Magazines publish articles written by writers mate, thats how magazines work, if the writer has the technical ability required for the article then they can do so entirely from their own experience if its sufficient, if however (like on the suspension article mentioned here) the writer doesnt have, then they colate information from expert sources who do have, in the case of this months suspension article, that was "cornering force" a company up near harrogate who specialise in setting up racecar and roadcar suspension, they provided me with input for the article, they also proof read the article for me when it was finished to insure technical accuracy.

Just like im sure im is sometimes the case for Stu writing for fast ford, when its on something like Mapping he is doing so purely from experience, when its on some of the other subjects he has written about (brake fluids perhaps, not sure on his background on that but I remember an excellent article he wrote on the subject and wouldnt be surprised if he drew on additonal experts to get all the info) he will have had to do research in addition to his own knowledge occasionally I would imagine.

Thats what most jouranlists do mate, not just in the world of car magazines, but in all forms of media, they use a combination of their own knowledge and knowledge from other sources to put together a finished article containing the correct information from that combination of sources, the questions and answers section of a car mag is a perfect example, I dont think any magazine has a single one person in house who answers all questions without referring to outside experts, I certainly used a number of people who know more about various subjects than me when I was responsible for writing the question and answers section of a magazine for a couple of years.

In the case of these mapping articles (the ones this thread is about and you are presumably commenting on without actually having read them), as they are only an overview not a detailed technical reference, its an example where my own 6 years of mapping experience (including a few circa 400bhp c20let vauxhall engines like my own 457bhp one, robs one, neils one), and 10 years or so of engine tuning on carbs/dizzy before that was suffficient to write the article without outside reference, in the case of the suspension article though, I needed expert help as it went beyond the extent of my own knowledge as I mentioned above.

Pick up a copy in the garage and have a read of both the articles, it wont cost you anything to do so, I doubt you will be dissapointed with the content of either if you can take off your silly little blinkers you have wherever I am concerned without actually knowing the first thing about me or what I do just cause you have seemingly got offended or upset by me on the internet at some point and held a grudge. (not just going on this post by you about me, on all your others posts you make about me too, whoever you are) then comment here after reading them, id genuinely be interested in your feedback after you had done so despite the fact that im sure you will try and make it as negative as possible, as after all a critic who is specifically looking for faults because of a personal vendetta is likely to provide useful information for quality control purposes in the future as im sure they will find every little fault far better than someone with an open mind could, and like any professional writer im keen to improve (although am not interested in spelling mistakes on forum posts before someone starts pointing them out, I mean in terms of my actual work!)