August Issue - Thoughts please?

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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#11 Post by Mrotwoman » Wed Jul 13, 2011 5:59 pm

The best issue in the world ever,infact the best magazine that has ever been produced (except maybe that March 1984 edition of Playboy with Linda Lusardi) ,the reason why ? My Cadillac is on page 49 ! :mrgreen:

I will no longer be objecting to Practical Classics magazines takeover bid for BSkyB,even after Sam Glover hacked my voicemail messages.
All he found were farmyard noises anyway.
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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#12 Post by mr rusty » Sat Jul 16, 2011 3:55 pm

Just got around to buying it...lazy :lol: I see in the help section there's a chap after advice on a Metro metric wheel swap, you recommend the 12" turbo pepperpots but you've forgotten about the prettier 13" cross-spoke alloys from the MG! These They also appeared on some of the special edition Metros and are fairly easy to find.

They only have a 15mm difference in diameter to the metrics and every tyre place in the civilised world stocks a huge range of 13" rubber. I bought a set of 5 for £40 to stick on miss Rusty's Metro when the metrics wear out.
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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#13 Post by rich. » Sat Jul 16, 2011 5:59 pm

my august edition arrived today :D
which page is ms lusardi on?:D

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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#14 Post by JPB » Sat Jul 16, 2011 6:41 pm

So, did your July edition arrive yet then, Rich?

Yet another good edition IMHO, though there's a bit on page 49 about some lunatic who sold the best beige Maestro in the World and bought a white car that possibly has several strains of venereal disease living in the upholstery of its back seat. :mrgreen:

Wedding hire. Seriously; there's money in that. All you need is a white, American car a peaked cap, a tie and a selection of cd cases, mirrors or whatever so that the happy couple can chop their "wedding breakfast" in the back on their way to the reception.
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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#15 Post by Aar0sc » Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:30 pm

So how does one get one's car in Reader's cars?
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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#16 Post by Mrotwoman » Sat Jul 16, 2011 8:45 pm

Aar0sc wrote:So how does one get one's car in Reader's cars?
One has to be invited ;)
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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#17 Post by karlsgazelle » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:18 pm

I got an invite 6 months ago, but obviously my Singer's interior isn't flamboyant enough to appear in the PC pages. ;)

I must admit it does look a little battered around the edges, but it's not a pampered show car, surely that is the point of a practical classic?

Does it sound like I'm a little pissed off? Nah..

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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#18 Post by Aar0sc » Sat Jul 16, 2011 9:27 pm

Mrotwoman wrote:
Aar0sc wrote:So how does one get one's car in Reader's cars?
One has to be invited ;)
Can one be referred by another person who's Caddy has already graced the PC pages?
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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#19 Post by bent8rover » Sat Jul 16, 2011 11:49 pm

Honestly?

Missed a few, bought this one.

Can't stand the boosted contrast in the photos these days. It was bad a few months ago but now it's saturated with faux HDR. Really, really spoils it. :x

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Re: August Issue - Thoughts please?

#20 Post by rich. » Sun Jul 17, 2011 8:32 am

JPB wrote:So, did your July edition arrive yet then, Rich?.
not yet, when i renewed the subscription i was told the old one included the july issue. as it was late i phoned to find out where it was & was informed that it had run out :?... it should arrive soon.

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