Max Power, Who read it when younger?
08-03-2005, 01:51 PM
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A dozen yeas ago it was a good magazine with no kits or tits and was an interesting read.
now its just a crap porn mag ruined by bodykitted saxos, id sooner just download some decent porn instead of reading it.
now its just a crap porn mag ruined by bodykitted saxos, id sooner just download some decent porn instead of reading it.
08-03-2005, 01:52 PM
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Yep I did, was a good mag then, anyone remember Project RS Kicker ???...... 
Shame its all a load of under powered shoppin carts and Porn lines nowadays
Al...
Shame its all a load of under powered shoppin carts and Porn lines nowadays
Al...
08-03-2005, 01:53 PM
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I read it from the 3rd issue onwards for the next 4 years or so, then it turned shite...
Often saw the RS Kicker car driving around peterborough, and the yellow Carlton was often spotted in Oundle where the editor lived i think
Often saw the RS Kicker car driving around peterborough, and the yellow Carlton was often spotted in Oundle where the editor lived i think
08-03-2005, 01:54 PM
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Up until about....
A year ago? i religiously bought it (and fast car, and revs, and redline
) every month.
Then, i dunno.. jus sorta realised that they were shit, redline is acceptable, revs is alright, fast car and max power are shite.
Buy Performance Ford, Fast Ford and occasionally* classic ford, when i see a good cover car.
A year ago? i religiously bought it (and fast car, and revs, and redline
) every month. Then, i dunno.. jus sorta realised that they were shit, redline is acceptable, revs is alright, fast car and max power are shite.
Buy Performance Ford, Fast Ford and occasionally* classic ford, when i see a good cover car.
08-03-2005, 02:27 PM
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I used to be a Max Power reader, like chip says, back when it was a proper car mag!
The one car I remember seeing featured was a green MkI Escort shell dropped onto a 4x4 saph floorpan, awsome car!
And I used to love that yellow Carlton
Still got a couple of Max Power vids somewhere I think, Beasts from the East and the vid with the Carlton on the front
The one car I remember seeing featured was a green MkI Escort shell dropped onto a 4x4 saph floorpan, awsome car!
And I used to love that yellow Carlton
Still got a couple of Max Power vids somewhere I think, Beasts from the East and the vid with the Carlton on the front
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I started getting it when Project Kicker was up for grabs, was the reason I bought it as well. You had to guess where the car keys were, I didn't win it though. 
Project Thunder was the yellow Carlton.
I stopped getting it about 6 years ago, just went to shit.
Project Thunder was the yellow Carlton.
I stopped getting it about 6 years ago, just went to shit.
08-03-2005, 02:39 PM
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Sure did I remember when Vicki Butler Henderson used to write for them...
I'm an EVO mag man now, just love that mag. awesome cars, great pictures and superb writing... god I am getting old
I remember when Vicki Butler Henderson used to write for them...I'm an EVO mag man now, just love that mag. awesome cars, great pictures and superb writing... god I am getting old
08-03-2005, 02:39 PM
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Yep i did
Havent for a good few years though, everyone on here i bet used to read it at some point though
Timrud still reads it, his car was on one of there dvd's last year
Havent for a good few years though, everyone on here i bet used to read it at some point though
Timrud still reads it, his car was on one of there dvd's last year
08-03-2005, 02:40 PM
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I remember the very first issue 
Purple Dimma 205 Turbo with purple leather on the cover
Title was something wank like " Purple throbbing monster "
Was a fookin lovely car back then
Purple Dimma 205 Turbo with purple leather on the cover
Title was something wank like " Purple throbbing monster "
Was a fookin lovely car back then
08-03-2005, 02:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Sure did I remember when Vicki Butler Henderson used to write for them...
I'm an EVO mag man now, just love that mag. awesome cars, great pictures and superb writing... god I am getting old
I remember when Vicki Butler Henderson used to write for them...I'm an EVO mag man now, just love that mag. awesome cars, great pictures and superb writing... god I am getting old
08-03-2005, 02:43 PM
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Originally Posted by Porkie
Sure did I remember when Vicki Butler Henderson used to write for them...
I'm an EVO mag man now, just love that mag. awesome cars, great pictures and superb writing... god I am getting old
I remember when Vicki Butler Henderson used to write for them...I'm an EVO mag man now, just love that mag. awesome cars, great pictures and superb writing... god I am getting old
No other car mag comes close in terms or journalistic talent & features IMO
08-03-2005, 02:50 PM
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Chip, I changed 2 wheels on my car at the last trackday and with Stus help changed and gapped the spark plugs on the Sierra....
You may laugh but for me thats REAL progress....
Nothing wrong with chequebook tuning anyway! Some people are just gifted in different areas of life, I am just not a talented mechanic, in fact I am downright dangerous with a spanner and a car!
So the only way I can enjoy cars is by paying other people to look after them.
You may laugh but for me thats REAL progress....
Nothing wrong with chequebook tuning anyway! Some people are just gifted in different areas of life, I am just not a talented mechanic, in fact I am downright dangerous with a spanner and a car!
So the only way I can enjoy cars is by paying other people to look after them.
08-03-2005, 02:55 PM
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OMG i remeber that astra, lmao i would ov killed for that car back then...lol..... Then i saw a 3 door cossi sat in traffic and it was all over for max power at the tender age of 13, Fast ford and performance ford for me now...
(still waiting for the cossi tho and im 25 now...lol..one day fellas
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(still waiting for the cossi tho and im 25 now...lol..one day fellas
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fucking right Porkie 
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let the lower class do the dirty smelly work, I wouldnt dream of it myself, wot wot wot
Im a bouncing cheque book tuner , cant do mechanics but dont have any money either
. let the lower class do the dirty smelly work, I wouldnt dream of it myself, wot wot wot
Im a bouncing cheque book tuner
, cant do mechanics but dont have any money either
08-03-2005, 03:01 PM
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Poke it Dom! you know I didn't mean it like that
I would LOVE to be able to work on my own car. right now it needs and oil change and some brakepads... for most people thats 30 mins work.
For me its a 400mile round trip to Birmingham 
I would LOVE to be able to work on my own car. right now it needs and oil change and some brakepads... for most people thats 30 mins work.
For me its a 400mile round trip to Birmingham
08-03-2005, 03:05 PM
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Originally Posted by JAP CRAP
Me. I remember a yellow astra gsi with tsw blades photographed in the snow, it was 
at the time heh - i remember that too.....and summot about pineapples too
loli stopped reading it when i left school, lmao
08-03-2005, 03:07 PM
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Dave, yep!
Porkie
dont worry mate, I cant do oil changes or pad changes either
I have found the key is to talk like you know what your on about and then make excuses like you are too busy with work to do it yourself
Porkie
dont worry mate, I cant do oil changes or pad changes either
I have found the key is to talk like you know what your on about
and then make excuses like you are too busy with work to do it yourself
08-03-2005, 03:44 PM
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i used to buy it back in its origonal day - but wldnt waste my money on it now
its just toilet paper with pictures now
even had an old car in a feature almost 10 years ago.... and it was a Nova
its just toilet paper with pictures now
even had an old car in a feature almost 10 years ago.... and it was a Nova
08-03-2005, 04:39 PM
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never liked max power used to read fast car but always read the ICE stuff first, now i read performance and fast ford sometimes classic ford. went to max power live one year it was crap
never was a fan of bodykitted 1.1 corsa's
never was a fan of bodykitted 1.1 corsa's
08-03-2005, 04:57 PM
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Used to buy all of them until about 3 years ago. I saw it turn from a good car mag into a load of crap with kitted up shopping trolley's. Wouldn't use it to wipe my arse on now.
08-03-2005, 05:05 PM
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i remember that green mk1 escort on the 4x4 cossie floor pan that was a wicked car,i stopped buying it about 6 years ago,been buying classic ford since it started
so got all those and ive been buying fast ford and performance ford since about 1996
so got all those and ive been buying fast ford and performance ford since about 1996
08-03-2005, 08:09 PM
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yea iv got the first ever issue as well, amazing how stuffs dated. Years ago used to be car enthusiasts, now its "cruisin" which is more of a separate thing really, i reckon more about the image than havin either a fast or well put together car.
08-03-2005, 08:29 PM
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Use to be a good mag back in the day but it went so wrong
All i buy now is fast ford, performance ford, redline and sometime's classic ford
All i buy now is fast ford, performance ford, redline and sometime's classic ford
08-03-2005, 09:39 PM
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Originally Posted by Steve@SCC
Yeh i remember it, also remember RS Kicker, project thunder which i think got writen off and that mental green MK1 escort cossie. Used to go down to the show at Doncaster every year and Max Power always had there project cars on display.
09-03-2005, 05:08 AM
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I used to be a Max Power reader, like chip says, back when it was a proper car mag!
The one car I remember seeing featured was a green MkI Escort shell dropped onto a 4x4 saph floorpan, awsome car!
And I used to love that yellow Carlton
Still got a couple of Max Power vids somewhere I think, Beasts from the East and the vid with the Carlton on the front
The one car I remember seeing featured was a green MkI Escort shell dropped onto a 4x4 saph floorpan, awsome car!
And I used to love that yellow Carlton
Still got a couple of Max Power vids somewhere I think, Beasts from the East and the vid with the Carlton on the front
after about 5 days I REMEMBER THAT then lost intrest
they even showed the car getting scrapped
BOXED 
09-03-2005, 09:10 AM
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Anyone remember the mint green 300bhp Astra from Courtenay? Was around 93-94 I think...loved that car, just looked so clean...unlike the bodykitted monstrosities that, due to MP, we now see unpainted on every high street
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09-03-2005, 10:04 AM
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i've probably got the first 8 or 9 years worth of max power, loads of fast car and that sort of stuff in the garage, then i started to wonder what was the point in buying a mag with a bodykitted 1.1 nova on the cover
yeah sure, there are some nice motors in there, but they are buried under so much crap thats there's no point
i did think of selling them on ebay, but i don't think someones going to come round and pick up around 200 kgs worth of mags
revs was good in the beginning (went to loads of their fastest days at alconbury which was a good laugh (a certain green mondeo went a bit quicker than it looked too ) but right baout now, practical performance car is the best mag out there, where else will you find someone who is shoehorning a 27L engine into the bonnet of an SD1 and making his own fuel injection up for it
yeah sure, there are some nice motors in there, but they are buried under so much crap thats there's no point
i did think of selling them on ebay, but i don't think someones going to come round and pick up around 200 kgs worth of mags
revs was good in the beginning (went to loads of their fastest days at alconbury which was a good laugh (a certain green mondeo went a bit quicker than it looked too
) but right baout now, practical performance car is the best mag out there, where else will you find someone who is shoehorning a 27L engine into the bonnet of an SD1 and making his own fuel injection up for it