{"id":459483,"date":"2001-05-01T13:00:49","date_gmt":"2001-05-01T20:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportscardigest.com\/\/?p=118170"},"modified":"2024-12-27T01:24:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T01:24:17","slug":"a-grumpy-pedant-writes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\/","title":{"rendered":"A Grumpy Pedant Writes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='memberful-global-teaser-content'>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Spring is in the air and historic sports cars are being fettled for the Mille Miglia, except they\u2019re not. They are being fettled for the Mille Miglia Retrospective. Over the years, Retrospective seems to have been dropped by more and more journals and, grumpy old pedant that I am, I take severe objection to this. The Retrospective bears no more relationship to the real Mille Miglia, than I do to Michaelangelo\u2019s David.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019d love to do the event. I\u2019d love to travel from five-star hotel to five-star hotel posing in a Testa Rossa with the crowd saying, \u201cWho\u2019s the fat guy? That\u2019s some cool dude.\u201d But I\u2019d know that the name \u201cMille Miglia\u201d was just that, merely a name.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<style>\n        .memberful-global-teaser-content p:last-child{\n            -webkit-mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n            mask-image: linear-gradient(180deg, #000 0%, transparent);\n        }\n    <\/style>\n<div class='memberful-global-marketing-content'>\n<div class=\"a07online-global-marketing-content-wrapper\">\n<h2 class=\"a07online-global-marketing-title\">No Subscription? 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Don\u2019t get me wrong, I\u2019d love to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":322,"featured_media":813889,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[263,11272,261,18207],"tags":[18322,17152,17140,452,548,17143,17201],"class_list":["post-459483","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-culture","category-members-only","category-motorsport-racing","category-special-feature","tag-2000s-all","tag-car-culture","tag-members-only","tag-mille-miglia","tag-motorsport","tag-special-feature","tag-last-lap-column"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>A Grumpy Pedant Writes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Resident curmudgeon Mike Lawrence reveals what the Mille Miglia was really all about \u2013 free tires and impressing the ladies.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Grumpy Pedant Writes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Resident curmudgeon Mike Lawrence reveals what the Mille Miglia was really all about \u2013 free tires and impressing the ladies.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Supercars.net\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Supercars.net\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2001-05-01T20:00:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-12-27T01:24:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.supercars.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2001\/05\/24_De-Portago_1957-e1621878654590.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1477\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"757\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@supercars_net\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Michael Lawrence\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"5 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Michael Lawrence\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/9ecce5f233369521caad554c1241d5d6\"},\"headline\":\"A Grumpy Pedant Writes\",\"datePublished\":\"2001-05-01T20:00:49+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-12-27T01:24:17+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1026,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/a-grumpy-pedant-writes\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.supercars.net\\\/blog\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2001\\\/05\\\/24_De-Portago_1957-e1621878654590.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2000s All\",\"Car Culture\",\"Members Only\",\"Mille Miglia\",\"Motorsport &amp; 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