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July 24th, 2008, 10:19 AM
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Top Gear Australia Mag
The missus got home tonight to find the mag in my letterbox.
I've not read any of it yet, but there's picks of the British three on the cover underneath the Holden Coupe 60 (which the mag has driven). Contents: 242 pages. Focus RS 911 road test Turbo comparo: Evo X vs STi vs BMW 135i vs Audi S3 Deliverance: Ford vs Holden 30 carton delivery article Days of Blunder: F1 piece on Mark Webber Rotary Ho? X-bow unleashed Wall candy: Helen Mirren vs Clarkson bedroom  Holden upsize: How many Elvis's can you fit in a Holden wagon? Retro love-in. Duke's dodge vs the Doc's Delorean. Smart Oz Bond fantasies: DB9 long term road test Saab turbo X: 30th anniversary of the Saab turbo It's alive: Mazda furai Meet Gina: BMW concept article Gran designs: Quattroporte article. DIY Zonda: Zonda with a new gearbox Clarkson column May column Bill McKinnon column Chris Atkinson column Drive tests: Alfa MiTo, Merc SL, BMW M3 cabrio, Lexus RX, Mini cooper clubman, A5 quattro, Renault Laguna, Merc SLK, VW passat R36, VW Touareg R50, Honda Accord Euro, Mazda 2 plus more .... Now all I need to do is be allowed to leave work and go home and take a look instead of having the missus taunt me about it. |
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July 24th, 2008, 11:13 AM
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Any clue how much it costs? For $7.95 it was a bargain, but anything over $10 I don't think I'd be willing to pay.
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July 24th, 2008, 11:46 AM
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If you're worried about cost, get a subscription. $70 for 12 issues. Really cheap.
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July 25th, 2008, 6:20 AM
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The intro price as $7.95, which implies it'll be a bit more regularly. I got the subscription as a birthday prezzie, which sounds like the way to go.
Had a quick flick through and many of the articles seem to be repeats or paraphrases of the UK articles. For example, where the UK mag would poke fun at a politician then his name has been substituted to make sense in OZ. Could be wrong on that though ... just my paranoid, conspiratorial side
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July 25th, 2008, 8:14 AM
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Is that the August issue?
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July 25th, 2008, 1:50 PM
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Did anyone get their T-shirt? I know I didn't.
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July 26th, 2008, 3:36 AM
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Nope. No T-shirt. Yep, August mag.
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July 27th, 2008, 1:03 AM
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I got it in the newsagency in Yass a few weeks ago....not really a bad mag, I liked the H3 vs Prius article tho....
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August 1st, 2008, 2:33 AM
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i just put in a 1yr subscription order from magshop.com.au, so should start at the Sept issue...
Should i pick up the august issue, if not just for the sake of completeness?
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August 2nd, 2008, 8:47 AM
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They said in the magazine focus RS won't come to Australia.
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August 2nd, 2008, 11:20 AM
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Yep, thats true. From 2011 however, the Mark III Focus will be built in Australia and FPV are looking at doing a hotted up version of that.
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August 4th, 2008, 1:59 PM
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so is this mag worth buying?
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August 4th, 2008, 3:43 PM
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Yep.
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