You guys wouldn't have liked the Ring. I am an evil SOB behind the keyboard, and I think several people are probably scarred for life from the verbal arse-whuppings I handed out.
All in good fun of course.
As we have grown and evolved, it has become apparent that thousands of people rely on NICO for critical information regarding their cars... It's a universal truth: If you're gonna be the biggest and the best, you have to spend lots of money (bandwidth, technicians, web designers, etc.). To keep things running, you have to secure advertising to help pay the bills, and to do that, you have to sacrifice some things.
We're a lot more professional now, but we still have a good time!