How many of you subscribe to ...
Just curious how of you subscribe to Trailer Life magazine?
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I have subscribed but let it lapse.
But to be FAIR, which I think some posts here are very short on, there are some very good articles in TL. The step by step article on changing over to disc brakes for instance and the article on installing the shock absorber kits are just two examples.
However Trailer Life is a prime example of Press Release Journalism.
Most companies know how many words and in what style a magazine looks for, they write Press Relaeases about new products that can be inserted as virtual articles with very little changing needed by the magazine.
Trailer Life is also a creature of the RV manufacturers and too accepting of limitations on their Editorial independence. This is especially true in their new RV reviews.
If TL would emulate the large Auto magazines and really test products and call a spade a spade we would have better RV's to choose from.
I recently looked through a FIAT class c motorhome driven by a Swiss couple here in the Baja. It's interior puts anything made in the US to shame in terms of storage, styling and ease of use. With many simple but very useful touches it was a real winner. We could have better products if the RV press would get back some independence and start writing articles demanding better products.
I also toured a brand new Calss A by a major manufacturer over 40 feet long on a bus chassis and the inside looked like a cheap Las Vegas Casino or a Bordello in Marseilles.
But dont hold your breath waiting for changes unless you are willing to write to the Magazine and tell them WHY you are not renewing.
But to be FAIR, which I think some posts here are very short on, there are some very good articles in TL. The step by step article on changing over to disc brakes for instance and the article on installing the shock absorber kits are just two examples.
However Trailer Life is a prime example of Press Release Journalism.
Most companies know how many words and in what style a magazine looks for, they write Press Relaeases about new products that can be inserted as virtual articles with very little changing needed by the magazine.
Trailer Life is also a creature of the RV manufacturers and too accepting of limitations on their Editorial independence. This is especially true in their new RV reviews.
If TL would emulate the large Auto magazines and really test products and call a spade a spade we would have better RV's to choose from.
I recently looked through a FIAT class c motorhome driven by a Swiss couple here in the Baja. It's interior puts anything made in the US to shame in terms of storage, styling and ease of use. With many simple but very useful touches it was a real winner. We could have better products if the RV press would get back some independence and start writing articles demanding better products.
I also toured a brand new Calss A by a major manufacturer over 40 feet long on a bus chassis and the inside looked like a cheap Las Vegas Casino or a Bordello in Marseilles.
But dont hold your breath waiting for changes unless you are willing to write to the Magazine and tell them WHY you are not renewing.
