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Sniff Petrol is an online motoring satire magazine,〔(InterconnectIT (2009) Sniff Petrol Case Study )〕 first published in 2001.〔http://www.sniffpetrol.com/issue001.html〕 Sniff Petrol was originally published bi-weekly, but due to other commitments this was reduced, first to a monthly schedule, and now to a blog format, updated on a daily basis. It receives over 10,000 hits a day.〔(InterconnectIT (2009) Sniff Petrol Case Stud )〕〔(Alexa (2010) Site Info, sniffpetrol.com )〕〔(Site Analytics (2010) Site Profile for sniffpetrol.com )〕 ''Sniff Petrol''s articles comment on motoring and motorsport (especially Formula One) events, both real and fictional, by parodying the styles of presentation and language used in various motoring fields. Most notably, this includes motor manufacturer press releases, but also extends to motoring magazine reviews and the like. ==Regular features== Alongside satire directed at motoring and motorsport related news, Sniff Petrol has a number of long-running regular features, most notably including: * Carcoat Damphands - A used car columnist who aims to give insider information on buying and selling cars. The writing, although superficially intelligible, uses a large number of fake motor trade colloquialisms and made-up rhyming slang which results in a column of incomprehensible whimsy. Signs off every report with the word "minty". * Crazy Dave Coulthard - A parody of the racing driver David Coulthard. This feature started as he began the 2005 Formula One season, was a satirical comparison between the public relations attitude of the McLaren F1 team, who Coulthard had driven for in the 2004 season and the Red Bull team, who he was driving for in 2005.〔http://www.sniffpetrol.com/issue062.html〕 :''Crazy Dave'' writes about Formula 1 using a fake urban slang, possibly in an attempt to be relevant to the Red Bull target market, before switching to conventional English for the closing remark which is used to unashamedly promote a product or television programme with which the real life Coulthard is associated. * DriveL - Car reviews authored by Richard Porter〔http://sniffpetrol.com/2015/02/27/a-week-with-a-vauxhall-corsa〕 and primarily written in a day-by-day format.〔http://sniffpetrol.com/2015/02/27/a-week-with-a-vauxhall-corsa〕 Articles are usually titled "A week with a (name )", though some reviews encompass a shorter time period.〔http://sniffpetrol.com/2015/04/23/a-couple-of-hours-with-a-jaguar-xe/#.VWoeX6aNU7B〕 * Not advertisements - Spoof car adverts, usually based on a current campaign but modified for humour. These 'adverts' will generally prey upon the perceived attributes of the owners and drivers of the advertised car. MG Rover was a frequent target of these spoofs until the company's demise in 2005. * The Schumachers - A running gag since August 2004,〔http://www.sniffpetrol.com/issue053.html〕 it features a picture of Michael Schumacher appearing to snarl a cruel, topical remark at his brother Ralf Schumacher, based upon the public view that younger brother Ralf was a lesser driver than Michael. The photograph has been Photoshopped several times during the life of this recurring joke to give the Schumacher brothers hats and clothes that reflect their current team or sponsors.〔http://www.sniffpetrol.com/latenews0611_02.jpg〕 * Small Ads - Classified-style ads, generally spoofing recent Formula 1 activity. * Roy Lanchester - A former local newspaper journalist turned blogger, Lanchester typifies a breed of freeloading car writer more concerned with getting fed and plied with alcohol at someone else's expense than with reviewing a car or product, which he always does in an uncritical way. * Troy Queef - A spoof columnist claimed to be the Executive Associate Editor-At-Large for ''Dab Of Oppo'' magazine. Queef uses an over-written, pretentious and self-aggrandising style inappropriate for the cheap, slow cars he reviews and signs off each column by claiming that the car in question was "a bitch" which he "spanked". Queef has only driven one car with an engine capacity in excess of 1.8 litres, which he crashed.〔http://www.sniffpetrol.com/2009/12/21/troy-tests-7/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sniff Petrol」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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