Inside Line: People Blog Because Cave Paintings are Obsolete

Posted on January 5, 2006

Edmunds.com Inside Line publication has a article explaining some of the automotive blogs available on Edmunds.com. The article, written by Richard Homan, also includes this interesting explanation of why people blog.

Why do people blog? You might as well ask why do fools fall in love, or what's so funny 'bout peace, love and understanding. Or why did GM kill Oldsmobile (and how did a nameplate that sold over 200,000 cars a year still manage to tank)?
People blog because cave paintings are obsolete, but the need to say "I was here" never goes away. And very much like cave painting, Tuvan throat singing and late-braking on a off-camber, decreasing-radius left-hander, some folks are naturally good at it while others get buried in the weeds a time or two before reconsidering their life path.

Edmunds.com and Inside Line are offering four blogs including Straightline, Karl on Cars and The Driving Woman and Strategies for Smart Car Buyers. They also have numerous feeds for different categories like hybrids, sports cars and SUVs. They also have individual feeds for each manufacturer. The Karl on Cars blog is written by Karl Brauer, the editor in chief of Edmunds.com.