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  • #16
    Started off with Indian Auto & Auto India. Moved to BSM & Overdrive (when they were full strength). Now I always pick up BSM & Top Gear cause I prefer their style of writing. Do read ACI as well but dont buy it. To me the OD content isnt really unbiased which is why I stopped reading it.

    Nowadays a lot of mags fail to point out shortcomings in their main test drives but bring it up in later smaller articles. For example when the A Star was released hardly any mag pointed out the glaringly tiny boot. But they all agreed that it was a fun to drive car with compact dimensions that were perfect for city use. A couple of months down the line the excuse for a boot found a mention in a couple of mags.
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    • #17
      Reading Auto magazines for me started with the Auto India magazine, & once the Editor changed I stopped buying that magazine & picked up Autocar India. Today the scene is such that I have subscribed to Auotcar Inda, Bike India, Overdrive, Topgear & if the issues are good I also buy BS Motoring & Zigwheels too. I had a very good collection until about some years ago, when we had to shift our residence to rebuild it. All the collection was sold off to a SCRAP Dealer, for a few Hundred rupees. It hurts to sell them, but what to do at times got to get practical too.

      CHEERS,
      G D
      PEACE

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      • #18
        Originally posted by ken cool View Post
        You may call me old school but NOTHING beats reading a magazine no matter how much of stuff is available on the net. Just the feel of seeing a magazine cover, picking it up, looking at the contents page, going to the page, sitting down and reading a rivetting article is an experience in itself! The feel of turning the page, looking at the article, relating to the photographs, nothing beats this experience. If I have cash in my pocket and I happen to chance upon a good article in a mag, I do not hesitate one moment to pick it up! But of course, it has to be quality stuff.
        +100!! Been reading them since age 13. So I'm obviously hooked for life!

        ^gd76: Similar story here dude. Had to sell off my collection due to space issues.
        10 Commandments:
        1)Thank thy God for being alive.
        2)Thou shalt respect one's own life and the live's of other road users.
        3)Thou shalt respect one's own bike.
        4)Love thy bike as thy self.
        5)Always wear safety gear.
        6)Alcohol is a strict NO!
        7)Thou may lust after thy neighbour's bike specially if its of the R1 kind!
        8)Thou shalt ride with 'ultra-most' care and caution when on Indian roads.
        9)Thou shalt never leave the engine running at long traffic halts.
        10)Thou shalt follow all of the above.

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        • #19
          i regularly buy em and collect em.


          My offerings to the gods of speed -

          - KTM Duke 200
          - Yamaha RXZ 5 speed


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          • #20
            Used to buy them regularly till a few months back......one till I was a student.....3-4 every month since I started working.......

            Lately found my interest fading in these.....Internet is a much better place.....Also now I find the International Edition of These Magazines much more informative and entertaining...BIKE, RIDE, TWO etc.........who wants to read about the new Discover 100/125/150.....and these are quite costly and difficult to obtain as printed magazines....

            P.S. I remember eagerly collecting Posters from the mags....sometimes the decision to buy was made by that only......

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            • #21
              I subscribe to Overdrive, Autocar and Bike India , even though I am currently in New Zeland (delivered to my house in india). I read them all when I come home for holidays. Call me crazy but I havent sold or disposed off a single book i have purchased. I have an entire collection of Overdrive an Bike India since they started, (bearing a couple). Auto car, i guess i started in 2003 or 2004.

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              • #22
                The only auto magazine (rather life style) that I've subscription is I The Biker
                Skill is what keeps you on a Motorcycle
                Awareness + Skill is what keeps you out of harm's way
                ATGATT + Awareness + Skill means you might Live To Ride another day

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