Re: Miscellaneous spewings

[kdbinney@juno.com]

Ive only read one issue of SCC, I thought it was great but could never
find it again.  Just got my subscription to Grassroots motorsports first
issue, thats definitely a great magazine.  Too bad EC forgot about the
best cars, eh?

Kyle

On Sat, 3 May 1997 09:00:10 -0600 "I.Mannix" <mannix@privatei.com>
writes:
>I'd second this motion - personally, I find SCC far more valuable than 
>the
>current European Car.  They actually get a bit into the rationale 
>behind
>suspensions - not simply "soandso lowered his such and such with Brand 
>X
>springs."  I remember an article which was, I believe, dealing with
>suspension setup - for the most part, I agreed with it.  I'm no
>professional, but I typically don't agree with the magazine's 
>"suspension
>tips" drivel.  This article had useful and valuable information.  A 
>novel
>concept.  SCC, in my opinion, is far more worthwhile than EC.
>
>Mannix (of course, Grassroots Motorsports blows both away:)
>
>
>>And while I'm making myself unpopular, may I suggest Sport Compact 
>Car as a
>>worthy read?  Sure, most of the focus is on Japanese cars but VW's 
>and
>>other European marques get their due as well.  Plus they have an RC 
>modeler
>>column as well.  Drag racing gets a lot of coverage but so does
>>autocrossing.  As expected, there are a lot of ads for wings big 
>enough to
>>get a tank airborne as well as for enough "coffee cans" to store a 
>year's
>>supply of Columbia's finest, but one might be surprised to see the 
>number
>>of ads for performance enhancing products.  And the project and 
>featured
>>cars have the same stuff done to them as do the cars in EC; the 
>project
>>doesn't end with the application of stickers and a thumpin' sound 
>system.
>>In short there is a lot that appeals to the backward-cap-wearing 
>crowd
>>(none of you folks I trust) but there is a lot of serious performance 
>info
>>as well.  A sorta disturbing trend I've noticed is that I'm seeing 
>less and
>>less relevant VW stuff in EC and seeing more in SCC.  Oh well.
>>
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