All GRM staff needs to read the June issue of Car & Driver

bluebarchetta wrote: Also, GRM: thanks for not playing games with the subscription price. It's $20/yr, period.

Except when it's $100 for 10 years...

Marjorie Suddard wrote: It's sad--many a would-be writer has honed their skills in this position, but nowadays most are too ignorant (and too proud) to property [sic] train for their craft. Margie

LOL

Thanks for returning the favor, from one who's edited your stuff ;) No matter who you are, typos happen. That's why another set of eyes is always useful. (And in my defense, that was sent from my phone, and I don't actually do a lot of editing on a phone. We gots big fancy laptops for that type o'work.)

Margie

Also look at the recent MotorTrend piece comparing the 4cyl pony cars for a prime example of cooking the books....they ran the Mustang on 87 octane(which will cause loss of maximum power) and then promptly bitched about its performance.....

I bought a lifetime subscription to rodders journal so I only pay for GRM and CM now. Enthusiast magazine, by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts.

Damn! What a lifetime sub to Rodder's Journal cost?

Are you paying for the lifetime of the reader or the magazine?

1988RedT2 wrote: Heck, it's the only car magazine to which I subscribe

Pfffft. I have a prescription to GRM.

Appleseed wrote: Damn! What a lifetime sub to Rodder's Journal cost?

No joke, they emailed out a lifetime subscription offer to the first 100 people who replied; I was #49. It was $200 maybe, included a lifetime member shirt, stickers AND a dash plaque. Pretty cool and at $50 a year anyway I've paid way more than that in the twelve years I've subscribed so...

I think the thing that makes GRM likeable as a magazine; short from content, is the real people aspect. Most magazines seem to be talking at us rather than to us. Maybe it's just me, that's what I like about TRJ as well. Not in my wheelhouse but it's real folks with a passion.

chandlerGTi wrote: I think the thing that makes GRM likeable as a magazine; short from content, is the real people aspect. Most magazines seem to be talking at us rather than to us.

That sums it up pretty well.

I grew up on C&D and yeah, it not what it used to be. I miss Brock Yates...

Hear, hear. Hate when writers want to rub your nose in how much smarter they are than you are. There's a sense of camaraderie at GRM that's rare.

Haven't read C&D in years. The same goes for Motor Trend.

I've had the GRM/CM subscription for years. Good writing, interesting topics, and the world's best forum. If I didn't read, I'd still feel compelled to buy only because of the forum. Not to mention, I do like the whole "family" aspect of the whole thing.

I started to subscribe to R&T this year when they were running a sale at NAIAS. Sam Smith has always been a great writer. I'll read pretty much anything Jack Baruth writes, the guy just gets it.

The Drive is pretty decent too. Not a fan of most of their stuff (watered-down and boring), but they have some good content. Zach Bowman has a way of being eloquent without being overly verbose. Alex Roy is the berkeleying man, and is still one of the coolest people I've ever had the chance to meet. Can't think of a more genuine guy who has "been there, done that."

I write articles and stories for a couple car-related websites. I think I do decent work, but it's not easy to get paid. Any fool who loves cars and can write well can write all the free content he or she can.

As with the entire magazine industry, the number of paying writers' jobs is rapidly approaching zero. You have to do something very special to cover the nut of producing a magazine.

GRM is one of the few that do. Well done, gang!

Don't have much to contribute other than I really miss Henry Manney III...

Miscellaneous Ramblings. Best car mag articles ever, sorry GRM folks, but I had to say it.

Tom_Spangler wrote: C&D certainly isn't what it used to be, but it's not that bad. You want bad? I recently bought a 3-year subscription to Motor Trend for like $5 on some online deal. I figured, for that price, why not? Well, I found out. Let's just say it's a good thing I keep it next to the toilet....

When TEN killed off Rod & Custom they channeled my remaining R&C subscription to Motor Trend. When it started showing up in my mailbox I was afraid somebody opened a dentist's office in my house. Even the subscription people at TEN couldn't explain it. I'm sure it was to artifically inflate the MT circulation numbers.

Keith Tanner wrote: ...or the $100/10 year price...

That reminds me, my 10 years are up and I didn't get to Carlisle this Spring. I need to renew.

This reminds me of how much I miss the heydays of Sport Compact Car.