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Heya, just out of interest what mags do you people read?

i read a bit of HOT4's.. its actually gotten good in the last few months.

But just about every issue of HPI i have picked up i found very interesting and am about to subscribe to it.

any recomendations for magazines?

ta.

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I'm subscribed to autospeed.com (online mag), some very good articles in it, and without doubt more to come. Other than that I also get Option mags from japan via subscription.

I also buy HPI mags every month, just coz sometimes there's dull issues which aren't worth buying, and also because then I get to choose which bonus mag I want (usually at my local newsagent there's about 4 combinations of current isses and bonus mags). Although in the last 3 years I think I've only skipped about 6 issues (which I eventually got as bonus issues lol)

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The mgas I often read.

Fast Fours

Hot 4s

Autosalon

StreetCommodores

Street Machine Commodores

Street Machine Australia's Toughest Fords

Street Machine

Street Fords

I dont subscribe to them, I just buy them on a regular basis. :mellow:

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HPI, the occasional wheels, shame about Speed tho, it was a good magazine.

What ever replaced Speed, I think was 2dmax or shit like that was definitely not worth the 10 minutes of my life.

Also read the occasional autosalon but just way to much bling for my taste and Hot4s is something I just ingore full stop.

My fav is definitely HPI.

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I buy both Wheels and Motor every month, but I haven't currently got a subscription (have had so in the past).  Best magazines on the market :(.

...I'm subscribed to autospeed.com...

Oh yeah, I get autospeed too, forgot aboot that! :lol:

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I'm subscribed to autospeed.com (online mag), some very good articles in it, and without doubt more to come....

Another subscriber here & yeah they have great tech articles.

Im also subscribed to HPi & the sister mag Zoom.

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Speed was the goods :)

Buy every issue of DB and HPI front Newsagent. Have always been quality.. Offload the free ones to mates.

Also ZOOM is good.. especially for tech

Used to get fast fours till I realized it was full of shit

Autosalon is also a waste of tree's

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