I kind of agree. Too many articles on Dolomites (worst name for a car I've
ever heard), and other esoteric British Triumphs that I have never seen and
rarely heard of. One things is obvious though, Stags are much more
prevalent, popular , and supported in the U.K.. There are tons of ads for
restoration shops and parts sources.
If it wasn't quite so expensive I'd keep getting it just look at the
pictures and see the ads but it's pretty steep just for that, (something
like $37 a year for a bi-monthly).
At 10:13 PM 10/14/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Pat,
>Being a TR-nut who can only drive my car 6-7 months a year because of the
>weather, I try reading everything I can during the off-season. I've
>subscribed to "Triumph World" since it first came out in April '95.
>All-in-all, though, I'm not really satisifed with it.
>
>My main problem is the lack of TR-related articles. Because it covers all
>Triumphs, the majority of which were not TRs or likely even sold in North
>America, there are lots that I have no interest in. The cars covered in the
>latest issue (Oct./Nov. '96) included: a Herald Estate, a TR6 (little real
>content), a Stag, a 1930's van, and a Toledo/1300 comparison. To be fair,
>they do try to cover at least one TR in each issue, but its still too thin
>for me. In general, the quality of the photographs is very good and mostly
>in colour.
>
>Few of the articles are ever keepers in the sense that I learned something
>important or had even been entertained very much. Also, with the magazine
>being from the UK, unfortunately none of the ads (of which there are many)
>are of much interest either. Finally, a lot of the writing tends to be all
>fairly sophomoric and a little too British for my taste - sort of Mr. Bean
>and his queer old car type of stuff.
>
>I will think hard about renewing again - maybe just buy the occasional issue
>instead, when there is something of interest, as I do with several other
>British car mags. I've hung on for 2 years now hoping that it would improve
>but, at the price (C$15 per issue, bimonthly), its not really been worth it
>for me so far.
>Rod. '70 TR6 (CC55899L)
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