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Bryan Burns

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The New Yorker (never been there)
Esquire
Rolling Stone
Costco The Connection
Antique Trader

When I was single and had more money and before they dumbed them down, Fine Woodworking and Fine Homebuilding.

This Old House when it's cheap. Likewise, Family Handyman.
 
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KermitFrog

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Just reupped for my Hemmings stuff again and it ended up being $58 and no as much swag as I normally get. 36 issues total from three diffent mags and I also got a tshirt and hat plus a load of mags from one of the mags I don't subscribe to.

Have to look for rod & custom and street rodder tomorrow. Didn't notice them here.

Huge savings at car shows.
 

bigdummy30

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jp
four wheeler
petersens 4x4
4wd and sport utility
crawl
golf digest
golf
hot rod
popular hot rodding
car craft
road and track
family handy man
mens fitness
mens health
maxim

the fiance hates it and im sure the mailman hates it more :lol:
 

e30bradley

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I used to subscribe to XRC Car Action (or something like that), and Transworld skating boarding. Now I am subscribed to Bike Mag, & Bicycling mag, and if I had the money I would also be subscribe to Performance VW ($100 for 8 issues) and golf mag (the vw's).. probably Eurotuner also. To bad I'm broke :(
 

DaWoodster

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I don't have any currently, "bowling this month" just ran out last month. I haven't had any car related for a very long time and never had one for metalwork/machining.

I did have an addiction to woodworking mags, every one already mentioned and quite a few more. Sickness took over and I started "collecting" them, I've got over 2,000. FIIK what it was all about, but my rationalization was that most WW mags have projects in them, and most the decent ones are timeless; I don't care if it's from Fine Woodworking in 1979 or Wood in 2009, that coffee table or hat rack may be just the trick. There use to be some software that cataloged a good portion of the titles, many from day one. Basically a searchable database that would give you the mag title and issue of all the articles for "night stand". Made it worth while.

As far at the actual mags go, many were typical with a boat-load of ads, but when someone is just getting into it, even the ads can help with the learning process. Once your past that, Woodsmith and Shop Notes were my favorites, since they were well written, had quality projects and NO ads.

I just picked up a few hundred today at a garage sale, first I've bought in a while. I'll have to sneak them in though; I can bring home just about any tool or equipment and wife's response is usually "cool" or "don't you already have one of those". But if she saw the mags, it's a loud and clear "WTF?" Sucky part is she may be right :dunno:
 

Straightgrain

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Oddly enough, none that deal with cars or car repair:

Reader's Digest
The Celator (Ancient coins)
Biblical Archaeology Review
Food Network Magazine
Reminisce
 

walperstyle

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Modified Magazine

I use to subscribe to sport compact car, being they taught you stuff, but now modified has taken over, and is going the same route. Unfortunately though, I can see modified going out of business in the next 2 years.
 

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Modified Magazine

I use to subscribe to sport compact car, being they taught you stuff, but now modified has taken over, and is going the same route. Unfortunately though, I can see modified going out of business in the next 2 years.

I have the 1st issue of sport compact car somewhere in the basement but not in good shape though.
 

dodge610

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I subscribe too too foreign car mags Mopar collectors and Mopar Muscle you know us the Dodge Boys. The chevy and Ford boys put us in 3rd. place lol.
 
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OccupantRJ

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Who needs magazines? The internet is on computers now and nothing beats browsing the Garage Journal form on my iPad while taking a ****.

I have dropped all my mag subs since the advent of the Internet. I also find that my Ipad is the greatest thing since sliced bread for cruising the net. I was preparing to construct a swing away monitor for my Lazyboy when the Ipad came out. My family got it for Father's day last year, and it's the best material gift I have ever received.
 

Nelson58

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Writer's Digest (work related)

The rest I look at when I am at Barnes and Noble, and purchase if something catches my eye. I don't buy hobby-related magazines anymore because so much is available for free on the Internet.

Nelson
 

bentwrench54

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I miss how the early '00s Car Craft was, low budget builds that made great power for the money invested, junkyard tech, and the like. They now run a little deal in the back called junkyard builder that has actually pretty good ideas if you don't want to spend a whole lot on some little projects like relay boxes, p/s coolers, factory oil filter relocators and the like. :beer:


car craft is the only magazine that i subscribe to. it seems geared more to the "home" builder.

i occasionally read chevy high performance at work, though. my boss brings his old issues in and leaves them on the parts counter.

we do get motor magazine at work, sometimes i read through that. also read brake and front end magazine.
 

camaro8194

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car craft,hot rod, popular hot rodding camaro perfomers,classsic trucks, custom classics trucks,andd i read everyone cover to cover cant get enough
 

gbrett

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Car Craft
Hot Rod
Popular Mechanics
Petersons Hunting
Oregon Washington Fish and Game
 

RobSmith

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I just got the 2012 January issue of HOT ROD and I gave my dad a subscription to Popular Mechanics...which he gives me once he has read them (yay) these both give good tech info.
I also buy 'Model Engineers Workshop' which is all about building tools for your metal working machinery...weird but informative.
 

tkiranch

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The magazines that I finally settled on are Cigar Afficianado, Hobby farm, and anyones I can find at the Drs office. I do swap mags with a friend and we do this about every 3 months. I find a magazine that relates to the project that I am comming up to do. I can learn a lot from that, I also buy a lot of books that go with my current obsession.
 

hmbemis

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JLC
Family Handyman
Astronomy
Sky & Telescope
Make Magazine
Circuit Cellar
Elektor

Most are on a 2 or 3 year and due to lapse this spring, probably won't be renewing... maybe the astronomy ones...
 
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