Anyone else reading Total 911?
 

My wife got me a subscription and I really like this magazine. It has the best balance I have seen between early, mid-year and modern cars. It has cool technical information, as well as obviously being written by true enthusiasts. It's a new magazine, and I just wonder if anyone else is reading it.

Yep. So far so good. Not sure I agree with the "nothing else matters" philosophy, but I like the guys writing it.

Started reading it this a.m. Also pick up GT Purely Porsche and 911 and Porsche World on a regular basis.

Picked up mine yesterday, along with 911 and Porsche World.
Excellence has become more advertisers lately, IMO. I'll still get it but I wish they would have more features.

Never even heard of the magazine. I let my Excellence subscription drop just last month. More advertising than articles.

It's a new mag. Most of the guys writing in it are British 964 owners. They frequent the Rennlist 964 board. Although evidently there was some kind of falling out there recently...not sure of the details...but I think it had something to do with some off-cheek comments about "all other Porsches being inferior to the 911". :eek:

british mags are the best
 

Hands down british car mags are the best in the industry.

Why?
-Much better writing
-much better paper quality
-much better photography
-awesome European backdrops


Total 911 is a nice mag.

I have a $40 month addiction.

My top mags:

- EVO
- GT Purely Porsche
- Octane

At least one of the guys (Raby?) used to be w/ 911 & Porsche. There is a definite similarity in written and graphic style, but maybe even more so to GT Purely Porsche.

Thanks for the positive comments!

As mentioned, we're all Porsche fans and we hope this comes through in the writing. We're a bunch of fans who would like to produce the best Porsche magazine, so we're always open to feedback as to how we can improve. We have deliberately included much more global content than the other mags, because we realise that not all of our readers are in the UK!

We're also frequent forum-visitors, so you'll see us around; and yes, we're still on Rennlist!

Rob (publisher)

oh - and for our Canadian readers, you'll be pleased to know that we've just reduced the price in Canada by $1..it'snot much I know but we got feedback that, with taxes, it was up to CN$18...so we've done what we can.

Thank you for that.

I discovered your magazine last month - absolutely loved it.
I read Excellence, Porsche World and Total 911 back to back.
Total 911 was definitely my favorite - loved the high quality photos.

Keep up the good work.

Okay I'm in! Ordering my subscription.

Wouldn't an all-911 magazine get a bit boring after awhile? It seems like GT and Excellence are left scrambling for filler, and they deal with all the models.

I prefer EVO. I still pick up Excellence every month, but EVO is the best all-round car magazine out there, IMHO. The American car magazines, unfortunately, cave too much to pressure from sponsors and print favorable reviews of cars that they actually didn't like (I have seen a few former editors of R&T, CaD, and MT all agree on this point).

The falling out happened as a result of the article in which the magazine called the 928 big and lazy. Some of the 928 owners overreacted, but ALL of us were quite offended as it was a highly disrespectful thing to say about a car that is superior to the 911 of its time in every way except popularity. Although I am also an owner and lover of the 911, I find their viewpoint silly and immature. I will not be a reader.

No, what has clearly come through in your writing is that you are 911 FANS , and that the other models are not worth writing about. True Porsche fans embrace all things Porsche.

OK - but we are Porsche fans...we have just chosen a niche for the magazine to allow us to compete in a crowded marketplace. It was a commercial decision mainly.
I definitely would not want anyone to think that I am a 911 snob; I wave to all Porsches (even if not all wave back...).

Re: british mags are the best
 

I really notice the writing. I find US mags are either written to a junior high school reading level, or come across as new car brochures. I used to buy R&T just for Peter Egan, but now I just buy his books.

I usually pick up Classic & Sports Car, and Practical Classics. They are true enthusiast mags. Maybe I'll have to add Total 911 to the list.

Here is a Swedish fan. Read it every month. Along with GT and 911 world.

I picked up the first copy from B & N when they first came in..... I haven't had the chance to read anything after even though I think I have the 2nd copy sitting around here. From the first copy it was a pretty decent mag. I'm sure Rob has or will look into getting a printer out this way so it could cut down on the subscription cost. I think it's currently cheaper to get them off of the stand.

-Eli

It's great. I bought the first issue and a few more, but I have missed some (including the 928 issue).

I think its the best Porsche magasine around. I don't care much for other Porsches....

I disagree, I like or love most Porsche cars. But a Cayenne, that is a butt ugly car... and the Boxster, a total hairdressers car...
and the 996, it's like a 924, great value for the money but nothing more...

:rolleyes: Wow, are people still this naive? I thought we were growing past this phase...

Hey Total 911 guys...If you find somebody who stuffs a proper 911 motor in a Boxster or Cayman, will you give it an honest comparo to a new(er) 911? I think those cars are brilliant and could be the new "champion" at Porsche, if only they'd let them have the same guts as the 911s.

Surely there have been enough people who have stuffed a 3.4 996 motor in an early Boxster. I'd love to see how "911 people" feel about a car like that. Would make a fun comparison.

...just a thought. :)

Remember...the first Porsche was mid-engined and a convertible! :p

Rob: Do you have any plan to sell the Total 911 magazine in Mexico ? Right now we only get at the newstands : Excellence from the US and 911 & Porsche World from the UK. And I enjoyed both of them , unfortunately as this forum states : There is a lot of advertising on Excellence something they need to Fix ASAP.

JL Garcia
912, 1968
Toluca, Mexico.

Wow,

You have a lovely opinion…. But then I’m sure you’ve owned the Cayenne, Driven the Boxster and have had the pleasure of owning a 996……. And that’s the reason for expressing your opinions as such.

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-Eli

lets all play nice now boys.

can i get this new rag at a book store here in the states?

Re: british mags are the best
 

It goes for motorcycle magazines as well. British magazines are worth the extra money - in some cases twice what the US magazines cost.

Australian fan chiming in also...

I've always been a fan of Porsche and 911 World (and the Brit Bike Mags); the writing and language is definitely a little better than the others.

My 2c... I like just about all things Porsche (I'm seriously warming to the idea of a 914/6 which we never got in my country, and most consider ugly!), but the title of the magazine is "Total 911", not Total Boxter/Cayenne/924/928 etc... So I don't see how you can jab them for too much or biased 911 writing!

Sure can..... Barns and Noble

-Eli

Barnes & Noble carries it.

Great mag!! Raby is a great editor. Has always written well. I have been a long time subscriber to GT purely and 911 p-world and have added this one as well. Keep up the good work.
The only thing that gets me mad is that they have the 964 and 993 RS models over there and not here.
Dave

Slight hijack . . .

Doug

See Rennlist Thread

Ian

The 911 has held up to the test of time. It's a great car.

But criticisms often have some bit of validity.

Go drive a Bug or Karmann Ghia and then a 911 back to back and you'll see why critics call the 911 a Super Beatle from Stuttgart. I think my friend's '66 Bug shifted more smoothly than a 915.

Ever drive a 928? It's nice to drive in a Mustang GT kind of way. Automatic tranny forces you to do neutral drops at stop lights.

Hairdressers can't afford Boxters. Early ones were slower 0-60 than SCs.

996 designers were singing "Turning Japanesa" when they drew up the plans.

The 924? Didn't it share its engine with the Vanagon or something? I used to drive my friend's '81 in HS. I had an RX7 that ran circles around it. I think the Vanagon was quicker. And at least the Vanagon had a cool propane powered fridge.

944? 924 on steroids. Rich parents bought them for their 16 year olds.

Cayman? Boxter w/roof.

Cayene? Calling all you soccer moms out there, please go pick up Junior and get some groceries...

You can just go on and on.

:D

I love the magazine! I've got every one so far published and pick them up from my local Borders Bookstore.

I think the title says it all - Total 911! I personally am not that much of a fan of most other Porsches. So what? I think most of them are OK but they just don't get my blood boiling like a 911 (which includes the 996 and 997, btw). Sorry.

I just don't understand why some people get so wound up because someone else doesn't like their car. Heck, there are millions of people out there that will never understand what I find so special about 911's and I could care less. To each his own, I say.

Total 911, keep them coming, I say!

I have been buying this mag online; for some reason none of the sellers here who carry Excellence, 911 Porscheworld etc stock Total 911.

Landed here it costs me NZD$17.50; ouch. But it is still worth it!

Note to Editors; keep the Icon piece on the last page. I read a reader didn't like this but it is a good piece....I am waiting on my Linn turntable to arrive and I have resurrected my Zippo!!

Regardless of the P car performance issues by model/yr, I say keep the early 911 stuff coming and let someone else start a Boxster or 928 magazine.

Keep up the good job.

Re: Re: british mags are the best
 

$100+ a year is WAY more than any US mag that involves cars. I certainly will pick up an issue here and there but that kinda coin is too much for 12 issues.

And it pretty much is the best-performing, non-turbo, mass-produced Porsche ever made. At least according to EVERY review I have read.

I think that way about almost all small convertibles (Miata, Audi TT, etc) but not the 911 . Its just my opinion, not the truth... ;)

No, never owned a Cayenne and I never will or any other SUV for that matter. But if there were only SUVs in the world I would look at a VW Touareg, thats almost the same car but with twice the look.
I don't have a problem with Porsche making a SUV, but couldn't they good looking!!

Never owned a 996 either and I probably never will.
Its a very, very, good car, great value for money. But its styling is boring and I think a 911 should be air-cooled and a bit lighter.

I know I´m narrow minded, but it's my right bo be. :)