This months LRO

[TDi90]

Page 6.
one of the captions to the picture is "the defenders sturdy V8 engine(right)"

COME ON LRO - ITS A FLIPPING 300.
poor.

Rob

[Range Rover Blues]

Yeap I noticed, how about the pictures of the elaborate 6x6 drivetrain, that works without a propshaft!

I'm beginnning to think the magazinbe is writtedn by the same team of jobbing journos' that write what hi-fi, what caravan, what couch, what flyswat in rotation over the 4 week period.

[boss]

well there all as bad as eachother, the only one i buy now is TOR, gave up on monthly after my shoot as he left aload of stuff off of my spec then he added to my dads. whats the point in doing a feature on someone elses vehicle if your going to make up what mods its got on it.
may aswell make it up from the start





***this months issue of mud club monthly***

a range rover which uses ZERO fuel

a disco with NO rust

a maveric that actually looks nice

a BROKEN hilux

and an sj410 that has power!



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all lies, easey, i should start my own mag!

[topless matt]

PMSL  :lol: :lol: :lol:

[Highland_Defender]

Lol, ive only just got the mag and noticed that too. I think its shocking

[bogie]

They are only paid to do a job,doesnt mean they have to take an interest!!!!

[boss]

but its by enthusiasts for enthusiasts!  :lol:

[Highland_Defender]

but its by enthusiasts for enthusiasts!  :lol:

Exactly

[Disco Matt]

Interesting - I've wanted to get into writing for these magazines for a while, it sounds as though they need the help!  :lol:

[Range Rover Blues]

I stopped buying classic Ford mags after one "freelance" rang me and asked for my advice, I then found out that he was writing an article and included all the stuff I told him (and gave me no credit).  I'm not going to buy a magazine I've written am I :roll:

[kizz81]

  check out who they have listed as celebraties,
it took me quite alot of work to get miss chesterfield on our company stand and theyve used her in their billing write up
and said she was on macmillan uk stand 
thanks lro
 
so i sent a really polite email and they havn't even replied to say sorry 

[boss]

Interesting - I've wanted to get into writing for these magazines for a while, it sounds as though they need the help!  :lol:

wouldnt have thought there would be much stopping you from creating your own online mag like difflock have done
mudclub monthly :D

[tomcat193]

Hello.
That was my cherry picker in lro, was a bit gutted when i got the magazine and noticed the mistakes, but in all it wasnt too bad an article, the pictures were good.  I think the problem was the middle axle decided to destoy itself while coming home from a job only a week before the photo shoot so i had to run around and find a middle axle then to find the bearings in the back axle were really bad and the crown wheel was missing teeth so i put a discovery axle in until i got round to doing things properly, and i dont think the main editors were told, but hey its not that difficult to see that in the pictures mr editor.
cant excuse them the sturdy v8 one though.

[lambert]

i thought that was an attempt at irony given the mention of the 300tdi swap in the text. either that or they were being fatuous.

[Disco Matt]

Interesting - I've wanted to get into writing for these magazines for a while, it sounds as though they need the help!  :lol:

wouldnt have thought there would be much stopping you from creating your own online mag like difflock have done
mudclub monthly :D

Not a bad idea - anyone else interested? There's a limit to how much content I can generate (and how many photos of the Elan Valley/Nant yr Arian/Strata one site can hold)! :lol:

[kizz81]

i can talk random rubish for hours after a few beers  :lol:

[Disco Matt]

i can talk random rubish for hours after a few beers  :lol:

You're ideally qualified for a job in the media then!  :lol:

[boss]

i can moan about nothing for hours so im in  :lol:

[Xtremeteam]

thats true

[Xtremeteam]

disco matt, where abouts in mid wales are you from?

[littlepow]

I'm sure I could waste a couple of pages about how I travelled down some motorway to get free parts from manufactures. (But only mention the part and the company in a single short paragraph!)

[Disco Matt]

disco matt, where abouts in mid wales are you from?

I'm near Llandrindod Wells

[kizz81]

i work for two 4x4 companies and with the bigger one i work for lro ring up all the time asking for free items to run a test on  :shock:

[Disco Matt]

Thing is, that's normal behaviour in the motoring press. They expect a freebie to review in return for which they'll give the product exposure, a recommendation, and they'll include details of where to buy one from in the piece.

As a result, I often wonder how impartial reviews really are. Are you really going to rubbish something that you've been given on the understanding that you can keep it? I know other hobbies have magazines which never give a bad review to anything, presumably because it would upset their main advertisers. They'll even give a product a great review, then when an upgraded version appears a year or two later they'll say "a huge improvement on the many flaws of the previous one"!

[V8MoneyPit]

There was a review in a recent Mini magazine of upholstery cleaning products. One of the products was reviewed as 'total rubbish, don't buy it'... which was quite refreshing!

[Xtremeteam]

disco matt, where abouts in mid wales are you from?

I'm near Llandrindod Wells

Cool, im down by cardigan

[kizz81]

i know a few people down that way in newcastle emlin
nice area of the world

[Disco Matt]

Some of the best lanes in the world around here, most people only find Strata which gets a bit crowded as a result!  :lol:

[Xtremeteam]

i know a few people down that way in newcastle emlin
nice area of the world

i drive through emlyn on the way to work each day.....

they dont happen to own a red 90 with a cage & a blue rangie on muds?