# Is John Cadogan a known quantity in Australia, or just another internet crank? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 11, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-cadogan-a-known-quantity-in-australia-or-just-another-internet-crank/748649 "2016-03-11T15:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-cadogan-a-known-quantity-in-australia-or-just-another-internet-crank/748649/1 "2016-03-11T15:20:54Z")
I have to admit I find this guy, a self-styled auto expert, quite entertaining. He has a YouTube channel called [Auto Expert TV](https://www.youtube.com/user/AutoExpertTV), and the Australian [AutoExpert](http://autoexpert.com.au/review/) website. One of his favorite terms for cars he doesn’t like is “shitbox”. He did a piece on VWs Dieselgate, estimated that the emissions might kill as many was 1400 people world-wide, and [said something to the effect of](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhX6oh4dBRk), “You’d think Hitler’s own car company would be more sensitive about gassing people to death.” Is he pure entertainment, or is there any real substance there? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 11, 2016, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-john-cadogan-a-known-quantity-in-australia-or-just-another-internet-crank/748649/2 "2016-03-11T22:08:59Z")
Never heard of him but I really don’t take much interest in the area. For what it’s worth, “shitbox” is not at all original epithet. It’s very common slang for a crummy car here.