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[emmerson]

Why do some mags call themselves "Practical ******" when there's nothing practical in them?
Anyone else remember when Practical Motorist was just that?
And, yes like everyone else, I have thousands of old mags about the place (including March 1939 Practical Motorist with a "first impression" of the Volkswagen.), but what does one do with them?

[badhuis]

[Ray White]

I used to buy Practical Classics, Popular Classics, Classic Car, Classic and thoroughbred, Old Motor, the Automobile, etc. etc.etc. but gradually I reduced it down to my subscription to The Automobile magazine.

As a member of the Swallow Register I still get the Austin Seven magazine and as an Hon. Life Member of the JDC, I get 'Jaguar Driver' for free. I have dozens of the Jag magazines and would now like to be rid, really.

I have in fact given up my subscription to The Automobile Magazine following a ding dong with the assistant Editor over hot rods and his misrepresenting what I actually said. I also find the change in font difficult to read and the price is getting silly now so it wasn't that difficult a decision. I do in fact have every copy since it's inception in 1983 and I am thinking of selling the collection.

[MikeEdwards]

[Rick]

That's a bit rum Mike, clubs can be odd places though so I'm not entirely surprised.

RJ
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[ukdave2002]

I don't buy magazines regularly any more, and I had to think why that is ! ....roll back a few years before we had the internet, it wasn't just the articles that were of interest, but mags also provided contact details for suppliers and services, adverts ; "for sale & wanted" club info etc etc.

Now much of this has largely been superseded by the internet.

If I see something of particular interest I may purchase a mag; I may have bought 1 or 2 this year...

All that said I broke my ankle a couple of days ago, so may be on the look for a read !

Dave

[Ray White]

[RogerB]

Re The Practical Motorist magazine.

I collect these magazines; I have some from 1938 to 1939 + the first issues in 1955. A friend of mine has a collection form the first edition to about mid 1936

I find them very useful for the research I do on various motoring accessories
which were being sold in those far off days.

If any Forum reader wants their Practical Motorist magazines to have a good home email me please.

RogerB

roger 9 5 2 brown at hotmail dot co dot uk

[Richard H]

I only really read The Automobile every month now.

Used to read Practical/Popular Classics but PC has really gone downhill since Bauer took over, and due to reasons I'm not going to go into here, I refuse to buy any Bauer titles now. Occasionally I'll buy a Classics Monthly or Classic Car Buyer if there's a particular article that grabs my attention.

Picked up a copy of Classic Motoring mag recently. Throughout, the mag was littered with spelling and grammatical errors. Apostrophes in the wrong place all over the shop, and in the subtitle of their main restoration feature, they had mispelled 'Dolomite' as 'Domolite'. I mean, does anyone proof read that magazine at all? I used to work for The Automobile and saw first-hand the effort that goes into maintaining the high standards. Proof reading everything six times, anyone?
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[winchman]

I just don't find them good value any more
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