I loved Satch, but it kinda went downhill after he "left".
I may have to give it another try now.
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ScottinBend Space CowboySupporting Member
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"Left"?...more like run out of town, but he does a heck of a job with Roundel and his columns are almost always a great read.
I'll be the first to admit it's changed a lot over the years including now be AutoEveryOtherWeek instead of weekly. This does have the effect of making the motor sports coverage about useless. That's a real shame being this publication started life as a broadsheet named Competition Press. I still remember when it went from a newspaper format to magazine and rue the day they did that. Sure the pictures are better on glossy paper but there is something intangible about newsprint, plus it made a great window cleaner after being read. -
ScottinBend Space CowboySupporting Member
LOL.....thus the quotes! I had no idea he was writing for Roundel. Any online access to his columns?
Yep, I remember the old paper days. In fact up until the last move I still had about 3 yrs worth of the old paper copies.
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Wow...it's 2011 and just renewed my subscription through this thread and it was $14. I think that can fly under the wife's radar.
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I found out about Satch at Roundel when I bought my MINI. I e-mailed him and thanked him for his Autoweek columns. He wrote back and we had a nice little conversation.
I have a grocery sack full of his columns from the tabloid days. Kept every one of them. -
I still like his style and just renewed my CCA membership. Heres to hoping the Buckeye Chapter is just as MINI friendly for DE's and the Lone Star chapter has been. -
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Buckeye BMW CCA is VERY MINI friendly! Oh, there are a few oldtimers who cling to the past, but I have never found anyone there in the last 6 years I've been a member who looks down on the MINI. You'll be welcome there.
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I'd have to agree with Jeff, the Buckaroo BMW CCA does not seem to mind our little hot hatches. I'd have to say they liked my MINI more than I like their BMWs.
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This deal is now over. My subscription is up so I thought I would see if the code still worked (it did last year). It doesn't.
I'm letting my subscription drop. Being in Canada, the subscription price is $75 for one year. A bit too rich for me. -
As a follow-up to my post from February where my subscription should have lapsed, it is now the second half of May and I continue to receive issues of Autoweek. I did not renew.
But still got an issue in the mail just yesterday.