Sniff Petrol. Own up, is it you?

[mikeylad]

does anyone know who writes the brilliant Sniff Petrol?

www.sniffpetrol.com

I'm sure they work in the industry, and i'm pretty sure they work for a newspaper or magazine.

If you don't know what i'm on about, go there and read some archives. this months isn't that good.

[CarZee]

The guy is called Richard Porter.. recently landed a column or two in Evo.

Ad Speak on inside back page.. (formerly TailSlide which was very similar format to SniffPetrol) and 'PetrolHead' in the columns section.

[littlegearl]

oh i don't know this months has its moments!!!

although i don't know who writes it, i do know he's trying to stay anonomus, he was in autocar a few months back and didn't reveal his identity then...

but i heartily agree, READ THE ARCHIVES, they are some of the funniest things you will ever read, if your into the car industry it'll only be even funnier...

such as VW V10 TDi producing so much torque that the car stays still and rotates the earth underneath it...

and steven hawking confused over the new number plates, "5, for september? its clearly bollocks..."

and just little quotes such as 'vauxhall denied their cars were "shit"'

and so on, sniffpetrol is indecently funny!!!

[JonRB]

As I understand it, the sequence of events is
1) Writes SniffPetrol, is anonymous
2) EVO asked him to do their back page in a SniffPetrol stylee, stays anonymous
3) EVO gives him a column which is credited to Richard Porter, making sure they mention that he's the guy who does SniffPetrol. Repeatedly. Richard no longer anonymous.

(I may have missed out some steps, but those are the main points as I understand them)

[pwig]

He posted as 'Aquadrome' on the EVO forum for over a year.

Hes also the Script editor for Top Gear

[CarZee]

are you his bastard love child, pwig?