What Car Magazines do you read?
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I buy....
EVO when I see something relevant to me (every few months) but happily scan through a copy in WH Smith's
Track and Race Car - Truly a great mag and always hits the sport
Practical Performance car - Like a slightly watered down T&RC.
Very occasionally look at Perf VW but it's mostly crud and too show based.
Not since I was 20 have I even picked a copy of Max Power etc (even the name sounds crap now)..
EVO when I see something relevant to me (every few months) but happily scan through a copy in WH Smith's
Track and Race Car - Truly a great mag and always hits the sport
Practical Performance car - Like a slightly watered down T&RC.
Very occasionally look at Perf VW but it's mostly crud and too show based.
Not since I was 20 have I even picked a copy of Max Power etc (even the name sounds crap now)..
Twincam16 said:
I have similar feelings about Octane (it's a great mag, I'm sure, if your name is Lord Brett Sinclair, or Jodie Kidd - maybe I'd appreciate it more if I had more money?), and, sadly (because I used to read it avidly nearly every month), Classic & Sports Car. Their featured cars are nearly all in the Octane league these days, even down to their 'Starter Classics', which used to be about interesting cheap cars for beer money but now we've got Alfa Spiders and Triumph Stags - huh? Also, much as I like Martin Buckley's feature writing, I don't feel that the format of the 'Backfire' column suits him as well as his old Classic Cars page. And they've stereotyped him as some kind of 'comedy Northerner', the classic world's Peter Kay, rather than its Jeremy Clarkson.
All IMHO of course...
i can see where you're coming from - but it's brilliant when octane have things like that Seranissima (super wrong spelling i am afraid) that you've never even heard of... it's truly interesting to read about something you've never heard of 9and they are usually one-off italians or something..
the best starter classic is the bmw 1602/2002 and i really want one!
My dad subscribes to Autocar, so i read that at home, I used to Read that Retro Cars mag, til it stopped, have dabbled in EVO (only cos there was a Mk1 golf gti in it like mine!) and now I buy mainly VW related ones, like Golf+ or summink, but I miss Retro Cars....
Also I buy Classic and Sportscar quite often, which my girlfriend finds amusing as im 22, and the mag is full of "old mans cars," its early days yet, but I WILL convert her
Also I buy Classic and Sportscar quite often, which my girlfriend finds amusing as im 22, and the mag is full of "old mans cars," its early days yet, but I WILL convert her
Subscribe to Evo as its easily the best read on the market.
Top Gear Magazine etc mostly feature new cars (mainly 200k Supercars) which sadly only a minority of lucky people can afford.
With Evo's group tests you get a blend of the old and the new, with cars in everyones price bracket.
Also, Autocar isn't a patch on MCN as a weekly rag.
Top Gear Magazine etc mostly feature new cars (mainly 200k Supercars) which sadly only a minority of lucky people can afford.
With Evo's group tests you get a blend of the old and the new, with cars in everyones price bracket.
Also, Autocar isn't a patch on MCN as a weekly rag.
Have always bought Classic & Sports Car since the first and have subbed for the last 18 months.This is also the only mag I keep, the rest get passed on.
Occasionally buy Classic Car generally on a long train journey & 911 & PW & less often GT Purely Porsche, generally based on whether they have any 944 articles.
Occasionally buy Classic Car generally on a long train journey & 911 & PW & less often GT Purely Porsche, generally based on whether they have any 944 articles.
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