I met Peter of Carenvy fame yesterday. He flew down from Edmonton for a Bitcoin convention. When he told me that this is the only blog he checks everyday, it made me really happy.
I started this blog in 2006 because I wanted a creative release and I had a dream of one day writing a book about my travels. I loved cars just as much then, but I didn't know nearly as much about them as I do today. The new knowledge came not only from researching for my posts, but from you, the commenters.
Peter and I talked about that. Though we are from all over the world, we are a group of guys with incredibly similar backgrounds who share a random mix of interests (passionately). We had gone to school for way too long, love obscure vehicles, travel quite a bit, and are interested in geopolitical machinations not usually covered by the mainstream media.
I really appreciate your loyalty and your contributions in the comments. Please keep coming back. And to those of you regular visitors who have not commented, please share your thoughts. We would love to hear from you.
I want to take this opportunity to thank and acknowledge the regular commenters. If I missed you, I apologize. This is an impressive group with a wealth of knowledge and experience. And as a travel/geography buff, I dig the fact that you are from all over the world.
North America
- An Edmonton car blogger with a new-found interest in Bitcoins.
- A Californian with a Ford Falcon XB.
- A Citroen XM owner.
- A Porsche 356 owner
- A San Diegan whose writing talent and knowledge of cars easily got him a gig first at Bring A Trailer, and then at Petrolicious.
- A Brazilian-American in Miami who is fanatical about F1 and is loyal to Mazda.
- A Michigander, and possibly the only person in the world, who owned a Hummer H3T.
- A Texan with a Maserati BiTurbo and an Alfa Romeo Milano.
- A Floridian who showed me how to strut into any restricted access pit area, without invitation.
- An Angeleno with a penchant for Warsaw Pact cars.
- A New England car blogger and student of Eastern Europe.
- Midelectric (he's a complete mystery to me).
- MattC, who is currently MIA for some reason.
Central Asia
- An Azeri carspotter.
- A Kazakah named Sanchez.
- A Chilean who has the same likes and dislikes as me, with the exception of Pinochet.
- A Finn with a never ending BMW V12 project.
- A Hungarian with the greatest concept for an automotive site.
- A gardener with a vast diecast collection.
- A guy who owns THREE Mercedes 450SEL 6.9s.
- A Bolwell enthusiast.
Again, thanks, gents!
Update 1: And how could I forget New York's Motoring Con Brio, whom I refer to as MTC.
Update 1: And how could I forget New York's Motoring Con Brio, whom I refer to as MTC.