Editor's Note
Wherein we bid farewell to Twitter under Elon Musk
Indie Auto has posted its last tweet . . . at least as long as Elon Musk rules Twitter. Those of you who have followed us on that platform are invited to do so on […]
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Story Ideas Bank
Readers brainstorm ideas for future Indie Auto stories
This is a centralized place for readers to offer specific story ideas to Indie Auto. Any ideas are welcome, from potential feature stories to book reviews. I have started off by posting suggestions from readers […]
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A week of camping and web technical problems
This week I am adding to the front page only one updated story, which is about the infamous DeLorean DMC-12. That’s all I had time for because I had been camping most of the week. […]
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Do you think Indie Auto should run paid content?
Every once in a while a business of some kind approaches Indie Auto about running their content — which they would apparently be happy to pay for. Kind of like an ad, except mixed in […]
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If you are new here, why is this website so . . . different?
Daniel Strohl (2022) over at Hemmings has kindly shared a link to our AMC Gremlin story. This has resulted in a wave of new readers. If you are among them, welcome to Indie Auto. Do […]
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Reader complains that Indie Auto bashes the AMC Ambassador
Someone I will call Bob has taken Indie Auto to task for our story about the AMC Ambassador. This discussion does a good job of summarizing what Indie Auto is and isn’t all about, so […]
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Indie Auto reposts differently than other auto history websites
Like a number of other auto history websites, Indie Auto often reposts content. However, I do so in a decidedly different way. Whereas others rarely modify their articles when reposting, I will almost always update […]
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Why was one comment approved and others rejected?
Recently I approved a comment that took issue with an Indie Auto story. Yet I have rejected a handful of other critical comments. Why? The comment I approved was civil, on topic and grounded in […]
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A newsletter glitch is fixed and other Indie Auto changes
Over the last few weeks some readers of our e-newsletter have been confronted with “403 — permission denied” messages when attempting to follow links to the website. That turned out to be a technical glitch […]
Satire
Eric Jones beats God for Spammer of the Year Award
Picking Indie Auto’s 1st Annual Spammer of the Year Award was challenging. In 2020 we received so many spam messages worthy of consideration. However, Eric Jones earned the crown for both the outstanding quantity and […]