Re: [Amc-list] VAM on 'the prestigious internet' site

["Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jonathan, no, I don't want a wikipedia account, nor have a intention of 
ever wanting one. I don't have time to straighten it out, best leave that to 
VAM 'experts' of which I am not one. But due to crap like wikipedia is why 
we have stuff out there like the new Hot Wheels 71 AMX. While the details 
and the car are nice, on back it has 'born in: Auburn Hills, Michigan' and 
'designer: Chrysler LLC' and 'specialty: big a big rear spoiler, fender 
bulges and optional denim interior, this muscle car was made for straight 
line performance'

My point is simple: if someone had bothered to simply do a little research 
instead of relying of some fool blogging on wiki (I don't know what Mattel's 
problem was, but guess is that they found erroneous information off a 
website; maybe wikipedia!) but it now takes years of undoing what one now 
sees on back of Mattel's new Hot Wheels 71 AMX, as anyone who buys one, and 
don't really know.....will always assume that Mopar made the 71 AMX 'because 
they saw it on back of toy car box (or pick one: wikipedia, allpar, Mopar 
website ect).

Griping about it here is good therapy and maybe, just maybe, some folks who 
have more time on their hands will either comment in that goofy blog, and 
get stuff straight, or even write Mattel to ask them to simply please get 
facts straight on back of toy box. On the latter....Mattel had a 69 AMX that 
you can sometimes find on ebay, and it came out in I believe 2001. Same 
deal, "made by Chrysler" and many people called and emailed to no avail. 8+ 
years later, we get nice Hot Wheels car, but same misinformation on back. 
Which is the gist of my original post. And as time goes on, all out cars 
will be 'made by mopar' and more and more diluted stuff on wikipedia and 
allpar about AMC, nothing more. It might be why no one ever commented in 
that 'prestigious internet' blog spot, just sort of blew it off as allpar 
for the course.
Eddie Stakes
713.464.8825
eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
www.planethoustonamx.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Victor the Cleaner" <jonathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Eddie Stakes" <eddiestakes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "AMC/Rambler owners, 
drivers and fans." <amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, March 15, 2009 11:16 AM
Subject: Re: [Amc-list] VAM on 'the prestigious internet' site


> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 11:01:42AM -0500, Eddie Stakes wrote:
>
>> Sure wished people would NOT use wipipedia or allpar for 'research' 
>> before
>> posting stuff. I happened open this today about VAM
>>
>> http://prestigiousinternet.blogspot.com/2008/07/vam-mexican-amc.html
>>
>> if some of you have a google account maybe can go straighten this blog 
>> up. I
>> realize anyone and their cat has a blog, but some need to be replied to I
>> guess. Ironic that on this site it has this phrase:
>>
>> "If it's on Wikipedia, it must be true."
>>
>> which should read:
>>
>> "If it's on wikipedia, mustn't be true"
>
> The way it works is "If it's on wikipedia, someone thinks it's true,
> and nobody who knows better has cared enough to correct the errors."
>
> I don't now how much of this is true or not.  If you do, why are you
> griping about it here rather than creating a wikipedia account for
> yourself and straightening it out?
>
> Jonathan
>
> 

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