The trivia thread started me thinking about where we all learned this stuff.

About 7-10 years ago, as I became more comfortable with the internet, I decided to stop buying magazines. I had realized I was getting far more information, and seeing many more cars, than I ever did through magazines.

My own collection had started in 1958. A friend and I were building model cars, and he had these really neat car mags. The first one I bought off of the news stand was a 1958 issue of Hot Rod, with a shots of dragsters smoking the tires on the cover. After that the collection had not only grown to about 6,000 issues, but I had gotten older ones dating back into the '40s! (Of course I have multiple copies of the ones with my paintwork in them.) :-)~

The first thing I did was offered them to all of my friends, customers and newfound model car buddies. I didn't have to do anything else! They swarmed in....sorted for issues and articles they wanted..... and about 4 weeks later had bought every one! (except for a couple hundred that I could not part with!)

Today I don't even stop at the magazine racks any more. I watch my drag race coverage on TV, and can get obcessed whenever I want with all of the internet information that is available.

What is your story?