Re: Magazines

[George Graves <gmgraves@domain.elided>]

I fully agree. 'AutoItalia' is great reading from cover to cover. I'm a 
bit miffed, however, at the recent price increase here in the USA. I 
recently bought the February issue at my local Tower Books, and was 
somewhat taken aback to find that the price had gone up from 
US$7.99/issue to US$9.99/issue - over one month! I'm about to look at 
subscribing again. It used to be a wash - a copy bought on the 
newsstand was roughly the same price as an overseas subscription (they 
are in GB), but now the newsstand price is significantly more.

Another excellent magazine is 'Forza.' Its dedicated to Ferrari (and a 
smattering of Maserati), but its fascinating reading for all Italian 
car buffs. The photography is first rate and the editorial content is 
excellent. They have a technical column that I have found to be 
interesting and VERY germane to Alfas on several occasions even thought 
the writer was talking about Ferraris. One column was about sticky 
power windows on Ferraris - and guess what? Its EXACTLY the same 
mechanism as the one in my Alfa GTV-6! With the help of that article I 
was able to fix both of my sluggish side windows. Another recent 
article on spark plugs made so much sense and explained heat ranges and 
how to pick NGK plugs so well, that I was able to change to NGKs from 
Lodge, and the car starts better, runs better and doesn't foul. I'd 
recommend 'Forza' to any Alfisti for the general 'Eye-dy' car info 
alone.

On the Alfa Romeo front, There is only one great magazine in the USA, 
and that's 'Overheard Cams.' You have to be a member of the Alfa Romeo 
Association of California to get it, but its worth it for the magazine 
alone.
To join, visit:

http://www.overheardcams.org

That editor they've got puts together one entertaining and informative 
rag every month. Every US Alfisti ought to become a member just for the 
'Cams.' ; ->

George Graves
'86 GTV-6



On Wednesday, March 12, 2003, at 07:26 AM, alfa-digest wrote:


> Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:37:18 -0500 (EST)
> From: "Mark Manley" <WarpOMatic@domain.elided>
> Subject: Magazines
>
>      Car and Driver is not my favorite mag but I usually find
> something of interest in there. My favorite mag... and I find
> it odd I never see it mentioned here, is Auto Italia. Italian
> cars through and through.
>
>                                     Mark Manley
>
> Tulsa,Ok
> '84 GTV6
> X1/9 x3
George Graves
'86 GTV-6
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