Used Car Buyer Mag

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Tue 13 Apr 2004 21:47
Used Car Buyer Mag - Paul Robinson
I'm surprised nobody has started a topic about the new updated Used Car Buyer magazine with extra added Honest John content!

Am I the only person that reads it?
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Wed 14 Apr 2004 08:16
Used Car Buyer Mag - Orville
It's interesting to see how the various car-buying mags appeal to sections of the car-loving/cars-as-transport public.

In a flash of nostalgia I remembered the days of the mag 'Buying Cars' which I suppose was the spiritual predecessor of UCB - great cars out of reach when new, but tantalisingly just a small car loan away when 'pre-enjoyed'! Who could forget articles espousing cheap Porkers, Range Rovers, Mercs and BMWs to us folk driving around in Cavaliers and Metros...

It became the over-sanitised Car Choice, and some of the original mavericks (like a certain Quentin Willson) went on to greater things (like advertising cheap inkjet refills?). The old mag used to run great articles on car dealer lingo - describing a motor's features as having 'bidet' (rear wash wipe etc). I suppose the Internet has supplanted some of the type of banter I used to appreciate in the old mag - sites like HJ and Pistonheads.

Before the relaunch of UCB it was a solid, practical mag more in tune with today's market so I look forward to getting hold of the new improved version.

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