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This has to be the worst written, worst researched motor sport magazine on sale in Australia.
More space is devoted to car liveries than the nuts and bolts of cars, teams and racing. Who gives a rats as to how pretty the cars look. Maybe they should look at hiring a decent journalist or 2 to write some stories of substance and interest. |
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Their website isn't too bad to pick up little bits of news here and there but the magazine is only really any good for the girly photos in all seriousness.
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never bothered with it actually , I dont even buy AA or MN anymore , i get all my news from here on the net or RPM or the V8 races themselves.
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23 Mar 2003, 02:14 (Ref:544722) | #4 | ||
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I thought maybe it was a pre school project or something by the standard of writing. It is absoult rubbish. They seem to be aim themselves at a particular end of the Motor Racing public.........
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A quote from their first television show was priceless and I think reflects the market it's aimed at:
"I'm just here for the chicks maaate." |
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23 Mar 2003, 03:04 (Ref:544758) | #6 | ||
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And the problem with their website is well known too, the misplacement of quote marks have people believe people who are game enough to talk to them have said things they didnt really say
The most recent was the TEGA announcement regarding Symbol, where detail was attributed to Kelvin O'Reilly as fact and it was, if you read the article correctly, the thoughts of the journo... Thats crapezoidal.... |
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23 Mar 2003, 06:33 (Ref:544802) | #7 | ||
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The magazine is absolute cr@p, the most i've seen of it is i flicked through one issue many ages ago
The best magazine on Australian motorsport at the moment in MRA. |
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23 Mar 2003, 07:31 (Ref:544836) | #8 | |
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If toilet paper gets too pricey, you know what the option now is.
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Just save your money, it's not worth buying. It's a bit like a teenage boys Dolly.
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23 Mar 2003, 08:52 (Ref:544962) | #11 | ||
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Im sure Big Hair Nev will be happy to read you feedback he likes that.
I'll email him this forum now. Maybe the next issue will be better. |
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23 Mar 2003, 09:23 (Ref:545011) | #12 | ||
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I find the assumption that V8X is only good for toilet paper absurd - there is no way that shiny magazine paper would be all that absorbent.
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23 Mar 2003, 10:02 (Ref:545062) | #13 | |
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I don't know, it seems good at soaking up s.....Nar better not.
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24 Mar 2003, 11:57 (Ref:546247) | #15 | ||
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Aussie V8 - Toys for boys
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I have boyz toyz but not dollies.
Were they or are they rubber........... ? |
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25 Mar 2003, 03:59 (Ref:547053) | #18 | |
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This mag is a waste of space. Even the pics are lousy, paper quality is poor, the stories full of fluff
Do better or get out |
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25 Mar 2003, 06:02 (Ref:547101) | #19 | ||
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I agree with all here who have said that V8X is terrible. It's awful, absolutaly shocking. I doubt you could make a worse magazine if you tried. It's **** basically.
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25 Mar 2003, 09:28 (Ref:547221) | #20 | |
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I miss the old Racing Car News, but then none of you would remeber that
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25 Mar 2003, 13:26 (Ref:547468) | #21 | ||
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I remember it, well they stopped making it when i was 9 (1992), but i've got copies going back to 1971, and they are fantastic. It's replacement, Motor Racing Australia, is just as good in a different way.
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25 Mar 2003, 18:53 (Ref:547808) | #22 | ||
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I remember RCN very well and today's motorsport publications could do a lot worse than model themselves on the race reports in RCN. One notable thing about RCN was the painted cover picture and you didn't have to be a touring car star to get on the cover. These days if you aren't one of the top teams in V8 supercars or F1 you don't get on the cover.
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25 Mar 2003, 21:59 (Ref:548024) | #23 | |
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Too true pete, there were some really good covers around... something they should have made into prints...
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25 Mar 2003, 22:03 (Ref:548031) | #24 | |
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Im remember RCN, and it was a very good magazine. I'm not a fan of MRA though as it's pretty expensive for what it is and coming out monthly or whenever it does, most of the news is stale. AA and MN do better because they are more frequent. AA struggles a bit during the Christmas holidays a bit when the touring car series and F1 are not in season.
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It is not made for news stories etc, it is made for a light hearted side to the sport. It is about all the different people who make up the circus.
I enjoy it for a change, there is no sh*t fights or political **** going on, just something to laugh at. |
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