After I had been writing about cars for a couple of years, I began noticing a funny phenomenon: At US car events, people would recognize me as that Canadian guy while at similar events here in Canada, people had never read my work. Funny thing that. It just shows one of the many differences between more traditional outlets and those of us who work strictly on the web. A few of our friends here in The Garage have recently undertaken new endeavors on the web that I thought our readers might enjoy visiting.
Ask any older Jag owner and they’ll tell you, “If a Jag’s not dripping oil on your driveway, then you’d better check that it has some in itâ€Â.
Regular readers may recognize Crash Corrigan from his regular comments here in The Garage. Crash doesn’t really come to us through traditional media, rather through one of the Auto123. As one of the heavy hitters in the Canadian online auto media, they may as well be a newspaper outlet. Combining his British wit and more than a few decades wrenching British tin, CC knows his stuff and isn’t afraid to let you know in his newest project Car Keys. With the aid of Simon Burn, Car Keys brings unique reviews and they guys are promising some video along the way too.
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