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| This is my first year subscribing to this magazine and so far I thought it was a half decent publication. However I have serious doubts about the direction this magazine is headed. The October Magazine Starts of with "Hearing from a new voice" and starts of by Identifying an interim by the name of Allison M. Strickland that wants to be an "automotive journalist" This young lady talks about her short history with cars. LOL But what really got me was when she tells us how she loves to drive her Honda Prelude and how she "would not trade it for the world" What is this all about? This woman has no business writing for this magazine with a statement like that and her obvious lack of good taste. Come on you guys can do better than this, cant you? Greg
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I know this is an old post and you're probably long gone, but I just thought someone should reply to your post. This new generation buys foreign cars just like you and I used to by Comaro's and GTO's. Get over it. I now restore late '80's and early 90's Toyota Mr2's. A pretty good sports car if you ask me. And they're every bit as much fun to work on as my '67 Camaro was. Except now I can't afford to buy a '67 Camaro but I can buy a tired old sportscar and restore it to like new condition---from rebuilding the engines to doing the painting (thanks to Larry Lyles' DVD's!). Anyway, I wish this young lady luck and maybe with some help she can learn to restore that Prelude---which is a pretty cool looking car if you ask me. But then I'm only 58 years old so what do I know :)
It may be foreign to you but it's a restoration to me. www.msnusers.com/mr2projects
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First off, to anyone interested in any automotive related career, more power to them :). As for her car that she "wouldn'ttrade for anything in the world", that is good because it will have to be restored eventually. She should be encouraged not discouraged. As we worry about the next generation loosing interest in our hobby we don't need to alienate someone because we have different tastes in cars. The next generation that wants to restore a car of their youthful dreams will most assuredly tackle the electronics of todays cars regardless of the model they choose. Have you tried to keep up with today's tech? It ain't easy! But then today's tech is tomorrow's old news.
You don't know the limit 'til you've past it.
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| Restoration is restoration regardless of the car. I have a datsun 280ZX that I continuously apply restoration to and drive every so often. I get a feeling there is a little divide between american car restorers and foreign cars restorers but we're all after the same prize. The key is to be able to perform the restoration and have the parts available to keep the car running and for good looks. The Datsun Z cars have a great following and there are many after market and OEM parts still available so it's worked well for me. If I fell butt backwards into a 66 ponitac GTO, yes I would be very excited to restore that car too. thanks, Jim
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