[DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad

[Steven Edwards]

You get all kinds of remarks form the crowd about the car, from they knew someone that had one, it goes 250 mph, had different engines in it, 
That the color is not correct.

Steven Edwards

From: David
Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 8:59 AM
To: Charles Engles
Cc: DeTomaso_List; Don Thomas
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad

Charles has also summarized the intellectual status of the general population of the world in 2022.
David Finley

> On Oct 3, 2022, at 8:26 AM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:
> 
> Dear Mike,
> 
>                 You wrote:  " That's the first time I've heard our car
> referred to as an "Argentine/Italian" car.  Only because Alejandro was from
> Argentina  . . ."
> 
>                  Consider the source of that  enlightening comment: the
> hotcars.com  website and its "journalists".   After I started receiving
> their flood of emails about six months ago, I started checking on the
> credentials of their knowledgeable "journalist" sports car aficionados.   A
> sizeable portion of them are from the third world where I wonder how and
> where they acquired their expertise and familiarity with vintage, classic
> and modern sports cars.   Also notable is that many of them have hundreds of
> articles to their credit.  It appears that they are paid for how many short
> vapid articles they produce.   I doubt it is because of a deep and abiding
> passion for the automobiles.
> 
>                  Looking at the accuracy, depth and topics of their
> articles, it appears that they scour the internet---maybe they even read a
> book or two about cars---and then they simply cut-paste-rehash what has been
> written before under the provocative title such as, "The Top
> Ten...Whatever".    They know nothing and write trivia, but emphasize
> quantity of webpage articles rather than quality.  
> 
>                  They are the epitome of deeply superficial motorsports
> journalism.
> 
>                                Warmest regards, Chuck Engles
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On Behalf
> Of Mike & Elizabeth
> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2022 9:41 AM
> To: 'Don Thomas'; 'DeTomaso_List'
> Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad
> 
> That's the first time I've heard our car referred to as an
> "Argentine/Italian" car.  Only because Alejandro was from Argentina  . . .
> OK . . .
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf Of Don
> Thomas
> Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 12:57 AM
> To: DeTomaso_List <DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>
> Subject: [DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad
> 
> https://www.hotcars.com/classic-performance-cars-perfect-for-a-mid-life-cris
> is/
> 
> -dt
> 
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   You get all kinds of remarks form the crowd about the car, from they
   knew someone that had one, it goes 250 mph, had different engines in
   it,

   That the color is not correct.


   Steven Edwards


   From: [1]David
   Sent: Monday, October 3, 2022 8:59 AM
   To: [2]Charles Engles
   Cc: [3]DeTomaso_List; [4]Don Thomas
   Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad


   Charles has also summarized the intellectual status of the general
   population of the world in 2022.

   David Finley


   > On Oct 3, 2022, at 8:26 AM, Charles Engles <cengles at cox.net> wrote:

   >

   > Dear Mike,

   >

   >                 You wrote:  " That's the first time I've heard our
   car

   > referred to as an "Argentine/Italian" car.  Only because Alejandro
   was from

   > Argentina  . . ."

   >

   >                  Consider the source of that  enlightening comment:
   the

   > hotcars.com  website and its "journalists".   After I started
   receiving

   > their flood of emails about six months ago, I started checking on the

   > credentials of their knowledgeable "journalist" sports car
   aficionados.   A

   > sizeable portion of them are from the third world where I wonder how
   and

   > where they acquired their expertise and familiarity with vintage,
   classic

   > and modern sports cars.   Also notable is that many of them have
   hundreds of

   > articles to their credit.  It appears that they are paid for how many
   short

   > vapid articles they produce.   I doubt it is because of a deep and
   abiding

   > passion for the automobiles.

   >

   >                  Looking at the accuracy, depth and topics of their

   > articles, it appears that they scour the internet---maybe they even
   read a

   > book or two about cars---and then they simply cut-paste-rehash what
   has been

   > written before under the provocative title such as, "The Top

   > Ten...Whatever".    They know nothing and write trivia, but emphasize

   > quantity of webpage articles rather than quality.

   >

   >                  They are the epitome of deeply superficial
   motorsports

   > journalism.

   >

   >                                Warmest regards, Chuck Engles

   >

   >

   >

   > -----Original Message-----

   > From: DeTomaso [mailto:detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com] On
   Behalf

   > Of Mike & Elizabeth

   > Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2022 9:41 AM

   > To: 'Don Thomas'; 'DeTomaso_List'

   > Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad

   >

   > That's the first time I've heard our car referred to as an

   > "Argentine/Italian" car.  Only because Alejandro was from Argentina
   . . .

   > OK . . .

   >

   > -----Original Message-----

   > From: DeTomaso <detomaso-bounces at server.detomasolist.com> On Behalf
   Of Don

   > Thomas

   > Sent: Sunday, October 2, 2022 12:57 AM

   > To: DeTomaso_List <DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com>

   > Subject: [DeTomaso] 9 out of ten not too bad

   >

   >
   https://www.hotcars.com/classic-performance-cars-perfect-for-a-mid-life
   -cris

   > is/

   >

   > -dt

   >

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References

   1. mailto:david at msmcontractors.org
   2. mailto:cengles at cox.net
   3. mailto:DeTomaso at server.detomasolist.com
   4. mailto:dtpantera at gmail.com