01-2009, 05:07 PM

Could never get past the horrendous graphic layout. There are far better blogs...

Deschodt · 06-02-2009, 12:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gtc

I am done with Jalopnik.

The 24hrs of LeMons was funny/cool the first time or two. Covering 10 races each year is excessive.

Please join me in ranting about Jalopnik.

100% there with you.... I read Autoblog instead now....

gtc · gtc's Garage

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deschodt

100% there with you.... I read Autoblog instead now....

The whole reason i started reading Jalopnik was because Autoblog was going to crap at the time. I suppose I'll go back now

willtel · 06-02-2009, 01:07 PM

Put me in with the Jalopnik hater crowd.

I was irritated when they reviewed the new Shelby Mustang and 75% of the photos were of the car doing burnouts, we get it, it will spin the tires. They also unscrupulously create articles from popular threads in another auto forum I read. I actually sent them a nasty message when they re-hosted all of Wayne's 959 assembly photos without giving him or his 959registry.org website any credit, I think Wayne had to send them a cease and desist letter for that one.

The 24hrs of LeMons series also seems to have jumped the shark. It now looks like a demolition derby for art cars with some bondage thrown in. Of course they never miss an opportunity to post an article about the entire 40 car field of beater entrants.