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== Automotive ==
* ''Car and Driver'' used to be famous for abusing their position as one of the two biggest automotive magazines in existence to get away with insane and sometimes illegal stunts for the magazine — [http://www.tdiclub.com/articles/Coast2Coast/ locking two writers in a diesel VW Jetta modified for long range driving and driving across the country non-stop without getting out of the car]; [https://web.archive.org/web/20090321115727/http://www.caranddriver.com/features/columns/c_d_staff/csaba_csere_the_steering_column/fear_and_loathing_in_a_100_year_el_nino_in_baja_column taking eight sedans to test in Baja California and returning with six after multiple encounters with the Federales, a devastating El Niño season and an errant cow]; and covering [[wikipedia:Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash|the original Cannonball Run cross-country rally]], created by staff editor Brock Yates in protest of the national 55 mph speed limit. The writing at the time was fresh and honest, and could sometimes be properly described as [[Hunter S. Thompson|"gonzo"]].
: Now, though, the pressure to appeal to the advertisers by not condemning anything and giving every car at least a somewhat positive review, not to mention significant tightening of editorial control has neutered the magazine and made it into a shallow, milquetoast version of itself. In 2009, it took a turn for the worse with the replacement of longtime editor-in-chief Csaba Csere with Eddie Alterman, leading to even blander writing and more sophomoric humor (which is really saying something, as the humor was already pretty crude by the end of Csere's tenure). ''Car and Driver'' is still arguably the best '''American''' car magazine, but with major chain bookstores carrying ''Car'' and ''[[Top Gear]] Magazine'' from the United Kingdom, you can really see [[What Could Have Been]].
** Ironically, C&D once ran a small article decrying rival mag ''MPH'''s infatuation with excessive references to one's posterior. ''MPH'' originally had Alterman as editor-in-chief.
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