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Hey Guy's

You either love 'em or hate them. But for the people out there that do like them. What car Magazines are the pick of the litter for Skyline enthusiast these days?

I recently picked up "Performance Imports" and didn't think it was too bad. I no the web has more up to date information but I don't mind the odd magazine ad and articles while sitting on the "can" lol.

Thanks in advance

Regards

Matt

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imo PI mag is good for pretty pictures, the stories that go along with the cars are generally rubbish, and the tech stuff....Well Martin Donnon knows his stuff...but some of the other articles are a bit......well....to be blunt...wrong

Modified Mag from the US has some cool cars, although mainly Supras/WRX's/Evos

I don't mind PI, best bits are Kristians monthly column and seeing all the new toys available. Pretty much every car mag that does articles on a feature car follows the same boring structure. It's just 2000 word expanded shopping cart list, boring if you ask me and the writers should put in a bit more effort.

High Performance Imports (HPI) aka, Performance Imports will be my first choice.

Then it would have been SPEED Magazine.

It was out back in the early 2000's then stopped after a few years or so.

A copy of Auto Salon Magazine was given to me and surprisingly had some decent articles and car reviews.

Wheels / Motor / Hot 4's is all 'meh...'

I know you live in Qld, but for anyone who lives in Sydney, it's worthwhile going to Express Publications at Silverwater to ask for back issues of PI or even HPI for you to peruse in the front foyer > make your selection of articles (ie issue #s) that you want to save > buy any Mag for $5.

Hint: Take you time and treat the place like your own personal library! :rolleyes:

i dont buy them anymore as its all free in here but i religously bought HPI and Zoom 7 or 8 yrs ago. zoom usually only ran 1 or 2 skyline/VL stories plus everything else. was some good tech stuff in there and DIY`s

http://www.zoommagazine.com.au/

some good vids on home page atm. pac crash is epic

Edited by t_revz

I'm tempted to say Zoom, I love the magazine, but Adrian the editor lurks on the some forums and rarely has a nice thing to say to anyone, especially if you don't know EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT CARS.

and he owes me a blow off valve, I had an article published and I supposedly won a $400 BOV, 5 chase-up e-mails and 12 months later, nothing.

So I cancelled my subscription.

/winge

I'm tempted to say Zoom, I love the magazine, but Adrian the editor lurks on the some forums and rarely has a nice thing to say to anyone, especially if you don't know EVERYTHING THERE IS TO KNOW ABOUT CARS.

and he owes me a blow off valve, I had an article published and I supposedly won a $400 BOV, 5 chase-up e-mails and 12 months later, nothing.

So I cancelled my subscription.

/winge

Up to a few months ago, I'd have agreed with Zoom being a great choice too. The last 3-4 issues have really and very thoroughly disappointed me. I've forced myself to read them cover to cover because I've paid my subscription, but I find myself opening them up, flipping a coupla pages and being thoroughly disappointed.

I've been subscribed for years (along with HPI/PI), yet I'm seriously considering canceling my subscription of Zoom. If their editor is on these forums, I hope he reads this post and takes something positive from it.

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