Is it just me?...
I buy performance ford and fast ford mags most months but every time i buy one these days i seem to find my self asking why did i bother?

I understand that the mags have to keep with the times and rs turbos and cosworths are old hat these days but i have no intrest in the new focus rs/st even if i could afford one! I like the fact it has up and coming events but thats something i can find out for free!

Has everyone given up with rs turbos these days?

I brought a classic ford mag and retro ford mag but it seems to be cars older then the rs turbo's!

Am i just being a tight arse grump?

Danny

 

I like the newer fords and im glad ford have brought out the focus rs.I like the older fords like escorts cossies fiestas grannys mondys.They take more looking after than the newer cars.

 

Try PPC magazine, I very rarely buy FF PF these days, maybe 2 a year, as just go over and over the same old stuff a lot of the time, whereas I'm more into the odd ball stuff, and one off creations that are made without the use of just chucking a cheque at someone, any idiot can do that.
tabetha

 

ive got to be honest ive been getting fairly bored of late.

I may have to make my own subscription cut on budget day lol.

 

Ff feature a mix of all fords, the scene has moved on to more modern cars and ff is a centeral part of the scene
it's progress

 

I lost interest a while ago to be honest. Much more interesting stuff on the net now!

 

I thing what gets me is half the cars that get featured hardly get used where as some people have nice cars and they get used.

 

Fast Ford has been crap for years now, I only buy PF once in a while.

 

I used to read Classic Ford but there is only so many rs2000 with YBs i wanna look at ,same goes for Fast Ford ,only so many 500 bhp cossies i wanna see

 

i only buy em if theres a rst, cos, old fiesta etc in there, the new school stuff is bit boring, i buy retro cars and ppc cause the cars in there are just soooo cool, classic and retro ford aint to bad, total vaux have a good mix of old and new. dont hang me for that but i like all old skool cars

 

I subscribe to Fast Ford got bored of Performance Ford tbh i used to get them both up until the end of last year


Brian

 

i still buy both and it doesnt take long to flick through, not in to the new school stuff, ppc and retro cars and retro ford mag are the best i think, specialy ppc some very interesting one off cars/old skool stuff

 

I buy it only if i'm going on holiday or something and need some reading material. May aswell not bother though as it just seems to be same old shite over and over again just in a different cover.

 

So its not just me then!... thought i was becoming an old grump!
I just had a look at PPC's website even thats intresting lol
Sorry FF & Perfomance ford you lost my bet!
Cheers

Danny

 

im a fastford subscriber and recived the latest issue the other week,
read the bloody thing in about 20mins.
starting to think my money is better spent else where.
havent bought PF for a few months now, not by choice just havent seen it anywhere local

 

i find fastford feature more rs turbos and cossies than performance but they both do feature more and more st's etc etc...

bring back the old skool classics

i prefer fastford alot better

 

add up all the money you have spent on the mags

 

+1

 

i agree, all of 20 mins really, and to be honest the zetec s did nothing for me atall.

Fair play to the lad but as said it just did not excite me one bit.

to be honest neither dod the 4i other than the wheels.

 

+1

also they have a bit where they are doing there cars up!.... with are money the bastards lol

 

You can't please all the people all the time.

But i have to ask, what are you looking for??

Reading your post it seems you are fed up with RST's and Cossies, and you have no interest in the newer ST's and RS.

What are you hoping to see?

And, to complain that Classic Ford and Retro Ford features cars older than RS Turbo's is missing the point of those mags completely.....

 

this might sound daft but what is ppc mag? lol

 

i stand in Tesco and read it, if theres any thing interesting that takes my eye, i buy it, if not, i don't. Simplz. Never seen the point in subscribing just so you get it a few days before everyone else - let's face it, that's the only real pro to the subscription.

times change.. things move on, but the RST's and Cossies are the inspiration behind a lot of the featured cars.. well, i think they are anyway !

 

Thank god someone else asked first!! Lol

 

Stopped buying them a long time ago, boring and to bloody exspensive.

 

im a pure ford nut and will no doubt carry on buying the ford mags. Ive got a few boxes full of the mags in the attic now. Like people have said i would dread to think how much ive spent over the years.

 

I think its performance and practical classics mag

 

Cheers mate will have to look out for it must have spent thousands over the years on car mags i have street machine mags from 1977 in the loft i was only about 8-9 years old back then my dad would take me to our local shop and i would get streetmachine and a matchbox car every month lol

 

Practical Performance Car, is a very good mag

 

Practical Performance Car

 

Same here ive got about 6 boxes full of street machine and custom car mags. I would still buy them but just cant afford it.

 

I wasnt to far off lol. Hope your doing ok Will.

 

Hi Neil,
I wasn't complaining about retro and classic ford mag was simply just saying its not the mag for the RS and Cosworth user!

Im not fed up with Rs's and cosworth's at all, its the complete oppiste... im only intrested in those!

What am i looking for?
Really the rs & cosworth has had its day most things that can be done with an rs/cosworth has been done (not complaing)
I like the more one of bespoke jobies, like a crazy space framed mid engine fiesta that joe blogs built in his shed!

Not dissing your work at all, i just refuse to move with the times!
Love my rs's and cosworths but everything seems to of been done that can be so seems pointless buying a mag to see something thats already been done or something on a car that dosen't intrest me.
Danny

 

i can see what you mean about rst's and cossies are all the same but most of the reason is down to money, most people cant afford to try new things for the reason if it dosnt make any diffrence thay could have done the same cheaper

it woud be good to see really good space framed cars like andy g's focus and that puma that cost loads with all the carbon, but you can only put them in the mag once and i dont think there is that many mental cars out there to fill a mag each month, i like reading about cars that i can afford to owne not supercars that i will never get a chance to drive

 

I dont like super car's either cause i know there is a good chance i will never own one. Dosen't have to be mental... like i said joe blogs built it in his shed. Just One off stuff.
I know its not easy for the mags cause not alot of people have the time and money to do such things.
Danny

 

I stopped buying performance ford a while ago now because I felt every car in it was a 500bhp+ cossie or similar, nothing wrong with these cars at all (in fact there amazing), but I felt there was a real lack of variety, and I felt there was no way I was ever going to be able to afford one of the cars featured, so I felt like I was wasting money dreaming. I still get fast Ford because I feel it still has a good varitey of cars, and I don't think you can have a go at anyone as why cars like the ST/RS focus' are being featured as these are new cars and still very much in development in terms of tuning, so they get featured because in a way its the latest news, and as they say, they can only feature the cars they get sent in requesting features, I'm sure if a couple of hot RS turbos requeseted features they'd do it, the only thing I'd like to see is perhaps the reyland cos and Rods saph at the next tuner wars. Have you thought maybe about getting redline if you want something different, its good read.

 

fast ford is a good magazine in my opinion, its only about what? £4 some thing a month anyway so whats the problem
always got nice cars in, plently off news on the 'scene' etc

 

I'm actuall sad enough to have worked it out. £1300 (give or take a couple) and counting.

 

Pretty sure its practical performance car. Edit- Shit I didn't realise someones already said. Oops!

 

I used to buy CF PF AND FF but dont buy any now tbh .Then saying that i used to go to every car show too but i dont really have the time now.