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Another new event at Monterey…from those nut jobs who came up with the 24 hours of lemons!
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
Great, another new event at Monterey. But wait! It’s from the same folks who brought you The 24 Hours of LeMons, a riotous endurance race for $500 cars. The Concours d’LeMons is another tongue in cheek (and it’s a very cheeky cheek) jab at the more high end events, and is a concours intended for the really bad cars that have been made over the years. You know, the Pacer and Citroen Ami etc. The site is a riot and is well worth checking out. My favorite award is for the Soviet class, the “Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Medal for Most Glorious Achievement in Transportative Advancement for Use Upon Billiard-Smooth Highways as Are Uniformly to Be Found Inside Workers’ Paradise”.
The Motoring Enthusiast on Twitter
Friday, April 17th, 2009
Though we don’t know really exactly how to use Twitter, we’re going to give it a shot. Follow us on Twitter with user name Motoring Enthusiast or https://twitter.com/motenth
Mission of the Blog
Thursday, April 16th, 2009
My plan for the blog is simply to post interesting car-related content of various kinds. This will range from observations and thoughts about phenomena in the hobby, to cool things found on the internet such as videos and perhaps the occasional car for sale (Bring a Trailer style). I may periodically rant about something as well, and event coverage is also a possibility. I also want to try and answer the question “why do we love old cars?”, which is of course a huge question, but I plan to focus on one small aspect or answer in each post. Feel free to comment or chime in with suggestions! If you want to be a contributor, tell me your thoughts and that’s also a possibility.
Thanks for following along.
The Motoring Enthusiast Website Launches!
Tuesday, April 14th, 2009
Dear Enthusiasts of Motoring,
Today marks the launch of the website of The Motoring Enthusiast. It is the culmination not only of several months of work to design and build the site, but also years of thinking, experience, and enthusiasm for cars. I started it primarily for fun and for the experience, rather than for economic motivations. While I love the cars themselves, it is the social and cultural aspects that I find most satisfying. I have forged many great relationships in the context of cars, and look forward to continuing to do so in the future.
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