New magazine subscription to help SWMBO's daughter in Girl Scouts. Which should I pick?

I got " important news to share with you" email from her daughter yesterday.

Looks like they're raising $ to spend the night at the Newport Aquarium. They have quite a few magazines to choose from, the automotive section has 37 alone (but includes boats and stuff too). I want to help but haven't had more than GRM for many years. Which would you recommend?

Car & Driver, Road & Track, Autoweek, Speedway Illustrated, Muscle Machines, Hemmings, Hemmings Sports and Exotics (looks interesting), Cars and Parts, Hemmings Classics, and also includes GRM and Classic Motorsports.

I thought about just renewing GRM but thought maybe I could try a second magazine. Any recommendations?

BTW here's the link, you can probably help her too if you're interested: linky

easy! Classic Motorsports

For mainstream, Road & Track. I'd used to recommend Autoweek, but once they stopped being a weekly publication I don't see the appeal anymore.

I picked up a 2-year R&T subscription for pretty cheap a couple of years ago when my niece was doing that. I've enjoyed it more than I thought I would, they do have some good writers there. But it's still a bit too exotic-focused for me, so I won't be renewing.

Road and Track has improved by leaps and bounds under Larry Webster's leadership. Baruth is entertaining to read, and they've got Zach Bowman, who took a 300K-mile Miata cross-country to a track day at Daytona and wrote about it. Peter Egan still writes for them from time to time, too. Last month's issue had him road-tripping with his wife in a Morgan trike.

And obviously you have to renew GRM. Pasterjak alone is worth the subscription cost.

bluebarchetta wrote: Road and Track has improved by leaps and bounds under Larry Webster's leadership. Baruth is entertaining to read, and they've got Zach Bowman, who took a 300K-mile Miata cross-country to a track day at Daytona and wrote about it. Peter Egan still writes for them from time to time, too. Last month's issue had him road-tripping with his wife in a Morgan trike. And obviously you have to renew GRM. Pasterjak alone is worth the subscription cost.

Thanks mom

Classic Motorsports!

Another vote for road and track. I picked it up in a similar situation, a fundraiser for my daughter's school, and I really do enjoy it.

I'll confess I haven't read classic motorsports but if it's half as good as GRM, it would be worth it.

I would recommend Classic Motorsports and Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car. I subscribe to both, and although they both cover the same general subject, they are quite different in content ... in a good way. It gives readers a broader perspective of the classic car world.

Hmmm.. so far R&T is winning. HS&E a close second. This is mostly work lunch reading anyway.

Gary wrote: I would recommend Classic Motorsports and Hemmings Sports & Exotic Car. I subscribe to both, and although they both cover the same general subject, they are quite different in content ... in a good way. It gives readers a broader perspective of the classic car world.

+1.

Ended up with R&T. Two years 20 issues for $15? I've spent that on one pizza.

I would have gone for popular mechanics/science or a wood working magazine.

Granted im trying to broaden my interests.

I'd vote popular mechanics. Thats a pretty good 'how it works' in magazine form.

iadr wrote: Too much snark and juvenile behavior at C&D, so not them.

Unless you happen to BE snarky and juvenile.

C&D is decent. They still do good comparison tests, the 10 Best issue is generally entertaining, though not as good as it once was. And I enjoy Lightning Lap, even though I'm fully aware of the futility of comparing cars with different weather on different days with different drivers.

Sport Compact Car!

With the others on this. Classic Motorsports, naturally. And after that, any Hemmings that suits your interests. I get GRM, CM & Hemming sports & exotic. Covers all the sports car aspects with those.