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14 Aug 2003, 21:01 (Ref:688539)
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Auto Action 13th - 20th
Just curious, but has anyone seen this weeks Auto Action in the shops yet, as I cannot seem to get a copy anywhere.
All the guys are saying it has not been delivered yet, and it is Friday. What's going on???? |
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14 Aug 2003, 21:46 (Ref:688572)
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Don't know I got the same story in Brisbane.
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14 Aug 2003, 22:01 (Ref:688583)
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Issue 1052 - Aug 13-29 2003 is available on the newstands in Melbourne - main headline 'Murph's Missile' with pic of new KMart VY and lower headline 'Trackside tragedy' and pic of McColl's VW.
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14 Aug 2003, 22:48 (Ref:688623)
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Hmmmm very strange ....... why has no Sydney News Agent got them then?
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14 Aug 2003, 22:53 (Ref:688625)
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Just read another story on this, it was not available until today.
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14 Aug 2003, 23:36 (Ref:688654)
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I've had nothing to read on the train on the way to and from work, very dull as I enjoy my fiction!
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15 Aug 2003, 00:48 (Ref:688678)
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I managed to get mine this morning..
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15 Aug 2003, 01:21 (Ref:688683)
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It's ok guys, just wandered down to Central and got my copy.
Still doesn't explain the delay though. Last edited by Dazz; 15 Aug 2003 at 01:21. |
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15 Aug 2003, 01:37 (Ref:688685)
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I guess it's just ike the delay in getting results out of Oran Park
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15 Aug 2003, 03:20 (Ref:688695)
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AA was a day late in Melbourne and I must say that it was well worth the wait. A Kmart press release for the lead story, nothing else to mention and a tasteless pic of McColl's Golf on the cover. An 'exclusive' report that Magnussen will join TD for the enduros (did anyone NOT know that?), Noske at SBR (ditto), the Monaro/Pontiac GTO (a week old), a chat with Winterbottom (read it last week), a 2 page map of Oran Park in the middle (gee, that is what it looks like) and week old race reports.
You would think that, if the AA staff knew that there was a problem that caused it to be out a day late, they would have the courtesy/balls to get on a forum and warn us so we do not hassle newsagents over something that is not their fault. I thought that the previous editor was out of his depth but, after three issues, Fogarty makes him look like a Pullitzer candidate. He is just filling the pages with big pics, no news and no decent features. I thought he was a contender and that AA would FINALLY be able to give Motorsport News something to worry about. Branagan must be laughing his head off. An all-time low. I stopped buying it every week some time ago, and have been just getting it when it contains something interesting, which WAS occasionally. I continue to wait for AA to get it together but, at this rate, I might be an old fart by then. |
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15 Aug 2003, 03:56 (Ref:688705)
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The KMart story was released last week - so they can't use that as an excuse for it being a day late.
Maybe Foge's hair stylist hadn't finished giving him his weekly blowwave? 
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15 Aug 2003, 04:19 (Ref:688707)
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I have borrowed this post from prn 31 on Conrod, hope he does,nt mind.
The reason why AA is late has to do with a production problem. Apparently pdf files of the features articles are transmitted electronically on Friday, the news pages and race reports are transmitted electronically on Monday. Foges got a call from the printers on Monday night asking where the files were? Semmed they had disappeared into the ether. Hence the delay. It went onto the newstands in NSW today (Friday) and the other states I think yesterday. I agree that the photo on the cover of McColl's accident was confronting, but its not Foges style to shy away from the big issues. In 2003 an accident like this should not be fatal. Neither Phillip Island nor Eastern Creek were specifically designed for car racing with insufficient sand traps and poorly placed tyre and concrete walls. Track safety is the issue here, and Foges is not going to let it be swept under the carpet. Just wait till he ventures out to Oran Park this weekend. |
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15 Aug 2003, 04:28 (Ref:688711)
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Ifound it rather - how should I put this - odd that AA reported McColl's accident yet, apart from Foges editorial and a letter, there isn't a mention of Frank Hurt.
OK - maybe the two aren't in the same league, but both are news items and deserve reporting as much as each other. |
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15 Aug 2003, 04:41 (Ref:688716)
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I finally got it today too. The inside back page is always the most interesting page to have a quick glance at...lmao
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15 Aug 2003, 04:47 (Ref:688721)
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I must admit, and not being one to bag things out for the sake of it, being thankfull for small mercies and all that, but Auto Action has definitely slipped over the past year or so.
I seemed to be able to get a few days reading on the train trip to work and back every day, but now it seems like the trip home to read the interesting stuff, and the trip in the next day to read the rest, with maybe another trip to read the things I'm not even interested in just so I am reading something! Maybe that's more of a reflection on me, but still! I guess it is hard to come up with hard hitting, interesting, informative reading to suit everyones neads, but a little more fat wouldn't hurt. I was actually enjoying some of the technical articles that were appearing about anything and everything from speedway engines to GP bike engines and everything in between. |
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15 Aug 2003, 04:55 (Ref:688724)
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It isn't just the slip in articles - the previous editor seemed to have this attitude with letters that if they didn't agree with his viewpoint, he bagged the hell out of them. And, unfortunately, it appears that Foges is just continuing the tradition.
On the plus side, though, Motorsport News, although it is a fortnightly mag, has improved leaps and bounds over the past 2 years - and in particularly since the change in size/format. Last edited by RaceTime; 15 Aug 2003 at 04:57. |
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15 Aug 2003, 10:28 (Ref:688894)
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I've been working in Lakes Entrance (about 300km East of Melbourne) all week and although AA didn't turn up as expected on Wednesday it was at the newsagents in Lakes on Thursday morning.
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15 Aug 2003, 13:34 (Ref:689059)
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AA has "gone to the dogs" I have been a subscriber for 4 years and the only reason i have continued over the last 12 months is for the v8 news, and for the fact that subscribers get it for half price. It used to be a great mag but not these days. The subscription side of AA is a joke. Over the last 4 months i have had countless fights over the phone with them about their lack of concern for their subscribers and the fact we were still getting our Mag 1 week late. They eventually got the shhits with me and gave me 52 issues free. If it wasn't for that fact i would not buy it. So if you are a subscriber my advise is to hound them untill they crack.
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15 Aug 2003, 21:22 (Ref:689368)
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Dont argue with the previous editor, he doesnt take criticism all that well.....
 Here's hoping the shift to media management for FPV will sooth the savage beast
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15 Aug 2003, 21:33 (Ref:689375)
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Which is why he has been moved on????
Whether he takes criticism well or not - he was an arrogant fool - at least, before him, the letters page was just that - but it soon became apparent that he was using the letters to attack anyone whose view differed from his own. |
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15 Aug 2003, 22:53 (Ref:689414)
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They shut the Melbourne offices of AA and moved them to the home of Picture & People magazine at ACP in Sydney.
The previous editor was made an offer to stay on as I understand it, but did not wish to relocate from Melbourne. Or so the story goes..... Here's hoping the gig cleaning up after Mr Flint is more successful. |
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15 Aug 2003, 23:44 (Ref:689457)
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I havnt bought it for a couple of years now. The $5 a week covers my internet connection and i can get all the stuff plus more off the net rather than waiting a week or 2 or 3 for results to come out in AA.
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16 Aug 2003, 04:52 (Ref:689566)
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I used to buy both MN and AA but MN is every second week so AA is fresher (and cheaper
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16 Aug 2003, 05:11 (Ref:689576)
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However, in the long run, MSN is much cheaper - two issues of AA compared to one of MSN in the same 2 week period...)
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16 Aug 2003, 05:30 (Ref:689586)
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Well yes, but I can't wait 2 weeks.
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