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WildBillyT
10-13-2009, 09:35 PM
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=404058

This guy is one of the guys over on the Nova forum I frequent. Cool guy, shame they put his car in a bad light.
LTb1ow
10-13-2009, 09:38 PM
Wow....
WildBillyT
10-13-2009, 09:38 PM
Wow....

Yeah. Talk about a dick move on their part.
LTb1ow
10-13-2009, 09:39 PM
So they chopped a photo and did it without his permission?

Wow...
WildBillyT
10-13-2009, 09:40 PM
So they chopped a photo and did it without his permission?

Wow...

Yes, that's right.
baddest434
10-13-2009, 09:48 PM
what a douche move!!
LTb1ow
10-13-2009, 09:49 PM
I hope he pushes that... that is a dumb move on their part.
baddest434
10-13-2009, 09:51 PM
a nice out of court settlement and a swift kick in their nuts will work.
FlyingDutchman
10-13-2009, 09:51 PM
looks soo fake though
baddest434
10-13-2009, 09:54 PM
thats not fake that bemmer is taking that nova's lunch money :rofl:

they have some balls!!
Tru2Chevy
10-13-2009, 09:55 PM
It would be funny if they actually staged a race between him and that bimmer, but knowing that he'd outclass it by 3 seconds, they surely won't. Hopefully he can at least get someone at C&D to respond to him, but I doubt it.

- Justin
FlyingDutchman
10-13-2009, 09:56 PM
maybe after the court case he can give the nova some reall balls!
Tsar
10-13-2009, 10:04 PM
a nice out of court settlement and a swift kick in their nuts will work.

If the car mag actually STOLE that dude's picture, then maybe. If they took the picture themselves, or bought it from the person who released his copyright to them, then they can do anything they please with the picture. There will be no court settlement.
WildBillyT
10-13-2009, 10:16 PM
If the car mag actually STOLE that dude's picture, then maybe. If they took the picture themselves, or bought it from the person who released his copyright to them, then they can do anything they please with the picture. There will be no court settlement.

There won't be a lawsuit anyway. Probably not worth his time or money. I think it's the principle of the thing.

That picture is stolen. If it wasn't then he wouldn't be as pissed I'm sure.
Tsar
10-13-2009, 10:24 PM
There won't be a lawsuit anyway. Probably not worth his time or money. I think it's the principle of the thing.

That picture is stolen. If it wasn't then he wouldn't be as pissed I'm sure.
I think he is pissed because he was depicted in an unfavorable matter. :shrug:
Jersey Mike
10-13-2009, 10:27 PM
I love how hard the rags swing from BMW's nuts. This just confirms that feeling.
procamaroz28
10-13-2009, 10:37 PM
hahhahaah thats funny as hell i doubt theres anything he can do about this
jts98z28
10-13-2009, 11:07 PM
thats bs if you look at the pic thats 2 after that one they did the same thing with another car
thunder
10-13-2009, 11:16 PM
i used to respect caranddriver
S.J.SLEEPER
10-13-2009, 11:23 PM
its a sh***ty deal, but basically once a picture is introduced to the internet its everybodies to do with. totally wrong and i would be pissed off if it was my car, but thats the chance you take when you post pics of yourself or possesions on the internet.

sucks, but such as life
NastyEllEssWon
10-13-2009, 11:23 PM
he can try to push that its slander/defamation of character in some sort of way :rofl:
Mike
10-13-2009, 11:34 PM
the picture is property of the photographer, just because its a picture OF his car, doesn't mean its his picture to cry about
Frosty
10-14-2009, 12:38 AM
The thread is too long to read, what, if anything, happened between him and C&D?
sweetbmxrider
10-14-2009, 07:26 AM
what is the caption/article that goes with the pic?

the bmw is fugly
firebirdcrazy
10-14-2009, 07:32 AM
Yeah I saw this on cardomain a couple of weeks ago. There really is nothing he can do about it.
BurninrubberGT
10-14-2009, 08:27 AM
i would of never believed the article anyway...but that sucks for him
iroc86NJ
10-14-2009, 12:06 PM
I read the article before i even saw this tread and was outraged by the way they depicted drag racers in it...

Car and Driver has no respect for drag race enthusiasts. The author of the article pokes fun at racers who push their cars down pit lane and ice down their motors as he sits in his Bavarian rental car with the A/C and music blasting. If your not gonna have respect for the people around you at the track then stay your a$$ home.
BigAls87Z28
10-14-2009, 12:06 PM
Yeah, I remember when this came up a few weeks ago.
Little stupid for C&D to do this, but really cant do much about it.
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