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I could buy a new SS or whatever, (granted I would rather a new 2500hd) but regardless, I would not modify a brand new car and void the warranty that I paid the heavy new price tag for. Furthermore, ever been to a car show with "modern" muscle cars? Its all the same stupid tacky mods and guys who have never raced their cars cept for out of the garage and to a show. The hope that 5th gens will gain value like muscle cars of old, is laughable.

Buying a new warranty intact muscle car seems stupid to then mod it to hell and back. Thats why they made cheap, disposable 4th gens to mod/ruin. Then again, I am getting old.

But back to car mags, yea their cool and all, but I think the advent of major internet car forums have put a large hole in the smoke/mirrors routine the car mags could get away with just blind sponsor promotions. Anyone with half a brain can google stuff and fact check how badly a car mag hyped up something etc. Case in point, the silly edlebrock "LT4 topend package", post up asking bout that and you all but get run out of town from people saying how dumb a purchase it is. But yet, countless magazines will push that along with their air gap intake (another documented loss of HP irl).. so I can see how the newer age of guys modding cars has shifted away from car mags.