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Comments from Readers

Re. my Red Bull Air Race World Series pre-event publicity release: "Jan, that is absolutely fantastic!! Aside from being a car guy, I am a crazy airplane guy too. My buddies have all been to Reno for the air races, I'm still waiting for my chance to go. No one I know has been to the Red Bull races yet. I've watched them on TV a couple of times, though. Being there live will be a neat experience for you. I can't wait to read your coverage of the event in a future column and I hope there will be room for lots of pictures! Best wishes."

“Great article Jan. The photos really give a great view of the total show.”

“I particularly enjoyed the piece on Monterey.”

“Your piece made made me regret not going this year.”

“The photo is a WOW!”

“I think your website is terrific. The articles are terrific and the photography is wonderful. I particularly liked some of the racing scenes, interesting cars, people and the way you compose the pictures.”

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“I Like and enjoy your photos.”

“You were just being yourself and that is probably the best part of the column.”

“This column was one of the best ever. I really dug the coverage of the Jeep mud-splash product reveal. I really think the site is amazing and, with organization and as you build an archive, will be globally competitive. Keep it up.”

“Ya know your business card is a "winner". That is another reason I can recall who you are. Psychologists would call it reinforcement or some term...but that pix of you in an auto mirror tells a story.”

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“The article is great!”

“nice stuff…”

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“I know you're the guru of cars!!!!”

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And now for a note from me to you:

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your ongoing encouragement and support is very much appreciated. I will do my best to give you more of what you have seen and enjoyed in AutoMatters.

You may have noticed that the photo of me in the red Miata mirror, which appeared for years in my newspaper column and here on my Web site, has changed. Friends and relatives told me that it did not really look like me. While it might have been nice to be able to travel incognito, I changed the photo to another one where I feel especially comfortable — in the driver's seat of a car.

I've said it before and I'll say it again: if you like what you see, please recommend AutoMatters to others and especially ask your local newspapers, favorite magazines and Web sites to start publishing it too. To do so they can contact me at AutoMatters@gmail.com. By doing this you will help AutoMatters grow.

Jan

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