thanks, Jim

 

I used to get Shark Bites (sp) back in the late 90s.  It was exclusively C3 stuff.  Of course, with my luck, the magazine went under the first year I subscribed.

 

I used to get Shark Bites (sp) back in the late 90s.  It was exclusively C3 stuff.  Of course, with my luck, the magazine went under the first year I subscribed.

 

I can't remember which one is which, but 2 (maybe 3) of them are from the same publisher, but totally different team (and working in the same building too... I met a few guys from Vette when I lived in Tampa). The publisher is Primedia.

 

From what I understood, they all try to balance it.  They all have many articles already written, but sometimes they will wait for publishing them because of timing!  Timing could be related to shows, season, events and of course : sponsors!

 

Whenever you read an article about installing/modifying something, there will be 2 or 3 major players; a donor (the owner of the car who will get the job done on his car), the sponsor for the parts and the sponsor for the labor.

 

Long story short, as much as they try to balance it, it really all come down to sponsors for parts & labor; without them, there wouldn't be any articles.

 

Me; I like them all.  I obviously prefer C3's, but I like to educate myself on the other generations as well.  The only sections I could do without are those about C5 & C6 race cover as well as dynos.  Performance numbers don't even come near the smile on my face when I drive mine which has a lot to do about the body style, not the performace on a track.

 

Going back to the magazines; some of them have pretty good websites where you can follow the stories more in dept and even see other stories that won't make it to print.  You don't have to be a subscriber for this.

 

Sorry, I can't single one out.  If you are going to pick 1, maybe 2; get the 2 or 3 years subscription.  It makes a lot of sense, because not only the price is already discounted based on the current year and if the price goes up next year you will be at the "old" price.  50$ for 3 years is not that bad!