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WALL & ALL
Another year has pretty much flown by and what a year it was. The magazine has literally gone from strength to strength and things are always on the up and up. The industry has grown more than anyone ever expected, which could have something to do with getting coverage in the country’s biggest magazine that focuses on the market.
Actually, the impending Speed & Sound TV program will be putting the industry in an even brighter spotlight. Nothing reaches the masses like television, so that’ll be interesting to say the least.
The Metro have been getting worse with modified cars, pretty much targeting all the well looked after and loved sexy cars instead of the toasted deathtraps called taxis. Inflation has increased by too much and the price of petrol is just getting plain ridiculous. It’s actually becoming harder to be part of the modified car gang. How am I meant to save for a new set of wheel bearing when I can’t afford the petrol to put in the car to get the car to Big Boss who will be doing the job for me? Damn pathetic 4th world government!
There have also been some new magazines hitting the shelves in an attempt to gain some of the market we own. They’re not quite on the same quality level as us yet, but hey, you gotta start somewhere. Some healthy competition would be good. Luckily we have a damn brilliant team that has always done their best to make this magazine a success. Years of hard work have finally paid off.
On to the issue at hand… This is the Christmas issue which traditionally should have a sexy lady somewhere in the pages, but in this case, there isn’t one. Since we’re doing the Bonnet Babes competition, we decided that you’ve had more than enough exposure top sexy ladies for the year. When the studio shots of the ladies come back, we’ll show you something really special. On the features front, we have some cool rides, as usual.
Cover car is an ICE feature, and you have to admit, it’s super hot filled with all the best bits available, done by Van’s Auto. There’s a unique Superboss turbo in the brightest yellow you’ve ever seen owned by Nick Hadjiphanis whose other Opel will be in the ICE section next month. There’s a 325iS turbo in gloss black, viva kushesh! We already have a Golf 5 sorted with the hottest kit imaginable from the boys at Raceline in Vanderbijl. The best Civic we’ve seen in ages also graces these pages. It makes killer power at moderate boost, and it’s a dentists car (the second dentist we’ve featured with a fast car!). There’s a damn quick 8v aspirated Golf from Motech as well as an aspirated shootout that ended up being VW vs Honda. There’s a few events from around Gauteng like North vs South, the day at Zwartkops by GTi International and Rietspruit drags. We also have the out of town trip to Ermelo. Technical stuff includes fitting electric windows and some interesting stuff on detonation in your engine. Turn to the back for SA Dragster where you’ll get the big power, even some different stuff like a 700hp V8 motors in a boat!
Last month we had a marriage proposal in my column and I asked for an update, well here it is for those of you that are nosy buggers. Juanita sent us this message:
“ I am very pleased to say that Wynand said yes! You guys made it very special to us and I can’t thank you enough! I got the SnS mag on Monday 25th October and everything happened on that Monday night. In the dorpie where we live everybody knows everybody, especially the guys with the turbo toys. The mag reached the dorpie only on the Thursday. On the Friday, me and Wynand were the big talk of this little town. People that I do not even know came up to me and started talking to me about the very 'romantic' thing I did for
Wynand. And some of them talked to me about how bad marriage can be for two very young kids like us. I just nodded and said “ja tannie”. We do not have a date yet. We are not in a big hurry, we are very happy living in our little flat in our little dorpie. Thanks again. We will remember this for the rest of our lives. We will even tell this tale to our grandchildren” – Juanita.
So there you have it, a happy ending for everyone! One last thing, the Christmas season is full of wankers on the roads, so just be on the lookout for them and get your survival skills honed. Merry Christmas to everyone who celebrates it and happy holidays to the rest of you. Nicci, I said you’d get a mention, so here it is – A mention.
Krutch