It would appear that someone at the New York Times reads MotoringFile and likes a good joke as much as the rest of us. This appeared in today’s NYT Drivetimes:
Another Auto Express Scoop?
It seems you can’t believe everything you read in car magazines, at least not when they are being duped by their own readers.
Go to Article From Motoring File
Hot Mini Goes Power Crazy (Auto Express)
[ New York Times Drivetimes ] NYT
And since the New York Time’s editorial staff seems to think our name should be Motoring File rather than MotoringFile, we’ll be changing the entire site immediately! …yes that’s sarcasm…
Thanks David!
<p>Heh, I posted your scoop on autoblog.com. Hope you got some hits from that as well.</p>
<p>niiiiiiiice.</p>
<p>Is it me, or is anyone else amazed that the Auto Express “scoop” is still up?! Funny stuff!</p>
<p>First The Times, then… The World!!</p>
<p>Congrats!</p>
<p>Next time, let’s aim at the coverpage! </p>
<p>Let’s do a huge MINI meet and jam all N-Y streets with our little cars! lol</p>
<p>Ooooh. The Paper Of Record has winkled you out, Gabe. 😉 They printed a correction about some story from the ’40s recently – make sure they spell your name right! They liked your style, tho.</p>
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<p>I wonder what the guys at Autoexpress is thinking right about now.</p>
<p>They can get jobs at all the walmart in-line magazine rack papers!!!</p>
<p>I’m down for a mini meet in manhatten</p>
<p>That is hillarious! Now I’m gonna start getting spam from non MINI heads.</p>
<p>Congrats Gabe :)</p>
<p>alpinamike: “They can get jobs at all the walmart in-line magazine rack papers!!!”</p>
<p>Heck, they(the writers for AutoExpress) could get jobs at the NY Times. They both do the same fact checking.</p>
<p>They are like page 7 of the auto world!!!</p>
<p>i think its time to send the scoop i got about the MINI SUV to AutoExpress and see if they bit again…..</p>