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> Or remember what car websites used to look like vs what they look like now. lingscars.com ?

by BrianB 7y ago

admax88q 7y ago
This site is amazing.
frob 7y ago
This might be the best website ever. It is over the top, but the theme is consistent. It reminds me of a myspace page, but if someone just wanted to be ridiculous, not unsightly. Side note: anyone remember "I knows me some ugly myspace" from Ze Frank?
- aspenmayer 7y ago
  Ze Frank. Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in quite some time. What an early internet vlog pioneer. I wondered what happened to him and looked him up a while back. Turns out he’s some bigwig at BuzzFeed so I guess he made out okay, but part of me misses that early enthusiasm and wonder of early internet 2.0.
  - zimpenfish 7y ago
    He's recently restarted posting to his YouTube channel and they're definitely worth a watch.
BrianB 7y ago
Did you check the source code yet?
- Rudisimo 7y ago
  That's a glorious Ling ASCII banner. But the video referenced in the commented YouTubePlayer widget is a first for me, and absolutely hilarious: [Drugos (Despacito) LINGsCARS website promo][1] [1]: https://youtu.be/L2GlWaeNNoU https://youtu.be/L2GlWaeNNoU
black_puppydog 7y ago
> Made in the People's Republic of China (me, not the website... which was handcrafted by Ling, in the UK) That's some real artisanal HTML right there. <3
roel_v 7y ago
I love this website. Can anyone from the UK explain what a 'mutti-car' is?
- OJFord 7y ago
  No more than I can explain 'electrodreams' or 'mackem sex', I'm afraid!
  - monadgonad 7y ago
    A mackem is someone from Sunderland.
    - radiowave 7y ago
      And Sunderland is where the Nissan Qashqai is manufactured.
- smcl 7y ago
  If it helps, I’m from the UK and I have no idea
- JensRex 7y ago
  The only way that makes sense to me, is that "mutti" is a short form of "mutter" in german, which means mother. So a "mom car". Disclaimer: I'm not english, and only half german.
kwhitefoot 7y ago
Brilliant. I almost wish I needed to lease a car just so I could put some business her way.

> Or remember what car websites used to look like vs what they look like now. lingscars.com ?

by BrianB 7y ago

> Or remember what car websites used to look like vs what they look like now. lingscars.com ?

admax88q 7y ago

This site is amazing.

frob 7y ago

This might be the best website ever. It is over the top, but the theme is consistent. It reminds me of a myspace page, but if someone just wanted to be ridiculous, not unsightly. Side note: anyone remember "I knows me some ugly myspace" from Ze Frank?

aspenmayer 7y ago
Ze Frank. Now there’s a name I haven’t heard in quite some time. What an early internet vlog pioneer. I wondered what happened to him and looked him up a while back. Turns out he’s some bigwig at BuzzFeed so I guess he made out okay, but part of me misses that early enthusiasm and wonder of early internet 2.0.
- zimpenfish 7y ago
  He's recently restarted posting to his YouTube channel and they're definitely worth a watch.

BrianB 7y ago

Did you check the source code yet?

Rudisimo 7y ago
That's a glorious Ling ASCII banner. But the video referenced in the commented YouTubePlayer widget is a first for me, and absolutely hilarious: [Drugos (Despacito) LINGsCARS website promo][1] [1]: https://youtu.be/L2GlWaeNNoU https://youtu.be/L2GlWaeNNoU

black_puppydog 7y ago

> Made in the People's Republic of China (me, not the website... which was handcrafted by Ling, in the UK) That's some real artisanal HTML right there. <3

roel_v 7y ago

I love this website. Can anyone from the UK explain what a 'mutti-car' is?

OJFord 7y ago
No more than I can explain 'electrodreams' or 'mackem sex', I'm afraid!
- monadgonad 7y ago
  A mackem is someone from Sunderland.
  - radiowave 7y ago
    And Sunderland is where the Nissan Qashqai is manufactured.
smcl 7y ago
If it helps, I’m from the UK and I have no idea
JensRex 7y ago
The only way that makes sense to me, is that "mutti" is a short form of "mutter" in german, which means mother. So a "mom car". Disclaimer: I'm not english, and only half german.

kwhitefoot 7y ago

Brilliant. I almost wish I needed to lease a car just so I could put some business her way.