What is your favourite car mag?
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Topic: What is your favourite car mag?
Posted By: 635CSi
Subject: What is your favourite car mag?
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 21:51
| The last thread gave me an idea to start a new thread 'What is your favourite car mag?'. I know this may be a BMW forum but I'm just curious what do people think of CAR, Top Gear, EVO etc. CAR, Top Gear and Auotcar in my opinion have lost their magic lately and Auto Express were never ever very good anyway. Also CAR readers, what do you think of the new format? |
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Posted By: Mick525i
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 21:52
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Classic car and top gear. But I aggree with you about TopGear and Autocar have lost their way abit Mick ------------- Cheers Mick 
BMW E21 318 1980 BMW E39 525i 2002 MTech VW Golf Gti 2003 |
Posted By: kbannon
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:04
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thread moved to get more opinions. Me - I tend to get TBMW or Auto Express. ------------- Current: 2009 E60 520d "Sport" tractor Previous: 1989 E30 320i SE 1997 E39 523i 2003 E39 525i Sport Individual |
Posted By: GusK
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:04
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I have every copy of CAR from 1990 - 2005 up in the attic. I stopped buying CAR regularly about 2 years ago because I thought it became too like Top Gear with straight forward reviews rather than the adventures they used to have.... Ferrari to Morocco etc etc. I started buying it again when they started the new format and thought it had become better, but when they did the PhotoShop M3 cover a few months back I promised I'd never buy another copy. It really p1ssed me off Now I'm a fan of EVO, and buy it every month. ------------- Currently: E90 330d Sport Previously: X5 3.0i Sport, E46 M3, E46 318ci,E30 318is. |
.Posted By: DSK328i
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:22
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EVO for me, used to subscribe to it, but now just buy the editions that are of the most interest to me. ------------- Let The Good Times Roll |
Posted By: Dergside
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:27
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My regular buys are: Autocar, TBMW, BMW Car, Thoroughbred and Classic, Classic and Sportscar. Plenty more that I pick up from time to time. I see the comments re. Autocar but think that by and large the quality and depth for a weekly mag is fantastic. ------------- Now: BMW 523i SE '00, 318i SE - e91 '07, 325i Coupe '93. Prev: e46 328i SE Touring, 330Ci, 318Ci. e39 523i SE. e36 325i Coupe *2, 323i SE, 316iSE. e30 325iSE 2dr, 320i Conv, 320i 2dr, 316i. |
Posted By: 635CSi
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:31
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Yea I'm a regualar reader of CAR for about ten years now and I'm thinking of changing over to EVO myself. That M3 photoshop thing sickened me! I remember a few months back there was a magazine called Test Drive but that went t*ts up a few months back, it was a genuinely good read and I was disappointed when they pulled the plug on it. It was only ?2.49!! It was magazine starting off but wasn't successful and it had a variety of categories of cars from Seat Ibiza to Porsche 911. I sometimes buy Autocar as well but that review on the Audi S3 put me off it a bit ------------- |
Posted By: gogs 320i
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:34
performance bmw the other mags are bike mags ------------- 
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Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 22:42
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I have every copy of Autosport from 196<cough> to the present - scattered around my house! SWMBO is very pleased....... ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
GusK wrote:Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 23:56
No particular favourite. If they have a feature on the cars I like, then I read it. Sometimes I even buy the magazine..... -------------   
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Posted By: thepits
Date Posted: 09-March-2007 at 23:58
 ------------- Cats know your every thought. But don't care. |
Posted By: Rossi
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 00:12
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1. TBMW..now just subscribed 2. BMWCC mag..which in all fairness is getting better. 3. Fiesta ------------- |
Posted By: ivanovoitch
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 09:07
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Always thought that the "Driving" supplement in the Sunday Times was brilliant in it's conciseness. Not too sure that the broader remit of "In Gear" is quite as successful. Oh!...and TBMW of course!  ------------- |
Posted By: T.J.
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 09:19
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Performance Car from '94 until they got absorbed and died with Car. Then shifted to EVO, which grew from Performance cars ashes by Meaden, Barker, & Lord Metcalfe, which I have from Issue 1. This is my fav mag. Been buying Motor since 87, then Autocar&Motor, then Autocar till the early 90s, then shifted to mountain-biking mags. Threw out alot of the old car mags except for key ones (I now have select motor/autocar mags going back to 1981). Full autocar collection from 2000 but the Autocar website is so good I'm going to have to stop buying them as they just take up space. While i wouldn't be bringing a laptop in with me while I'm going for a dump, the way motoring websites are going now the reasons for buying autocar is reducing more & more; 75% of the mag content you read on the site 10days beforehand. ------------- Mazda 6 MPS S1 Elise 135 Sport Alfa Romeo 159 Sportwagon http://www.bmwcarclubireland.com/gallery/displayimage.php?pos=-3254"> 
Formerly E39 TDS, E36 M3, E36 328i, E34 525i, E34 518i |
Posted By: gjoconnor92
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 09:25
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I am still buying CAR my oldest issue goes back to 1975! Also have Car Mechanics from the early 90s. Practical Classics is my other regular monthly buy since about 1998 My weekly purchase is Motorport News. I do get my name on a results page every 2 or 3 years, they have also published a letter of mine. ------------- Gerard O'Connor 
1989 E30 320i for track day use 1972 2002 competition car project (delayed!!) http://homepage.eircom.net/~goconnor/Fvee1/FVee.htm - Sheane Formula Vee mailto:bmw2002_92@yahoo.ie - My e-mail |
Posted By: Fey!
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 10:24
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Motoring supplement in Wednesdays irish Times is about as far as it goes for me. They have this kinda witty young fella doing a bit of a column in it now. Now, what's the name of that column? Erosions, inclusions,.......... ------------- "http://www.tempoantiques.com""> 
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Posted By: ivanovoitch
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 13:18
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Anyone remember Street Machine? ------------- |
Posted By: Horsetan
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 14:43
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*push*...Wha's that you say!?...*shove* -------------
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Posted By: Aidan316i
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 15:20
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Performance BMW & BMW Car are the only 2 I buy every month. Occasionally I'd buy Car, Evo or Auto Express or Autocar. Auto Express I glance at in the newsagents to keep up to date with what else is happening in the motorworld, along with Autocar. The only time I buy those mags is if I'm at the airport for something to read on the plane. (Every other journey bores me, except car one's) ------------- www.ni-bmw.co.uk E46 316i Saloon E36 323i Touring 
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Posted By: Bigian
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 16:13
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Escort
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Posted By: flyingalexf68
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 17:30
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I buy Car, Top Gear an PBMW every month. I try to get Evo as well but its not
always in the shops. I would buy Total BMW and BMW car as well if I see them. The M3 sham that Car had did annoy me but I'll forgice them. Still love the mag and I'm glad it's different from Top Gear because they had become very similar. I think Evo has now become the best read for really making you feel like you're there. I might subscrfibe to it to make sure I can get it. ------------- 1995 e36 3.0 M3 Coupe, Daytona Violet, AP Racing BBK, CCFL Angel Eyes, M3 Spoiler, M-Tec 3 Steering Wheel. 2000 530d Steptronic, Poverty Spec, 18" Alloys. |
Posted By: bmw1066
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 19:21
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.Pratical Classic .LRO (Land rover Oner) .Classic cars soor to be caned, ------------- Mark 735 se 1982 RED BARON A E23 is for life not just for x-mas BMW e34 530 v8 Sport kit Spelling always Bad |
Posted By: 635CSi
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 19:37
I'm sort of like that myself, you see the latest issue on the shelf and you can't control yourself! It's an addiction ------------- |
Posted By: fingerman
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 20:25
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Just my 2 penneth's worth! Subscribed to Top Gear for quite a few years now - it's a laugh (I don't buy it, or watch it for the car reviews!) - and what am I now going to do on a Sunday evening at 8pm!  Whenever I see a BM mag in the News Agents I get it (well I have a quick look through it first to make sure it's not full of ads!) - quite rare nowadays ------------- Current: E34 1996 525tds 113-125k Previous: 9xE34s, 5xE30s, 2xE39s, 1xE32, 1xE36.... phew! My Ebay bits: http://search.ebay.co.uk/_W0QQsassZseany69ukQQhtZ-1 |
Posted By: hennabm
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 21:26
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Total BMW as they did a feature on my car back in 02 Practical Classics although it does become boring reding about more Mg's and more Morris Minors. Always a good laugh when the likes of the Allegro owners club write in!!! |
Posted By: 635CSi
Date Posted: 10-March-2007 at 22:00
Yea I do that myself actually, CAR have a load of sh*te in their magazine lately and I always flick through it before I buy it. 7.45 is quite expensive I think, but it's still better in every way than Top Gear imo. ------------- |
Posted By: Ben O Brien
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 11:34
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I have subscirbed to Practical Classics for a few years now, even got a letter published! But mainly i would buy PBMW or Total BMW on a monthly basis, have gone off Top Gear gradually but as fingerman has said it is purely for entertainment so i do buy it every now and then. More religiously though is the auto trader every single thursday at around 8am and the buy and sell on a wednesday and a saturday morning!! ------------- 99' 740iL 99' 728i Sport 98' E39 M5 - Avus Blue, Dec Car! 96' M3 Saloon - Estoril Blue 94' M3 3.0 Convertible 91' E34 M5 - 3.6, Macau Blue *E36 M3's Breaking* |
Posted By: Peter Fenwick
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 14:49
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EVO, I have subscribed for about 5 years and It is the only magazine I get regularly. I might buy a Total BMW once a year if something really catches my eye or I'm in the market for a new car. ------------- Entering an age of Austerity and now driving a Focus Diesel. |
Posted By: fozzymandeus
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 16:46
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Classic and Sports car, because of the exotic stuff. (Reading about Lamborghini Miuras and Aston V8 Zagatos is as close as you're likely to get to seeing them on the road!) Practical Classics and Classic Car are good too. (Maybe I need to get myself a rusty old nail?) Used to read CAR but hated the facelift. EVO (to replace CAR) most months - when the long termers range from Renault Clio to Pagani Zonda you have to appreciate the scale! |
Posted By: Sporty1
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 17:07
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You might have guessed this already from previous post.... Evo, got every copy from day 1, prior to that was Perfromance Car. ------------- 
Sport Evolution Schwarz #043 |
Posted By: gra325
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 17:56
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bmwcc...tbmw...pbmw in that order for me maybe retro car now and then ------------- http://www.mybannermaker.com"> 
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Posted By: 635CSi
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 21:05
Agreed, IMO the facelift makes the magazine look very bland, it looks more like a women's mag than a car mag ------------- |
Posted By: stevesingo
Date Posted: 11-March-2007 at 21:19
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I'm an Autocar subscriber as my dad was a Motor subscriber for as long as I remember. I used to read his Motor as a kid, now he reads my Autocar.
I don't think it is what it once was, but I guess that is commercial pressures. Still provides up to date news though. Less said about the Best Winter Car type coverage the better. Also but EVO Steve ------------- 1990 Sport Evo No.47 Motec EMS |
Posted By: UJM3
Date Posted: 12-March-2007 at 12:29
| "Evo" every month without fail and "Practical performance car" most months and one or two of the BMW mags or classic car mags if there is anything of interest. Have every issue of top gear up to last year when i failed to see the reason to keep buying it.. Mainstream mags do not interest me as i have no interest in reading about mpv's or the like.. |
Posted By: caley64
Date Posted: 12-March-2007 at 12:45
| Practical Classics (subscription, as can't get it out here) others if I see something interesting. It gets expensive otherwise as they are from 6.5 to 7 quid, and that's with a strong pound. Couple of bike mags as well (Bike/Classic Bike) |
Posted By: green-blood
Date Posted: 12-March-2007 at 13:54
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just to join the club - EVO, it really is the best, long time subsciber, its so much easier that way. you opay for it once then get 11 more presents in the post!! Car and Top Gear just annoy the pants off me if I pick one up, usually for a flight as its all they ever have - first thing to do if buying TG for a flight is rip out the entire stats junk at the back - fits in your laptop bag much eaasier that way Total BMW as the cars are more my end of the market... for now And MotorSport for my historic racing needs |
Posted By: 635CSi
Date Posted: 12-March-2007 at 17:26
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I picked up this month's EVO in Eason's the opther day and I must say I was impressed, the road tests have way more depth than the likes of CAR or TopGear. I've finally decided I'm goin to change over to EVO
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Posted By: stephenperry
Date Posted: 13-March-2007 at 20:54
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Evo on subscription and buy the occasional issue of Autocar, Top Gear and Practical Classics never rated Auto Express, not enough depth and too much on new cars single-marque magazines aren't varied enough so i haven't bought any in a long time (unless theres a relevant artice in it, like buyers guides or reviews of cars i own)
------------- 2007 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI Titanium X Auto 1983 Ford Sierra XR4i 2000 Alpina B10 3.3 #118 1999 BMW 323Ci 1995 BMW 318i SE 1994 Vauxhall Omega 2.0 GLS 1995 Ford Mondeo 1.8 LX 1990 Honda Concerto 1.6 EX 1986 Ford Orion 1.6 GL 1989 Ford Fiesta 1.1 Firefly |
Posted By: AHEALY
Date Posted: 15-March-2007 at 15:59
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It's EVO for me. Much better articles, and less rubbish. I've also bought tbmw from time to time but alot of the time it is just for one or two articles and is expensive for just that. ------------- Ado '97 523i & 95 M3 97 Subaru Impreza WRX Sport Wagon (sold) |