What is a "Magazine"? Does it come in a VHS or Sony-Beta format?
My car magazine "Automobile" ran minimal detailing articles in the spring in conjunction with advertised car-care products. But alas, it is no longer being published. I am really sad to see that hard-copy printed media, like magazines and newspapers and even books, are being discontinued. It is the economically driven digital era we live in. The Gutenburg printing press has been replaced by Google and Alexia!
Both of the car magazines mentioned "Car and Driver" and "Motor Trend" are new-car spec`d oriented, with the occasional old or vintage car comparison. I liked them, but they are about how cars are engineered and assembled and features they have and how they drive. They may have the occasional articles about how to take car of them, like info about synthetic oils or where to repair them, like specialty shops, but nothing in great detail.
When "trucks" started winning Car of The Year (COTY) awards with Motor Trend, I gave it up. Nothin` against trucks, but I am a car owner. Like I said, if you subscribe to them, chances are they will no longer be in print in the not too distant future. I loved "Automobile" magazine and was one of the initial subscribers when it first came out. It had recently changed its format to a larger paper size, but then it was published every other month. So I got 3/4 of the car articles as I did before: larger magazine size ,but not as often! That should have been the hand-writing on the wall that this magazine was in decline. I still get "Autoweek" but it comes every other week.. go figure!!!
I will say, though, that this forum and you fellow Autopians have greatly enhanced my detailing hobby and I cannot thank all of you enough for answering my many pleas for detailing suggestions of products and methodologies. This forum is THE place for detailing product and equipment news and information and discussions about them. And if you are reading this, you probably already know that.
