The Road Rat Magazine

[DoctorX]

MattBCardiff said:

I agree on the cost, too high when you add the postage in. They need to work on better value delivery as according to them they are charged £4.

Edited by MattBCardiff on Thursday 1st November 19:04

The franking sticker on mine says the postage was £2.95. Suppose the rest goes on the cardboard box. As I mentioned, it’s big and going to the sorting office to collect if you’re not in is very tedious.

[anonymous-user]

How many issues before they go under?

[Baron von Teuchter]

I just ordered the first one. Nice idea.

Mind you, I’ve got a mag problem. Ive got every issue of EVO so cant stop buying that. And it’s got good again. I also sub to PPC, Retro Ford and Modern Classics

[Mezzanine]

DoctorX said:

MattBCardiff said:

I agree on the cost, too high when you add the postage in. They need to work on better value delivery as according to them they are charged £4.

Edited by MattBCardiff on Thursday 1st November 19:04

The franking sticker on mine says the postage was £2.95. Suppose the rest goes on the cardboard box. As I mentioned, it’s big and going to the sorting office to collect if you’re not in is very tedious.

I ordered the first issue and was a bit sceptical of the £4 delivery until it turned up. The thing has a real quality heft to it and is very nicely packaged in a proper box, not some crappy old plastic sleeve.

You really are paying for the quality of the thing, the pictures are top notch and articles I have read so far are engaging and fresh. Personally, I think it's well worth the money and will certainly be subscribing.

It's in a similar vain and ethos to 5054 magazine but better resolved/written/laid out/produced IMO.

[Baron von Teuchter]

Any recognisable journos?

[Mezzanine]

Editor is Michael Harvey ex-Top Gear magazine.

Jamie Kitman, Jason Barlow and Ben Oliver are journalists I recognise.

[tokyo_mb]

Finally got around to subscribing a week or so ago after SWMBO failed to act on unsubtle pre-Christmas hints.

Haven't read all of Issue 1, but the production quality is very good and I'm enjoying the artwork. Certainly worth a punt considering the content to price on this vs regular motoring magazines.

[dibblecorse]

Morning, had issue one a few weeks now, articles that I have read and quilaity of images is excellent but am I the only one finding certain sections a right ballache to read based on background color / font color / font combos?

[Podie]

Quite tempted by this... anyone got any comments on the quality of the Journalism?

Is it worth the money?

[ettore]

Yes, just received issue 2 and it’s fantastic. Beautifully designed and produced with intelligent content at length.

Impressed!

[Podie]

I took the plunge and subscribed... Issue 1 arrived about 2 weeks ago, and Issue 2 at the end of last week.

It's a decent, well written magazine and I'm enjoying it.

The postage charge irked me a little... but that's a pet hate. £40 sub and then £20 postage was a bit of a surprise.

[Podie]

Sat with a G&T and absolutely loving issue 2... actually quite nice to read something in non-digital format

[2172cc]

Bit of an insight on the production of it at the beginning of this:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v...

Edited by 2172cc on Monday 22 April 19:08

[Armitage.Shanks]

I thought I'd order Issue 1 and the subscription from Issue 2. That was until the order came to £72 for what will be 5 magazines.

I'll try Issue 1 first as that's still a hefy £16.50 with P&P

[Podie]

Armitage.Shanks said:

I thought I'd order Issue 1 and the subscription from Issue 2. That was until the order came to £72 for what will be 5 magazines.

I'll try Issue 1 first as that's still a hefy £16.50 with P&P

Personally, I enjoyed issue 2 more than 1.

[bern]

I've been bought a subscription of this magazine for my birthday. I haven't read a car magazine since giving up on Evo a few years ago. Apparently the bloke behind it is the bassist Coldplay? But I won't hold that against him!

First impressions were that it may be a little pretentious and highbrow for an oik like me but the quality of writing and the stunning photography has won me over. Just starting on the second edition which has a large feature on the Porsche 917 by Nick Trott.

[DSC OFF]

its a quarterly so it still works out cheaper than EVO at £5 a pop. I have high hopes for the promised long reads and collectability, I just hope its down to earth and not too octane/high brow. Discovering Jason Barlow and Nick Trott feature isn't filling me with hope

[DSC OFF]

Raygun said:

How many issues before they go under?

Not sure it will - it has some serious till behind it in a Coldplay member and "Mr" JWW

[Paul Dishman]

Having read issue number 2, I think it's probably worth a tenner a copy, and I'd take a sub out at that price.

But having to pay £4 a copy for postage has really put me off, so I'm out.

[CorradoTDI]

Paul Dishman said:

Having read issue number 2, I think it's probably worth a tenner a copy, and I'd take a sub out at that price.

But having to pay £4 a copy for postage has really put me off, so I'm out.

Same here - I see the website has a 'discount code' box - anyone got one?