Question of the Weekend: OK, so what other car sites do you regularly read?
As you can see I am back to sampling other sites that you may or may not read on a regular basis, and bring to your attention here at Hooniverse. That may not be a great idea as far as original content, but it is a good filler, especially over a weekend right in the middle of the holiday shopping season. So I open the floor to ask this question: Other than Hooniverse, what other auto related site to you read on a regular basis?
Bonus question: Other than Auto related content, what other sites (blogs, news, social, or other) do you frequent?
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I sense some lazy benchmarking
Jalopnik.com
f1fanatic.co.uk
caranddriver.com
facebook
Jalopnik
Autoblog (for news, no commenting)
TTAC
Hemmings
AutoPuzzles
Other than the links you guys have on the right (most of which I have bookmarked myself):
365daysofa.com
deansgarage.com
e46fanatics.com
germancarsforsaleblog.com
racefans.tv (Love this site, I am a subscriber.)
speedhunters.com
The Garage Journal
The Jalopy Journal
And several San Diego based local car sites, forums and such…
I read Hooniverse daily as well as Jalopnik. I also like The Selvedge Yard and Kustom Bart for weird Scandinavian posts. Unfortunately, there isn't anyone making Snap Judgements about motorcycles anymore.
Okay…her we go
the H.A.M.B.
Bring a Trailer
Ate Up With Motor
ford-trucks.com
CIT-BITZ
Vannin.com
Just A Car Guy
Autoblog
Car Guy Dad
The Smoking Tire
CarDomain
Jalopnik (not very often…they suck)
TTAC
As for the bonus question. There is something other than car related content on the Internet!? Interesting…
I know that I probably shouldn't be soliciting for sights but I noticed that you had fordtrucks.com of your list, there's an awesome site called Fordtruckfanatics.com that was started when some people got a bit disalusioned with Ford-Trucks and made their own site, it's a bit smaller but the answers and community are just as good or better than Ford Trucks and you'll probably notice a few familiar names as well.
Jalopnik; Veloce Today, Scoot magazine, FFR's blog.
Grassroots Motorsports' Forums
TTAC
Autoblog
Bring A Trailer
Regularly:
Jalopnik
Telegraph (UK) – Motoring (James May's column, Simon Arron's F1 coverage, reviews), stopped reading JC@The Times after paywall came
TTAC
Car and Driver
Sniff petrol's twitter and website
Jalopnik, TTAC, autosport.com, retro-rides.org, The Imp Club and Sunbeam Alpine Owners' Club, occasionally AROnline.
TTAC, Clunkbucket, SpeedSportLife, AutoNorth, [Redacted], and perhaps to make up for that, Fake[RedactedEditor's] Twitter. I also occasionally swing by Car and Driver, Road and Track, and Wheels (the Toronto Star's automotive section). Craigslist too, trolling for the next bad idea.
[Redacted], TTAC, BaT, Inside Line (the Long Term Blog is cool) and Noticias Automotivas. Occasionally Swiss Car Sightings, Exclusivos no Brasil (same thing but here) and Wrecked Exotics.
Bonus: A few sites on the ridiculous Brazilian politicians (Imprensa Marrom mainly), a few on sneakers and fashion (SneakersBR, The Sartorialist, Hypebeast, Style Arena JP) and a few of the celebrity mockery ones – Yes, I know I'm scum! – (Dlisted, fourfour and Hollywood Tuna for the eye candy). Oh, and Comedy Central to watch South Park and The Daily Show cause they're not airing here.
car blogs I currently read about everyday:
ate up with motor
bring a trailer
chris haining writes
fuck yeah mitsubishis
hemmings blog
hoopties on parade
jalopnik
photo finish
speed sport life
car forums I check semi-regularly:
quattroworld
nceuro.org
powerstroke.org
jaguarforums.com
Chris Haining Writes? Seriously?!
Your check is in the post! Cheers mate!
Haha, yeah man, saw a post of yours featured… I guess on hooniverse? and started reading. Keep it up!
Checking out some Hooniposts this New Years….I check in on a regular basis..you write some great stuff!! Comments are rare but I do enjoy your writings…
Jalopnik.com Commenting and Fun
Autoblog.com Serious News and Whatnot
Taurusowners.com Ford Taurus and Sable member run community
I prefer magazines but when i do venture away from Hooniverse I frequent:
Bangshift – a hot rodder community affiliated with Hot Rod magazine, ClunkBucket an interesting blog that I wish updated more often, Old Parked Cars – a photoblog of cars photographed on the street and in driveways in OR and WA in DOTS fashion, Just a Car Geek – a Euro nut posts neat Craigslist finds and discusses rare makes, Rusty Heaps – an automotive[/motorcycle] Anglophile posts pix and updates from his constantly shifting collection. I also was an avid reader of Tanshanomi's Snap Judgments before he had to call it quits for lack of time.
….just to name a few. Check them out!
Thanks for the plug. Snap Judgments will be back… I'm aiming for just after the first of the year.
Thanks, it's a really great blog and I know how time goes. Glad to hear you've got some more posts planned. Might I request the Honda Ascot? I picked one up over the summer and I see you used to have one of the same year.
Be sure to let us know when you start again! Read all of the posts once I found it.
Aside from the usual suspects on the blogroll, I read AtomicToasters, XKCD, Buttercup Festival, TED, and MovieLens. And my work leads me to spend an inordinate amount of time in the US Patent Database.
Ate up with motor
Bring a trailer
Hemmings Blog
Jalopnik
fuckyeahcarburators
Garage Journal
Car related – Hooniverse, Jalopnik, BaT (though not as often as many of you might)
Misc (biggest category – just ask Walter Slovotsky!)- Gizmodo, io9, Netvibes (aggregator for Techdirt/Giz/Jalopnik/Slashdot/various linux blogs that I hit), Neatorama, MentalFloss, Atomic Toasters. May as well include the webcomics – User Friendly, PvP, Questionable Content, Penny Arcade and a few others like Dicebox that have come recommended from the above-mentioned blogs.
And no, in fact, I haven't been laid in a long time – why do you ask?
Other than the above listed by all and sundry, Japanese Nostalgic Car, Murilee Martin and, a new favourite of mine, Big Lorry Blog.
Wow great link! I may just name my future daughter Lorry. What do you think? hah.
-Allpar's forums (especially Mopar News & Rumors): the best Chrysler forum I've found yet.
-Jalopnik: but I hardly comment or read comments anymore. I don't have time to make good comments when things are first posted, and I don't want to waste time making a good comment just to have it fall among the din of the other plain-bellied sneetches. (For example the last time I regularly answered Jalopnik's QOTD was probably in June.)
-Autoblog: gave up on it 2 years ago, now back reading it for the articles but I don't much bother with the comments.
-TTAC: same comments as Autoblog
-RideLust
-ClunkBucket (maybe 1x/week)
-Ate Up With Motor
-F*ckyeahcarburetors
-jayski.com (during the NASCAR season)
Other:
facebook
The Fargo Forum (inforum.com)
klr650.net
Atomic Toasters
xkcd
National Review's blog "The Corner"
Don't feel bad about not answering the QOTD, because with exception of the last few weeks they didn't compile the AOTD since June…
Realhomemadeturbo.com
CD5tuner.com
Gen5alive.com
Used to read jalopnik a lot, then it got kind of bad (internet bullying, etc)
There are other sites?
wreckedmagazine.com/blog
-Throughout the day
Grassroots Motorsports
Jalopnik
Hooniverse
& Speedhunters
-On Occasion
Ate up With Motor
Bang Shift
Bring a Trailer
Build Threads
Clunkbucket
MotoIQ
OMG Pancakes
SixSylinder
& Speedhunters
- Jalopnik, out of old habit, and my habits are changing. I think Hooniverse is the closest thing to "Jalop 1.0", (you know, before they were popular) and judging by how many of you crawled out of there I'm not the only one making that observation.
- TTAC
- Turbobricks (no relation)
- Clunkbucket
- Murilee's Brougham Blog
- Jayski (I owe them thanks for my last-race comeback win in my family fantasy Nascar league this year)
Does Craigslists "Cars for sale by Owner" count? I love following recurring ads, seeing the seller drowning in a pit of despair, and bad ideas forming in my head.
Others sort-of-related:
-Toolmonger (tool reviews)
-Slickdeals (Slick deals on those tools)
-Bobistheoilguy
Glad to see I'm not the only one who visits Bob from time to time.
Where else could you get such detailed answers for burning questions like "should I use PYB, M1TDT, GC or any SOPUS product in my 258tml Chevy Celebrity?". The level of OCD is admirable, and does yield some intresting reading and nuggets of information.
Wooo Toolmonger!
GrassrootsMotorsports
Autoblog
Justacargeek
BringAtrailer
AlfaBB
TurboBricks
MerkurSport
Xweb (X1/9)
MotoIq
Tamerlane's Blog
motoringconbrio
well gee.
just reading left to right on my RSS feed.
XKCD (webcomic)
Questionable Content (Webcomic)
Jalopnik
Autoblog
The Truth About Cars
Carscoop.blogspot.com
Hooniverse (heeeey!)
Speedhunters
Ran When Parked
CarThrottle (I'm biased, I write for them)
Ate Up With Motor
Bring A Trailer
The Smoking Tire
Build-Threads.com
I also frequently visit the forums at http://www.dieselstation.com, even though it's chock-full of douche. Been going there for years.
atomictoasters
New Scotsman
Guardian
Salon.com (mostly for Ask the Pilot)
moderndrunkardmagazine.com
digital gentlemen's literature (for the articles)
I've been getting into Atomic Toasters lately, of course, most of us have been. If you haven't looked at it, do so. It's great fun. Yeah, I still look at (REDACTED), but haven't bothered to comment there for a long time, now. It just pisses me off to see the mindless drivel that passes for comments there anymore, for the most part. They still have a few interesting posts every day, but the thrill is gone. I like Ate Up With Motor a lot, I always learn something there. Murillee's new blog is good fun. I really dig Bring A Trailer, I like the lovely machines that they show you there, but as stated here awhile ago the commenters nitpick the hell out of them, so I usually don't read all that. I need to spend more time looking at Hemmings, they seem quite knowledgeable over there, I might learn something. Oh, and Automotive Traveler is just great.
Jalopnik
Autoblog
Speedhunters
TheSmokingTire
FastLaneDaily
StanceNation
HellForLeather
Facebook (talken bout cars)
FuckYeahCarburetors.tumblr.com
CarPr0n.tumblr.com
99op.com
and of course, Hoonivers
Jalopnik (yes yes…I remember and miss Jalop 1.0)
Autospeed (great Aussie site)
VWVortex (10+ year member/fan boi but on the decline)
Minitrucktalk (kei trucks in North America!)
Locostusa.com (dreaming)
I read Autoblog as well, but their comment engine is maddeningly clunky and buggy. The Autoextremist is a must-read every Wednesday. Also Hemmings, Cluckbucket, Good Car Bad Car, and Inside Line. Bonus: Shorpy.com.
Nobody else reads AutoZine? Enthusiast-biased reviews covering nearly all world market cars. I think I've been reading it for at least ten years.
Jalopnik (Things have changed, but I still love it)
Hooniverse
BaT
Occasionally Clunkbucket.
Here, Jalopnik, Japanese Nostalgic Car, Geo Metro forum.com, I used to actively moderate on Gbodyforum.org, sometimes I look at BaT and a few other sites as well.
The Sum-Up:
Regularly: Used to be Autoblog, now Jalopnik and Hooniverse in equal doses.
Recently-Made-Regular: GTPlanet, y'know, the release of GT5 and all that.
Sometimes: Nori Yaro, Murilee, Speedhunters, JapaneseNostalgicCar, Autoblog, AutomotiveForums.com's scale modelling Completed Projects Gallery, and AteUpWithMotor if I have a lot of time
The Long Version:
Well, it all started with Autoblog, maybe because its name came up very easily after searching for car-related content. I was probably, what, 15-16 back when I started browsing Autoblog regularly. At some point, I came across Jalopnik. I don't exactly recall the details but somehow I transitioned from full-on Autoblog to full-on Jalopnik. Maybe the "REPORT: Chrysler shares are down 2.5%…" weren't so enticing to kids. And it was getting to the point of me just scrolling through pages and pages just looking at new car pictures (which i do enjoy, as a matter of fact. Kei cars are cool in their own right.)
When I got a few more looks at Jalopnik, I couldn't believe there was something that was actually fun to read, and the people there was amazing! In addition to the articles, I pored over the comments, laughing all the way. Keep in mind I haven't actually started commenting yet, so nobody knew I existed (save for Nibbles). When Wes, Ben, Matt, and occasionally Diddles(?!) wrote, I was there. When Jalopnik decided to go on a panty-raid over at Jezebel, I was there. Then came the Manifesto, and Ray called for "the next generation of auto enthusiasts." Well, shit, that's me! Plopped down an insightful comment on a QOTD, got approved, and there I was. I could hang out with the dudes that can spin a wrench even if I haven't touched one in my life!
I didn't follow the rest of you gang as you went off to create Hooniverse, but one link from Jalopnik brought me here, and I've never left since. It's just so much easier to say stuff here; the smaller community is great. It's possible to pick out distinct personalities, so it's more engaging. It's like you people actually care. Well, maybe not, but I'll pretend that you do :p
So, yeah, I kinda feel indebted to keeping the Jalop community at least a little bit intact, visiting often and keeping the comments interesting when I have time (not as of late, though…) I can read stuff from anywhere, but it's the ability to say stuff that keeps me coming back.
I think "smaller community" is the key phrase here. How many replies does a hot "Encyclopedia Hoonatica" thread get here, 200 tops? Most threads 30? Vs. that other site now seems to clock 300 easy for any "Camry is Beige" piece. But that's how it goes usually. I remember Usenet veterans referring to 09/1993 when AOL allowed newsgroups access as "the eternal september", though I preferred the term "the day the gates of hell opened".
I almost think it's a shame. There are a lot of insightful people mixed in with too many brain-dead ('awesome is WAY overused) comments. It's hard to keep track of everybody on Jalopnik due to the sheer bulk, though the heart function helps a little. But I haven't seen many of my previously-hearted people; it's a high turnover site that some people just leave.
Also, Spinelli's back! I wasn't there reading at his tenure, so I'm genuinely interested at how this'll turn out.
Interesting Question of the Weekend.
Car Blogs/Tumblrs:
Car and Driver
Austoblog
Jalopnik
Hooniverse
fuckyeahcarburetors
fuckyeahrallycars
speed:sport:life
The brown car blog
Non-car list is just way to long. I have a lot of free time to read the whole internet, but I will say Atomic Toasters is one of the places on the internets that I visit as many times as Hooniverse.
CAR BLOGS:
Hemmings
Consumer Reports Car Blog
Jalopnik
BIKE BLOGS:
Kneeslider
BikeEXIF
2 Stroke Biker / MC Pic of the Day
Oberdan Bezzi's Motosketches
Hell for Leather (but not too often, now that Wes is selling subscriptions to read it all. Seriously? What an ego-gasm.)
FORUMS:
Caferacer.net
Chopper UG
ADVrider
Garage Journal
Intruder Alert (really only when I need to research technical ?s about my bike)
Also, I used to be a regular on on the PWC forums (X-H20, GreenHulk.net, PWCToday), but in the past year or so have really gotten away from them.
And Atomic Toasters, of course.
Hemmings and Hooniverse.
Also BigLorryBlog, especially interesting to Americans who have never been outside the USA.
Ran When Parked
occasionally Ate Up With Motor
Autoextremist
Audiworld occasionally
Like others, starting to get into Atomic Toasters.
Kit Foster's CarPort, back entries, and maybe someday he'll re-start it.
Another one of my favorites for the occasional visit is Remco's Classic Car Gallery, full of lots of obscure vehicles from European car shows like Retromobile.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~classic2/index2.html
Thanks for all the other great suggestions. Unfortunately surfing time at work is limited; occasionally I have to do the stuff they pay me for.
Thanks for all the other suggestions.
I go to:
Autoblog
Jalopnik
TCL
Hooniverse
BAT
This is an interesting post. Recently the author of Tamarlanes Thoughts and I were trading websites we visit. I had come up with a bunch including all the regulars, Hemmings, TTAC, Ate Up With Motor, BaT, Jalop, Autoblog, The Auto Extremist, Just A Car Geek and, of course, Hooniverse, etc. But I also have several seen not listed here but are on the sidebar of my blog http://oleragtop.blogspot.com/ , Junkyard Life, Magnetic Brain, The View Through The Windshield, and Automobiles DeLuxe. Also if you go here, http://longrooffan-autowebs.blogspot.com/ you can see a blog I did to share them with kashgar, as well as now, my fellow Hoons.
As far as non autorelated: funnybitsandpieces.com, debbiedoesdrivel.com, a few others which include these from both ends of the political viewpoint: ogdaa.blogspot.com –a conservative Californian and bus-plunge.blogspot.com –a liberal Missourian.
I would like to mention how envious I am of all of you who are able to list more than 5 or 6 different sites they visit regularly. Don't get me wrong, we all make our choices and I'm pleased with mine, I just wish I had also ticked the box marked "Add 6 hours to the day". I seem to be busy enough at work these days that I'm lucky to keep up to date on Hooniverse and 3 or 4 others. Evenings at home seem to be more full of meals, kids, house, and shit look at the time I gotta go to bed than would allow me to do much reading online.
Daily:
Hooniverse
Jalopnik (time permitting, no time for the comments anymore)
Just A Car Geek (recent, thanks Longrooffan)
Globe and Mail (skim over the Ontario and Toronto stuff)
And I always check Tee Fury and Shirt Woot to make sure I don't miss a good one.
What I try to catch up on in the evenings:
Atomic Toasters (it's blocked at work)
Boing Boing (still like it, not what it used to be)
Geekologie
Hack n Mod
Hacked Gadgets
Sniff Petrol
Lifehacker
Autonorth.ca
The list of things I would really like to have the time to read is huge. Most of them are from mentions here on Hooniverse and I try to check them out every now and again.
The reason I like it here and places like Atomic Toasters is that there are max 4 or 5 posts per day of interesting stuff and no one is trying to cover every last thing. Quality rather than quantity and the same applies to the commenting. It means I have time to read it all including the comments and add some of my own if I think I have something to add.
I'm pretty random, but the only site I read EVERY day is right here. This is where YOU all are. I get all the links and humor I need from here and via FB by most of you same folks. I do visit many of your personal blogs (that I know about) on a semi-regular basis as well. Damn near everyone here has something worth reading. I sooooo wish there were more hours in the day…
I should however put a plug out for 2 of my favorite semi-regular sites.
http://vandolerosvanclub.blogspot.com/ and http://www.nooneridesforfree.com. Between Hooniverse, Lemons Forum and the van sites my life is 98% complete.
I leave a tab open for vandoleros just for the kick-ass playlist. In fact I'm listening to Ace Frehley, Sabbath and Foghat night now. Even the cat likes it.
I read Alfabb only when I have a mechanical issue. So yeah, pretty regularly.
I also can't break the Jalop habit. I need an intervention. Even my kids calling me a "jalopdick" hasn't kept me away.
EDIT: As if in answer to my prayers, the Jalopnik post featuring "The King of Cool" holding his junk has cured me. They are dead to me.
Jalopnik.com
Bring a Trailer
SpeedHunters http://www.build-threads.com/
special awesome callout:
BeaterBlog.com
Oh, and BMW e30 specific r3vlimited.com
When I need to fix something on my 300zx I go to twinturbo.net – that place is freakin awesome!