*angy-ish rant inside* I thought Máté Petrány was a cool guy when he worked for jalopnik

"aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe" (emaxxbl) 02/12/2018 at 17:17 • Filed to: None

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I guess either R&T changed him or he’s always gotten his jimmies rustled over what people did with THEIR cars.

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How Idiocy Destroyed This Safari Alfa GTV 

Erm, no judging by the giant kinks in the rear quarter panels and the way the rear valence caved in it was destroyed by falling off of the tow truck. Most owners would of taken the insurance check, stripped the mods and had it hauled away to the junkyard. I’ll admit that jump was a really stupid thing to do but saying that it destroyed the car when it already had enough damage to total it is even sillier.

But if you’re a guest and you mess up a jump, no matter which Hoonigan shouts “send it” first, the damage is gonna be all on you.

No shit? They didn’t force the owner to appear on their channel nor force him to jump it, of course the damages he causes to HIS own car is going to be on him.

Now, some more already-rare GTV parts will be used to fix this car, instead of ending up in a peppy road racer. Something this ‘74 used to be.

This sentence honestly annoyed me the most. Mainly because 95% of the parts for these cars (and basically every part needed to repair this particular accident) are still being re-produced so they’re not that “rare”, and why do you care so much about where the parts end up? I thought proper car enthusiasts didn’t judge other enthusiasts on what they did with their car.

Honestly if anyone else had written this article I probably wouldn’t have done this but I always thought Máté had the coolest FP content and seeing him write a piece like this just irks me to no end. But I get it, controversy brings in the clicks which brings in the paycheck.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:20

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I kind of agree with him... Such a pretty car to kill...

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/12/2018 at 17:26

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It’ll be restored again.

OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 02/12/2018 at 17:27

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I hope so. What they did is so cool. Maybe they’ll fix the issues of the low hanging oil pan while they are at it

Daily Drives a Dragon - One Last Lap > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:30

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Yeah it’s a pretty car. Yeah parts are probably getting rare. But it fell off a truck and the chassis was bent (look how much force it took to open the door) so I really don’t see the loss of a clean Alfa here. Also the thing was probably beat and restored multiple times before this.

rillweid - Now with more TRD and less TDI > OpposResidentLexusGuy - USE20, XF20, XU30 and Press Cars 02/12/2018 at 17:31

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Well the car was already totaled before they sent it. So while it’s sad to see an Alfa die, it’s also pretty cool that someone is willing to jump one that hard.

JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:32

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I know what you mean...except the Hoonigan dudes ARE jackwads and idiots...

KnowsAboutCars > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:37

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The safari Giulia is a cool idea. There are dozens of track prepped GTVs around so why not make something different out of an already damaged car.

Sure the last jump wasn’t the brightest idea ever but shit happens. Like you said it could be fixed with repro parts.

Akio Ohtori - RIP Oppo > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:39

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I mostly agree with you. The car was “destroyed” when it was totaled, but then they did an awesome and resurrected it with this silly build. Then they re-destroyed it by doing a silly stunt for a silly channel.

Hindsight being what it is (bullshit) I regret the way this car met its admittedly second end.

I also would not be surprised, and in fact would be very happy, to see this one rise again.

And yeah... parts are parts. Though I’m only familiar with the Alfa Spider parts world, everything is available and most everything is available new.

fintail > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:41

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Knowing what you’re talking about isn’t a prereq for being a writer, especially at the FP level.

Roadster Man > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:42

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What a tool. Hating on people for having fun. Nothing is sacred.

aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe > JawzX2, Boost Addict. 1.6t, 2.7tt, 4.2t 02/12/2018 at 17:50

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yeah they’re not the brightest bunch around.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 17:54

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http://www.speedhunters.com/2016/12/the-californian-house-of-porsche/

That car was featured on Speedhunters.com some months ago. Their feature was before the accident with the flatbed truck.

Quadradeuce > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 18:21

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After he shit on f-body car enthusiasts, I lost respect for him. I’m not an f-body fan, but I respect any enthusiast community, or at least live and let live.

Milky > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) 02/12/2018 at 19:34

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Not trying to be negative but how do car designers afford that house and those cars?

Meanwhile me and my design roomies:

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > Milky 02/12/2018 at 19:46

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I dunno. I just want to live like they do. I am clearly not doing something right, because I do not have that house or those cars.

CaptDale - is secretly British > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 20:09

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It is weird because I HATE their videos, but I found an interview with them all and they are like actually nice people and the facade they put on in the videos if all for Youtube. So in real life they aren’t idiots and jack wagons, but because they fake it for YT I fucking hate them more.

TheJWT > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/12/2018 at 23:01

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I don’t care for the build; not because of the reasons in the article, I’m just over the whole Safari car thing. But I really don’t care for people like that, who bemoan anything not period correct and then wonder why no one can afford any of these cars in the first place.

kanadanmajava1 > aberson Bresident of the FullyAssed Committe 02/15/2018 at 14:54

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Looks so utterly stupid that I wouldn’t even bother to turn on the audio.