Thread: Rod & Custom Tech............"Everything New Is Old Again"

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I scanned the article and agree that there's nothing much there to justify a tech article. I took it for what it is, at least for me - a multi-page ad for Summit Racing. Throughout the article the theme is "one phone call, one source, everything I need from Summit." This has become a trend in most of the magazines over the last few years. Very few really good tech articles, with most being showcase print for a product line. Gotta wonder if Summit paid advertising rates for those seven whole & partial pages, or if they were just light on fodder to fill the new issue.

Originally Posted by rspears

I scanned the article and agree that there's nothing much there to justify a tech article. I took it for what it is, at least for me - a multi-page ad for Summit Racing. Throughout the article the theme is "one phone call, one source, everything I need from Summit." This has become a trend in most of the magazines over the last few years. Very few really good tech articles, with most being showcase print for a product line. Gotta wonder if Summit paid advertising rates for those seven whole & partial pages, or if they were just light on fodder to fill the new issue.

Yeah I gotta believe that somehow, Summit for example, there is probably more than just some free parts. And there seams to be more (InfoArticles). Just like tv. I wake up to em almost every morning. It doesn't bother me too much, at the cheap subscription price. Maybe at the newstand price. But at least it is still surviving. There has been some talk of eliminating the printed material and going to digital subscriptions. I gotta have the paper. The day you find me in the john with a laptop................. well that's the day someone needs to just shoot me...................

Originally Posted by dlotraf33

The day you find me in the john with a laptop................. well that's the day someone needs to just shoot me...................

An iPad will work much better for that application......