Was: More on the Valentine Detector - Is: C & D

[hombre@elp.rr.com (John Erickson)]

I swore it off when I was in my 20s.  I'm almost 50 now (although that may 
have little to do with my maturity level) and still can't stand it.  I'll 
pick up a copy of R&T once in awhile, but only actually subscribe to one 
rag: Autoweek.  I barely have time to read it.  Maybe I'd be better off 
with a monthly again, but they scare me.  They got all glossy several years 
ago and, quite frankly, I'm surprised they're not full of food ads and 
recipes.  I guess they still know who their target audience is.  I wish 
they were a little more discriminating with their advertising and the 
influence of that advertising.  Cars getting reviewed tend to be 
accompanied by big ads from that cars manufacturer (a marketing department 
hard at work, I'm sure).  Oddly enough, the reviews are never mediocre when 
this occurs.  I firmly believe the adjectives change when dollars are spent.

In conclusion (!), I believe that C&D is an acquired callousness, not 
anything to do with taste or maturity.  If you can stand it, you have 
thicker skin than I. :)

John
El Paso

At 09:03 PM 1/20/2002 -0800, Larry wrote:
>C&D is an aquired taste,  mostly appreciated by more mature drivers/readers.
>:)
>
>Larry  sandiego16V
>
> > I can't stand Car & Driver :)
> > John
>
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