A guy of my age 28 with an strong interest in cars has grown up on the likes of auto express, top gear and what car.
I used to look at these magazines and dream of which car i could get when i grew up.
I had many debates about the ins and outs of car design, f1 and rallying in my youth at school and in college.
You had to wait either a week or a month depending on which magazine you bought to fuel a new debate or get one up on your mate.
My source of information was what car, this had all the new write ups and intesting tests plus new and used car prices.
The prices of which i used to compare with my savings account to see how far i was off a porsche 911, needless to say i still do 12 years later.
But since my school days there has been a new dawn and one we cant and shouldnt miss the internet.
Everyone who was and is someone i.e shops manufactures etc got on the band wagon so did my information source.
I cant afford my porsche but I could a computer, now with al the information past and present at my finger tips I have no debate to fuel.
Yet I still buy what car stupidly while roaming round whsmith on a weekend.
Realising when i get home the what car website that i registered free with has the exact information as in the magazine.
The will be thousands of people who still buy the mag for reasons of their own, they may not be in the computer age yet.
But I regularly look on the website to read as you would the magazine news, reviews and advice sections.
All you need do now is drop them an email instead of writing in as in my school days.
You also have the option of following links to car suppliers, weather reports, new car searches all uptodate un like a magazine which is only uptodate at the time of print.
This is the main advantage of what car online,it has added features and real time searches and advice.
This is true of most website these days but compared to a magazine whatcar.com wins hands down.
You no longer need to wait a month for uptodat information you can get it instantly.
You can subscribe to the web site if your searching for a car and recieve emails when a car is found or offer comes up within ur price range.
The magazines were good but they must fold in the future as the new technology takes over.
In the age of the internet whatcar has successfully moved from traditional magazine to the internet easily.
I recommend this website as your all seeing eye for cars and car info.
Also for car related and searches such as news weather and accesories, it is all here at the end of your finger tips and is free off charge unlike the magazine at £2.90p.
See what you think I like it.