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Corvette Magazines
I know this has been brought up before and has been 
but geezz. In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.
Sorry for the rant.
but geezz. In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.Sorry for the rant.
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Somebody needs to have the courage to break out of the "one size fits all" mold of the Corvette magazines...and focus primarily on "Corvettes with carburetors."
There are currently...what?...four glossy Corvette-oriented magazines. That's a lot. Hmmm...
There are currently...what?...four glossy Corvette-oriented magazines. That's a lot. Hmmm...
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I agree.
Corvette Fever is interesting and fun to read, but dang, I am a C3 guy and can only dream about C5 or C6. And when my Wife sees me looking at a C6 photo in CF, she gives me "the look", you know, the "don't you dare even think about a C6" look. I don't even look at the ads, or read the articles, if they are for C4 and up.
This issue of CF had one "Shark Bites" letter that's was helpful to me, but the article about washing your engine (which had photos of a '79 to '81 C3) was about the lamest waste of printing ink I have ever read.
This forum is better than any magazine one could get.
My 2 cents
-Kev
Corvette Fever is interesting and fun to read, but dang, I am a C3 guy and can only dream about C5 or C6. And when my Wife sees me looking at a C6 photo in CF, she gives me "the look", you know, the "don't you dare even think about a C6" look. I don't even look at the ads, or read the articles, if they are for C4 and up.
This issue of CF had one "Shark Bites" letter that's was helpful to me, but the article about washing your engine (which had photos of a '79 to '81 C3) was about the lamest waste of printing ink I have ever read.
This forum is better than any magazine one could get.
My 2 cents
-Kev
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Even better than Hustler Taboo magazine?
Originally Posted by Fabric8r
I agree.
Corvette Fever is interesting and fun to read, but dang, I am a C3 guy and can only dream about C5 or C6. And when my Wife sees me looking at a C6 photo in CF, she gives me "the look", you know, the "don't you dare even think about a C6" look. I don't even look at the ads, or read the articles, if they are for C4 and up.
This issue of CF had one "Shark Bites" letter that's was helpful to me, but the article about washing your engine (which had photos of a '79 to '81 C3) was about the lamest waste of printing ink I have ever read.
This forum is better than any magazine one could get.
My 2 cents
-Kev
Corvette Fever is interesting and fun to read, but dang, I am a C3 guy and can only dream about C5 or C6. And when my Wife sees me looking at a C6 photo in CF, she gives me "the look", you know, the "don't you dare even think about a C6" look. I don't even look at the ads, or read the articles, if they are for C4 and up.
This issue of CF had one "Shark Bites" letter that's was helpful to me, but the article about washing your engine (which had photos of a '79 to '81 C3) was about the lamest waste of printing ink I have ever read.
This forum is better than any magazine one could get.
My 2 cents
-Kev
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In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.
I hope things are not changing
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I just went through all of my magazines and made a list of articles that I might refer back to sometime. What I discovered is that there MIGHT be an article in Vette, maybe 1 in Corvette Fever, and rarely one in the other magazines. There were more articles of interest in Chevy Hi-Performance, and Car Craft.
My subscriptions recently just ended, and I have decided that as the magazines hit the shelf, I would look through them to see if there was anything I could really benefit from, and buy them as needed. 3 month's ago, I had 5 different magazines coming to my house each month. This month, I bought 1 magazine, and it was Super Chevy because of an article about Big Blocks.
I am beginning to believe that among the magazine and print industry, the C3s have become the 'Forgotten Generation'. So why support them in their business if they don't support us?
www.bigdogvettes.com
My subscriptions recently just ended, and I have decided that as the magazines hit the shelf, I would look through them to see if there was anything I could really benefit from, and buy them as needed. 3 month's ago, I had 5 different magazines coming to my house each month. This month, I bought 1 magazine, and it was Super Chevy because of an article about Big Blocks.
I am beginning to believe that among the magazine and print industry, the C3s have become the 'Forgotten Generation'. So why support them in their business if they don't support us?
www.bigdogvettes.com
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Corvette Fever did a big shoot of our inagural Corvette Challenge at Moroso. There were c2-c6's there. Lots of C3's. Norm (Lotahp) and Bob (16again) did a great job of running the event. Did Dan (Fuzzydice) help with getting the mag out there?
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Originally Posted by Van Steel
I know this has been brought up before and has been but geezz. In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.
Sorry for the rant.
but geezz. In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.Sorry for the rant.
Best advice, if you don't like the content of a magazine vote with your wallet.
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I used to get all 5 (Were there 5 ??? i can't keep up with the name changes)...lack of C-3 material in Corvette Fever,Vette Magazine and Corvette Enthusiast cut that down to 2...Corvette Magazine, and Corvette Quarterly (and only because once in a while they'll have some historic GM photos of the assembly plant and prototype vehicles)
But I do agree with the lack of C-3 coverage they all are guilty of.
But I do agree with the lack of C-3 coverage they all are guilty of.
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Originally Posted by Van Steel
I know this has been brought up before and has been but geezz. In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.
Sorry for the rant.
but geezz. In the new issue of Corvette Fever, there is only 2 articles in the magazine that don't have to do w/C5 or 6 's. One article w/a C1 and one w/a C2. I think they should change the name to C5/C6 Fever. I'm going to stop advertising w/these guys.Sorry for the rant.
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From: Not Correctly Restored Stingray Fla.
CORVETTE FEVER & VETTE Magazine are both owned by Primedia. They have made a couple of changes....
VETTE Magazine is going to be geared towards the stock/originale ("Society") Corvettes
Where CORVETTE FEVER is now going to cover modified Vettes.
Now this is not to say you will "never" see an originale Vette in C.F. and a modified Vette in V.M. So when thinking which mag. to choose for subscription this might help.
VETTE Magazine is going to be geared towards the stock/originale ("Society") Corvettes
Where CORVETTE FEVER is now going to cover modified Vettes.
Now this is not to say you will "never" see an originale Vette in C.F. and a modified Vette in V.M. So when thinking which mag. to choose for subscription this might help.
Last edited by LOTAHP; Feb 11, 2005 at 12:39 PM.
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I subscribed to Corvette Enthusiast after quite a few folks around here had mentioned it. I've really enjoyed the mag. I don't think I've gotten an issue yet (around 6 I think) where there hasn't been a C3 article. They hit just about every generation in every issue. The latest one even had a pretty good how-to on replacing the power steering control valve.