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Mike Scib
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by Mike Scib » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:36 am
alicrozier wrote:As Robin said, need to be comfortable and confident to push right up to the limit - sometimes you only find the limit by going beyond it...
(that's why I think Mike will do fine, that and his lack of imagination).

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ryallm
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by ryallm » Wed Aug 05, 2009 8:41 am
Never really bought into the idea of an online magazine. Magazines are for lounging on the sofa with a beer - you don't want to be stuck in front of a pc, especially if you do that all day at work. I hope we see Jethro Bovingdon and Dickie Meaden back on another mag soon though - both really good writers when at EVO, and Meaden used to own an S2 Exige so he is clearly a man of great taste
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Lazydonkey
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by Lazydonkey » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:02 am
ryallm wrote:Never really bought into the idea of an online magazine. Magazines are for lounging on the sofa with a beer - you don't want to be stuck in front of a pc, especially if you do that all day at work. I hope we see Jethro Bovingdon and Dickie Meaden back on another mag soon though - both really good writers when at EVO, and Meaden used to own an S2 Exige so he is clearly a man of great taste
Mark
Good group of writers though - hope they haven't burnt bridges with the main mags. Used to enjoy their stuff but never even bothered to register with the website.
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by Andy G » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:03 am
oh cock - really enjoyed reading their stuff every friday
Wondered when no new articles started appearing though
Good idea, possibly to early???
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Lazydonkey
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by Lazydonkey » Wed Aug 05, 2009 9:06 am
It's not a bad idea as such - i think where the concept is flawed is with the revenue model. You'd need it to be subs based as I can't see online advertising supporting it alone.
When i was involved in online advertisign years ago it was difficult to make any money from it, and i can only imagine it's worse now.
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by Fluoxetine » Wed Aug 05, 2009 10:08 am
ryallm wrote:I hope we see Jethro Bovingdon and Dickie Meaden back on another mag soon though...
Don't forget about Chris Harris - Really enjoy reading his stuff, and he used to do a really entertaining podcast for Autocar...

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I-Mac
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by I-Mac » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:19 pm
Thats a pity

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GregR
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by GregR » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:44 pm
I'd forgotten all about DR ..
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by woody » Wed Aug 05, 2009 12:55 pm
GregR wrote:I'd forgotten all about DR ..

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jamiey
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by jamiey » Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:38 pm
Had a feeling this might be in the offing seeing as there wasn't any new content in the last wee while.
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by smitstui » Wed Aug 05, 2009 1:49 pm
I liked reading Chris Harris's stuff as well. I have to admit, I thought he was making a mistake leaving autocar. I assumed when he did leave it would be to a TV car show.
Still its pitty.
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ryallm
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by ryallm » Wed Aug 05, 2009 2:16 pm
smitstui wrote:I liked reading Chris Harris's stuff as well. I have to admit, I thought he was making a mistake leaving autocar. I assumed when he did leave it would be to a TV car show.
Still its pitty.
Yeah I miss CH's column in Autocar. Steve Sutcliff now has a column instead which isn't nearly as good, although he does earn mucho respect for being one of the few journos who has been a successful racer (Caterhams and TVR Tuscans IIRC)
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by Grovit » Wed Aug 05, 2009 11:38 pm
That's a shame that those guys have left - have to say I never used DR as a substitute for a car magazine - sitting on a pc is just not the same as sitting at the kitchen table ignoring your better half with your nose buried in a group test of some description
I did like browsing through their site though - the video reviews they did were very good.
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by jamie » Thu Aug 06, 2009 7:24 am
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by Lazydonkey » Fri Oct 09, 2009 8:21 pm
Evo landed this afternoon with the annoucement that Harris is now writing for them

Focus ST estate, i3s and more pushbikes than strictly necessary.
....did i ever tell you about the Evora and VX220 i used to own?