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05-18-2015, 01:17 PM | #30 |
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Does anyone know what the bad blood between the journalist and GM is? He mentioned that Jalopnik wrote about the C7 early, is that it? What's the backstory?
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apparently they published some data on the new camaro 1 day early... oh noes!
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05-18-2015, 01:23 PM | #32 |
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Not to seem overly soft on this but he was obviously very remorseful and seemed genuinely sorry. I see what others are saying but from another perspective he got to test drive the mule Camaro and seemed to be having a lot of fun. Trying to keep pace with a Z/28 in a V6 Camaro is possibly positioning yourself for driving farther then your talent can take you.
If he had been all "screw you GM" then I would agree but I'd cut him some slack since crap happens. I race a fair amount and I've almost stuffed my Z into a ditch or two when it got away from me. Sh!t happens and unless you've never made a mistake it's hard to beat this guy up too much. JMHO...
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Ouch!
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In the article the guy mentioned GM had a beef with him. Is it over the C7? I don't know any of the backstory. What's the deal between the two?
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05-18-2015, 01:39 PM | #36 |
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If you can't drive and talk to a GoPro, then don't drive and talk to a GoPro. He's an idiot and he probably shouldn't have been invited anyway. Jalopnik seems to hate American cars.
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I can't believe GM even invited them out there. I'm sure they had their reasons but damn.
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it was a mule (beta) test car for track... it's not like he went out and bought it and crashed his own car... nothing to be proud of...
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Whatever, Jalopnik is still one of my all-time favorite sites. You do realize he damaged a mule that's destined for a crusher in a few weeks' time, right? Who cares.
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Quoted from article - "(Full disclosure: General Motors wanted me to drive a 2016 Camaro engineering vehicle so badly they flew me to Detroit, put me in a room at the Westin Book Cadillac, and paid for all my food and booze. I’m also starting to think I should just avoid Camaros in general from now on.)"
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