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Everything Old is New Again
Welcome to the redesigned Beater Review. We started out a little over a year ago as a simple site with a single review, and thanks to word-of-mouth (and a little help from Metafilter and Jalopnik), we’ve been able to become one of the Web’s leading resources for beater car information. So what does the redesign [...]
What’s Behind the Scenes
Thanks to all the kind beater afficianados out there who’ve written in to us. We get a fair bit of e-mail, and some of it is actually helpful and flattering. Believe it or not, we also take a lot of your suggestions. If you write us with a beater recommendation, bear with us.
Ode to a Summer Beater
Oh my little Italian friend
how I have missed you
how I love my summer convertible beater
sorry you’ve had to sit so long
outside in a cheap cover
while the more valuable project car
languishes in the garage…
Sunshine State via Sunbird
There’s an old Irish saying along the lines of, “The Lord takes care of drunks and sailors.” The Almighty’s position on beaters is a mite less clear, but in my experience when a truly good beater expires, it always leaves you an alternate way home.
Z Leap of Faith
t’s one thing to drive a beater on your daily commute, within your AAA Plus free tow range; but to take a just-purchased automotive crapshoot on a thousand-mile road trip is the mark of a true beaterista (beaternik?).
She’s a Looker
Normally, your Beater Review staff is concerned with keeping a certain primary mode of transportation in good running condition. Or at least running condition. Recent events have conspired to get at least two of us thinking about trying our hands at bodywork.
Transminions
We’re sure it’s happened to you. You’re enjoying a patty melt plate (scattered, smothered and covered) at a Waffle House in Lima, Ohio when you look out the window and notice what appears to be blood pooling underneath your ’92 Olds Achieva. You don’t remember any untoward thumps on the ride up this morning, so it’s probably not an ex-living thing.
Showtime
We have to say, we’re amazed, if a little taken aback. The sheer number of vitriolic e-mails we received protesting our absence during the holiday break proved two things to us here at Beater Review.
War Stories
For those of you blessed with minimal amounts of snow/cold each year, you may have no concept of the “winter beater.” You see, up here in the nation’s freezer, the rituals of fall often involve bringing up the sweaters and coats from the basement, raking the yard, tuning up the furnace, and, for some, swapping cars.
The Oil Pan from Hell
It’s no secret that, whether out of necessity or choice, your average beater aficionado is handy with a wrench. That characterization definitely applies to the staff here at Beater Review. In fact, some of us prefer beaters simply because we’ll have the opportunity to work on them more often than we would a new vehicle.
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Most Emailed
- Git und Slotermeyer? 1976-86 Mercedes W123 Series - 12 emails
- Dude Drives a Chick Car: 1990-97 Mazda Miata - 9 emails
- She’s Crafty: 1988-91 Buick Reatta - 5 emails
- The Original Swedish Brick: 1985-93 Volvo 240 Series - 5 emails
- Hairshirt: 1989-2000 Geo Metro / Chevy Metro - 4 emails
