Octane Magazine - how much?

[restoman]

Got my first issue of Octane magazine today on their 3 issues for a £1 deal and then £20.75 subs for each 6 months thereafter.

However, the copy they sent me dosesn't have a cover price or bar code so how much is it normally per issue from the newstands? Like to know how much I'm saving

[0a]

restoman said:

Got my first issue of Octane magazine today on their 3 issues for a £1 deal and then £20.75 subs for each 6 months thereafter.

However, the copy they sent me dosesn't have a cover price or bar code so how much is it normally per issue from the newstands? Like to know how much I'm saving

£4.50 an issue, I have to say i've really enjoyed recent issues!

[restoman]

Thanks - actually that seems cheap for what it is - but then again there are pages and pages of advertising . . .

However, will reserve judgment until I've had a good read . . .

[mybrainhurts]

Cheap...??

Magazines are a real rip off. Price increases outstrip inflation by a huge amount.

In used to think £1.95 was pushing it not so long ago.

[restoman]

mybrainhurts said:

Cheap...??

Magazines are a real rip off. Price increases outstrip inflation by a huge amount.

In used to think £1.95 was pushing it not so long ago.

You are correct, but I was speaking 'relatively', i.e. compared to other less glossy mags.

[RedexR]

All the better glossy car magazines seem to be around this price now , Octane is probably my favourite as it suits my eclectic taste for old and new and seems devoid of some of the classic car snobbery that can inhabit some publications , they always seem to have the best pictures and write ups of events as well. Top magazine in my opinion , having said that I only buy the issues that really interest me leaving my pennies free to deviate in other motoring or other tastes on any given month.

[XJ13]

I only discovered Octane quite recently and have been impressed enough to subscribe. I enjoy its in-depth articles and think of it as "the thinking-man's Classic & Sportscar".

I may know a little less than the next man about classic cars (probably a lot less) but my current project means I know a little more about Jaguar's XJ13. I recently forked out for an Octane back-copy from 2006 with a write-up of the XJ13. I really was impressed with the accuracy of the write-up - so much nonsense has been written about the XJ13 but Octane really got every fact absolutely correct (as far as I am aware). Confirmed to me I was right to subscribe and gave me confidence in the accuracy of their articles written about cars I know much less about.

[The Stiglet]

restoman said:

but then again there are pages and pages of advertising . . .

Which is good because it would probably close down otherwise

(I don't work there and I don't know their subs figures but generally, it stands to reason.)

[wibble cb]

72 dollars on subscription, so about 3.80 gbp an issue delivered in Canada, its my only subscription!

[redchina]

$9.50 for me : (

[bob1179]

I picked up a copy at Heathrow on my way back out work the other week. Absolutely brilliant magazine and I really enjoyed reading it.

I have it in front of me now and it cost me £4.50.

Just one question. I bought this in October, so why is it the December issue?

[lowdrag]

Because we ex-pats get it quite a bit later, and in some quarters of the globe I expect it takes a fair while to reach them. I can't understand why my C&SC costs £12 a quarter though, which seems damned cheap living abroad.

[0a]

I’ll be honest and say that I wouldn’t class myself as a ‘classic car enthusiast’. However I’ve become bored with the endless modern Porsche articles and Ferrari special editions that add another 1bhp that you find in Evo/Car. I read about cars that I’ve never heard of before, or learn about cars I saw when I was growing up but missed due to age at the time (the “Other Porsches” article for example). There is always something interesting to digest and read again, I’d say it’s the mag I look forward to.

[restoman]

Thanks for the input guys

I've now had a chance to read some of the mag (is the January 2012 issue!!) and have to say I am impressed - particularly enjoyed the Austin Healey feature and the piece on David Purley. Hope to read more this evening! I also now quite fancy an expensive watch . . . I've also put the 1:18 CMC Ferrara Race Car Transporter on my Christmas list but at £639.95 I doubt if Santa will oblige

Edited by restoman on Saturday 19th November 19:22

[shirt]

you guys should count yourselves lucky. at current exchange rates, my monthly octane costs me £8.62 an issue!

still, not other mag touches it imho. coucher can be a bit of a grind but it's been a long while since i've read a poor issue.

[Streetrod]

I have been a subsciber for about 2 years now and its my fave non Hotrod mag.
Great writing, great pics, love it

[a8hex]

bob1179 said:

Just one question. I bought this in October, so why is it the December issue?

Because my January edition came through the letter box on Thursday :-)

What they don't say is January which year?

It's a classic car mag so is it just 10months late out of the workshop?

[restoman]

a8hex said:

Because my January edition came through the letter box on Thursday :-)

What they don't say is January which year?

It's a classic car mag so is it just 10months late out of the workshop?

Strange - mine is the January issue and clearly says 'January 2012' on the cover.