I started with Mustang Monthly when I was a freshman in high school and read every issue for years. I specifically remember an article about a burgundy '65 coupe that mentioned the Sports Car Club of America and something called "Autocrossing". If this "SCCA" had any kind of student membership, or even just reasonable dues, I wouldn't have waited another 19 years to join.
I would occasionally pick up a copy of Hot Rod or any other muscle car magazine that had a photo of a '67 Plymouth in it. I was even able to sneak a few issues of AutoBuff into the house (anybody else remember that one?).
By the time I graduated, I started a long running subscription to Car and Driver, which at one time I revered, but now I can no longer distinguish articles from advertisements.
In 1986, I discovered Auto-X, and would buy a copy any time I could find it. I became a subscriber shortly thereafter.
Around the same time, I also subscribed to AutoWeek, and I still get that as well. I was tempted to drop them twice, first when they got rid of Satch Carlson, though I continued to subscribe for years, just so I wouldn't miss the week when they finally smartened up and brought him back. They haven't. I was also ready to let the subscription lapse when they went to every two weeks. The magazine seemed to be irrelevant at that point. But they held onto me with a really cheap renewal offer, $19 for two years, when I used to pay about $50 per year. I still get it, but pretty much just read Corey Farley and Denise McCluggage and look at the car in Escape Roads.
I don't expect to renew again.
I get what little new car info I need from Road & Track these days, but I subscribe mainly for Peter Egan.
The internet has replaced magazines for new car research, so now it just comes down to interesting stories for me.
Oh and one more thing:
Any time a car magazine does a feature on expensive watches, they've lost me.
