# Brock Yates Farm 6/9/2007 **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brock-yates-farm-6-9-2007/30510 **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive **Created:** [June 7, 2007, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brock-yates-farm-6-9-2007/30510 "2007-06-07T10:43:35Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 7
### Author: ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS) #### Post date: [June 7, 2007, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brock-yates-farm-6-9-2007/30510/7 "2007-06-07T12:48:26Z")
[quote=“Shockwave179,post:5,topic:30510"”] What?!?! I didn’t know that… [/quote] > **[Brock Yates on His Car and Driver Departure](https://jalopnik.com/brock-yates-on-his-car-and-driver-departure-173611)** > > Brock Yates is one of the more divisive figures in automotive journalism. In fact, we feel like a redundant dunce in even saying that, but whatever. Still, we were really shocked when Sweet Peet D. mentioned that Csaba Csere had let Yates go. To us,... > “Let’s set the story straight. Csaba Csere claims I took “early retirement” from Car and Driver. Here’s the truth. He came to my home and fired me. He said I was too expensive. A few days later he made me a cheap alternative offer that I refused. My long tenure with the magazine is over. Kaput. A cheap shot that will not be forgotten. That’s the way it happened.” They then gave Brock’s monthly editorial space to Aaron Robinson, who completely sucks balls. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/brock-yates-farm-6-9-2007/30510)._