Don,
Funny you should mention this. Just yesterday, I was "sort of" cleaning up
my "den," (a.k.a. my room in the basement) and came across a pile of R&Ts of
the early 1990 ... and a copy of the December 1958 issue featuring the Alfa
Romeo BAT-9. When I compared that issue with the 1990 vintage, I remembered
why I stopped subscribing to R&T about five years ago. When the spirit
moves me, I wander over to the local public library and leaf through the
latest issue. I wonder why I'm keeping the 1990 vintage copies.
Between subscriptions, I would buy an R&T issue that had an article about
Morgans, but I haven't done that for a while either, lately.
In addition to the negative things you mention, R&T won't say anything
negative about the cars they feature, until the next model comes out. Only
then will they point out the shortcomings of the model it replaced. Mind
you, I probably can't afford 95+% of the cars they do test, so some of the
criticism is academic.
Chuck Vandergraaf
Pinawa, MB
'52 +4
I'm with you as far as old growth forests, cars with personality, good music
and family-owned businesses go but I'll be honest enough to admit to
shopping at Home Depot and enjoying the security of modern cars.
> ----------
> From: mga[SMTP:mga@napanet.net]
> Reply To: mga
> Sent: Sunday September 17, 2000 10:58 AM
> To: morgans@autox.team.net
> Subject: RIP R&T (or what happened to Road&Track?)
>
> Fellow MG enthusiasts,
>
> I've subscribed to R&T since the '60's, and have a collection that goes
> back
> to the late '40's. The devolution of this magazine is very sad. At first
> it was just an amateur enthusiast newsletter; then it grew into a
> wonderful,
> informative and creative magazine. Now, it is basically a sales catalogue
> for new cars with a few boring articles inserted between the ads. When it
> arrives in the mail now, I find that I can read what I want in it in about
> 5
> minutes. If I take a few old issues from my collection to read again, I
> could spend hours with them!
>
> I know it was bought and sold several times. Did it get burdened with a
> debt service that requires that the thing be full of ads? Is there a
> conspiracy to destroy everything that I like or love (family-owned
> businesses, old-growth forests, cars with personality, politicians with a
> heart, beautiful music, etc.)? Or am I just getting old?
>
> Anyone have any comments on this?
>
> Don Scott
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