This Is Why Tavarish Is An Asshole And It’s Not Why You Think

"Lets Just Drive" (lets-just-drive) 02/12/2015 at 19:37 • Filed to: None

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Tavarish is an asshole and it's okay to hate him. Flame him to your hearts content, he deserves it. Burn his articles, if you want, I won't stop you and neither will anyone else with half a brain but it's not for the reasons you think.

Tavarish catches hell from the internet for advocating buying pre-owned and telling folks to stay away from the off-the-lot, brand new car purchases – they're a suckers play. How he frames it is irrelevant; buy this German luxury super-sedan for the price of a hamburger. Tavarish catches hell regardless. People don't like being told they have been dumb, people don't like being shown up but not everyone has his aptitude with a wrench. He catches hell for it and that's fine because people are idiots but he's not wrong and this isn't the reason to bag on Tavarish. Tavarish deserves to catch hell, but not for this.

Tavarish is an asshole for driving up prices. Tavarish should be catching hell for revealing a close kept secret. Tavarish should be strung up by the enthusiast illuminati for cracking the code and putting it on the internet. He isn't alone in tampering with the used-car market, Matt Farah and his stupid Lexus come to mind. Tavarish is messing with the balance.

Tavarish gets to drive fast cars. Tavarish gets to drive the Jalopnik-Edition (sigh) BMW. Tavarish gets to mingle with the automotive press and gets sent around the country to photograph and write about cool cars. Tavarish gets to do a lot of cool stuff but this isn't why he's an asshole. This isn't why he deserves the hate. Quite the contrary, in fact, as Tavarish gets to do all these cool things by virtue of working for it and not that long ago he was just like most of us, a face in the crowd.

Forget all of that, however; because he's going to ruin it for everyone just like Tom Hanks in the Da Vinci Code. Okay, so maybe there's some redemption if you happen to get in early or already own one of his project cars but for the rest of us, Tavarish is an asshole. He keeps excellent company in the company of assholes, all of whom are determined to exploit and destroy the pre-owned car market with scorched Earth tactics.

Burn Tavarish, burn him hard. But don't burn him for the wrong reasons; don't lower yourself to his level. Burn him as a witch for practicing his black art.

(I love you, man!)

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 19:41

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I have the weirdest smile right now.

Garrett Davis > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 19:41

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Need to start gathering the pitch forks for Farah as well.

Jimmy Tango > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 19:47

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I don't hate him as a writer, cuz writer are liars.

I hate the fact he was one of us, and now impose his immense knowledge upon us and claim his way is the right way.

Oppo was great for discover and discussion with like-minded. If his word is the only rule sane people need to follow, does that make him god?

God damn it.

Blake Noble > Jimmy Tango 02/12/2015 at 19:50

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I stopped taking you seriously after your first comma.

AM3R shamefully returns > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 19:51

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I look forward to reading all his articles, I genuinely enjoy his writing style and all that, but fuck him. Why did he have to let everyone know about all these secrets? Dick....

Lets Just Drive > Jimmy Tango 02/12/2015 at 19:52

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That thing that just whizzed over your head? Yeah, that was the point.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 20:03

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Garrett Davis > CB 02/12/2015 at 20:21

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Jimmy Tango > Blake Noble 02/12/2015 at 20:34

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Fair enough.

Jimmy Tango > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 20:36

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Preach.

AdverseMartyr > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 20:39

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Now, now, innocent until proven guilty. First we need to prove he is a witch. I propose we see if he weighs the same as a given weight of ducks. For as evil as you say his crime is I propose that Tavarish is a witch if he weighs equal to (or less than) 20 Pekin ducks.

Or we can go medieval and just bind him hand and foot then throw him in lake. If he sinks, then it isn't witchcraft. If he floats, then it's witchcraft.

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Lets Just Drive > AdverseMartyr 02/12/2015 at 20:46

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Oh god, I hope he see's this.

Garrett Davis > CB 02/12/2015 at 20:48

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pfftballer > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 20:58

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I couldn't agree more. Fuck that guy in particular.

Money Hustard > Richtofen, Baron von Pickup 02/12/2015 at 21:04

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Was it like

?

pfftballer > Lets Just Drive 02/12/2015 at 21:23

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I just don't like the fact he uses a fucking made up name.

Oh and yes my given name is Pfftballer.

Lets Just Drive > pfftballer 02/12/2015 at 21:31

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When I was born, my mother looked down at me and said to my dad, (who wasn't actually around) "Lets just drive."

I don't think she meant it as a name, more a suggestion. But, there you have it.

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > Money Hustard 02/12/2015 at 22:10

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Maybe, but with higher eyebrows and a bit of concern in my visage.

Money Hustard > Richtofen, Baron von Pickup 02/12/2015 at 23:11

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So like

?

or like

?

TheBloody, Oppositelock lives on in our shitposts. > Lets Just Drive 02/13/2015 at 07:07

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After I was born, we were coming back from the hospital the Land Rover broke down. My dad told me that he was sick of having a useless son who sat around all day doing nothing and made me fix it. That Landie still haunts me...

Richtofen, Baron von Pickup > Money Hustard 02/13/2015 at 08:41

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I'll go with Willem Dafoe. Jack Nicholson's is more a terrifying look of self-introduction.

Patrick George > Lets Just Drive 02/13/2015 at 10:45

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The Jalopnik Edition BMW isn't that fast.

Lets Just Drive > Patrick George 02/13/2015 at 11:40

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It's like a rental though, right? So it's gotta be pretty fast.

AdverseMartyr > Lets Just Drive 02/13/2015 at 13:34

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Your wish has been granted.

Chan - Mid-engine with cabin fever > Lets Just Drive 04/30/2020 at 00:46

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The average internet commenter responds from his/her own narrow experiences in life.

If I wanted to write something to avoid controversy , my blog would be full of Toyota Corollas.