Anderzander Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Apparently LRO has gone - and the May issue will be the last, which will go on sale in April. There was nearly a buyer apparently, but that fell through so it’s just being wound up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwards Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 You mean the magazine? That’s certainly a shame for those who worked there. I guess I rarely read it cover to cover, but still enjoyed seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reb78 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 It is a shame. I used to love reading it. I felt it went downhill some time ago and stopped buying it around 2012 but maybe there is only so much one reader can or wants to read. Their bolt on obsession with anything britpart and attitude in its latter days to the old lro forum was annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Another old name gone. I have 100's of LR magazine to go into a custom cabinet in the new office one day.. However, they killed our Addicts forum and the last few years were not really the best of the magazine. Interesting to see if the French edition is also gone. There is a market for a quality LR related magazine - but quality is the word. Sad day for those making (part of) a living from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThreePointFive Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 The problem is between Facebook and places like here, you can find what you want to read about in far more detail. They lost touch when I stopped reading around 2010 and represented a kind of owner/enthusiast I couldn't identify with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 28, 2023 Author Share Posted March 28, 2023 Great points…. I sometimes think magazine must be largely obsolete now.. but then new ones have come out and done well - classic Land Rover for example. Though perhaps that is down to the age group of its readers? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwards Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 100% agree with the point that you can get much more focussed and relevant advice, exactly when you need it, on good forums like this. The benefit on forums is that it’s also (relatively) easily searchable. Classic Land Rovers and the age of its readers….! I resemble that remark! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 YouTube is the new magazine shop. "Prove me wrong" in the best Internet parlance. 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Brock Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Used to love flicking through a LR mag before going to work, never got to grips with electronic mags, just not the same. Sad to see aother one down the pan (even tho as above they screwed us over) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I still miss Landrover addicts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arjan Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 "I still miss Landrover addicts." Yes...... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Happyoldgit Posted March 28, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 28, 2023 (edited) Well past its best. Shame that people will loose employment though. I shall keep my own council regarding other forums, their style and the management thereof as I do not think it wise to go over ground that was well trodden years ago. It is nice to think that THIS forum remains. Edited March 29, 2023 by Happyoldgit Phone thinks it knows best! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzar Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 17 minutes ago, Happyoldgit said: Well past its best. Shame that people will loose employment though. I shall keep my own council regarding other forums, their style and the management thereof as there I do not think it wise to go over ground that was well trodden years ago. It is nice to think that THIS forum remains. Hear, hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Def Harry Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I used to really enjoy it, but the last time I had a subscription about 3 years ago as a gift it was more adverts than article. And there is only so many times you can look at ridiculously overpriced bling. Sad to see these names disappear but I think all the comments are right, magazines are a dying media! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smallfry Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Also used to be an avid reader, but not bought a copy for years. Chiefly because how many articles on changing brake pads or shock absorbers, or fitting extra lamps does one need to read ? Too many adverts etc, but as already said, the rise of the internet has killed off things like this. However, there IS something a lot nicer in looking at a book or magazine rather than a screen. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pat_pending Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 I had the first copy they published, it was distributed free to Land Rover dealers. I think it was meant to be a "lifestyle" magazine for the country set, instead it became popular with the enthusiast market and changed direction. It was very good in the early years, many of our Welsh greenlaning trips were planned trying to follow the late Tim Webster's routes. Ironically I've just cleared a load of old LROs from the attic, probably every issue from 1991 to around 2012 when I gave up buying it, on the basis you can only read the same thing so many times. Does anyone remember... 4X4 and off road action (with pic's of scantily clad girls Four Wheel Drive. 4X4 and sport truck (I think). I'm sure there were others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happyoldgit Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Yep, remember all those. I also had LRO issue one and follow ons for a number of years but as has been said it just became repetitive and a for me, like other mags a bit cringe worthy. Books I keep, my grandfather was an antiquarian book dealer and would always say "books are silent friends" but Land Rover magazines just pile up and are nigh on impossible to search for info if time is short. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted March 28, 2023 Share Posted March 28, 2023 Had not bought a copy for years but a relative bought me a subscription for Christmas this year. Looks like I will only be getting 3 copies of the 12 I was expecting! Very disappointing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Snagger Posted March 29, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted March 29, 2023 9 hours ago, Happyoldgit said: Well past its best. Shame that people will loose employment though. I shall keep my own council regarding other forums, their style and the management thereof as there I do not think it wise to go over ground that was well trodden years ago. It is nice to think that THIS forum remains. I agree. I disliked the arrogant attitude and corruption of LRO, but some of its writers were honest and decent. I know James Taylor from doing the Alpine trip with him and his family in 2008, and he’s a lovely man. I hope his Roverphile column gets picked up by one of the others. I do like to thumb through a magazine - like Les said, electronic media just aren’t the same. As for this forum’s survival against social media sites, long may it continue. Most FB groups are full of aggressive bull****ers, but this site has a culture of friendly banter for the regulars, open and welcoming for the new and a great deal of high end technical knowledge, far more than any FB group or magazine could ever hope to muster. Meeting folk from this site in the flesh is always a pleasure. Other forums can be hit and miss, but this group’s policy of keeping politics out and keeping it about LRs and, at a push, related topics, keeps the big arguments at bay, and it is much better for it. 4 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daan Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 That would be a shame, I used to subscribe back in the day, before the internet became big. I still occasionally buy the mag, but as mentioned, you can only tell the same thing so often. That said, from the Landy mags that are left, I'd say LRO is probably the best, so that is a bit of a surprise. I must say, the collaboration with Brit part did annoy me, as well as the Chelsea tractor wholesalers like twisted and Nene overland. But that is where the money is I suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 I wonder what impact that will have on the Peterborough show as well. @Anderzander how did you find out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 Not suprised well past being any good. 4 pages on how to fit a mudflap, and technical stuff wrong "the LT95 gearbox in the picture" - nope its a LT85 etc. Prob is UK mags are controlled and run by journalists, the USA Mags tend to be run and controlled by technical skilled peeps, have a look at "Crawl" magazine - unbeliveable ideas / work / projects / tech If it was a really good magazine it would still sell, but it was pretty dire last time I Looked Nige 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L19MUD Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 15 minutes ago, Hybrid_From_Hell said: Not suprised well past being any good. 4 pages on how to fit a mudflap, and technical stuff wrong "the LT95 gearbox in the picture" - nope its a LT85 etc. Prob is UK mags are controlled and run by journalists, the USA Mags tend to be run and controlled by technical skilled peeps, have a look at "Crawl" magazine - unbeliveable ideas / work / projects / tech If it was a really good magazine it would still sell, but it was pretty dire last time I Looked Nige It is certainly not anywhere near the standard it was years ago. Just typical for me that it will die just when I have been bought a subscription In fairness I have read both copies so far cover to cover but equally it is a lot thinner than it used to be too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted March 29, 2023 Share Posted March 29, 2023 23 minutes ago, Hybrid_From_Hell said: Not suprised well past being any good. 4 pages on how to fit a mudflap, and technical stuff wrong "the LT95 gearbox in the picture" - nope its a LT85 etc. Nige Reading articles purporting to be fact, when I knew they were technically wrong is what killed the magazines for me too, plus the ever increasing percentage of ads, and I'm talking about at least 15 years ago. I've owned LRs for over 30 years and learned a lot in that time from magazines. I've always worked on and modified my own vehicles, I've been an off-roader, a green laner, a workhorse user and daily driver of LRs, but I don't think I am who today's magazines are aimed at. I get far more out of some of the more niche-focused LR social media pages that fit my interest. There have been several mags that started off good, as they were written by true enthusiasts that knew their subject in detail. They were generally successful, until they got gobbled up by a big publishing house that put profits before quality of content. The knowledgeable contributors went elsewhere, and younger folk who were new to the subject matter were brought in and produced a load of drivel. I've always enjoyed James' Roverphile columns and he's recently been sharing his writings on FB. For me he stands out for his high quality of journalism and content, although sadly he is one of a declining number. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderzander Posted March 29, 2023 Author Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 hours ago, L19MUD said: I wonder what impact that will have on the Peterborough show as well. @Anderzander how did you find out? It’s being shared across a lot of the series Land Rover groups on Facebook: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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