tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post3415183985773201944..comments2024-03-28T15:05:10.372-05:00Comments on Every goddamn day: 03/28/24: Auto Show Spectacular #4: Motoring to Sycamore in a new BentleyNeil Steinberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468057838260476480noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-58180875296608023652018-02-17T16:02:41.832-06:002018-02-17T16:02:41.832-06:00I hope I can make this observation without rufflin...I hope I can make this observation without ruffling any feathers, but I remember this column. I gotta say, when I read it in the paper the day it came out, I thought that it sounded a bit too much like "sponsored content" or something like that, for my taste. (Though sponsored content may not even have been a thing, at that point.) Later, when I heard about the penalty that it resulted in, I thought some kind of mild reprimand may have been in order, but that the actual punishment certainly did not fit the "crime," which was not even a misdemeanor, of course. Plus, it seemed very short-sighted from the perspective of trying to make the Sun-Times a better paper, since his column is probably the best thing *in* the paper.<br /><br />That being said, and while it may have been ill-advised, Neil's Tesla jibe was cherce, indeed. Interesting to learn, at this juncture, that this contretemps is what prompted the creation of EGD. "So it all turned out okay in the end." Hear, hear! Jakashnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-9137055728878132792018-02-17T11:25:42.042-06:002018-02-17T11:25:42.042-06:00David Ogilvy created a famous ad for Rolls Royce, ...David Ogilvy created a famous ad for Rolls Royce, which is still cited as an example of how "long copy" can work. The concluding paragraph's explain that the Bentley, in almost all but the famous "Spirit of Ecstasy" hood ornament, is essentially the same car as the Rolls, and in a famous line observes that if one is "diffident" about driving a Rolls one can chose the Bentley. Diffidence did not seem to be a problem for Neil, so one assumes that the more famous vehicle wasn't on offer.<br /><br />Tom Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09641357239788323783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-1939860623077689152018-02-17T10:55:29.591-06:002018-02-17T10:55:29.591-06:00OMG! I just noticed: it's a 2-door. Probably...OMG! I just noticed: it's a 2-door. Probably cost $285k for a couple more doors.<br />tatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10088632798195131329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3972382144120426476.post-79822913519804336062018-02-17T10:24:15.239-06:002018-02-17T10:24:15.239-06:00I sat in a Bentley once. Didn't have an opport...I sat in a Bentley once. Didn't have an opportunity to drive it, but, man, what a beautiful car! Though, I have to say, at 185 grand, it should have a Jacuzzi, ample closet space, and an ocean view.<br />Tony Galatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11944671504245191140noreply@blogger.com