Magazine Technical Accuracy

Couldn't agree more JW, I don’t buy any motoring mags for this reason. I find they are purely advertising propaganda for car manufacturers.

I have always found it funny that every vehicle they test is "excellent" in some respect. They even gave the Lada Niva "4wd of the year" in the late 80's.

As for the accessory articles, you said it! I have yet to find a article that even comes close to providing the information that you can find on the internet in 5 minutes.

Anyway thats my morning grump out of the way.

It seems some disagree with you

an·ten·na (?n-t?n'?)
n., pl. -ten·nae (-t?n'?).
Zoology. One of the paired, flexible, segmented sensory appendages on the head of an insect, myriapod, or crustacean functioning primarily as an organ of touch.
Something likened to this sensory appendage, as in function or form: sensitive public relations antennae.
pl. -nas. A metallic apparatus for sending or receiving electromagnetic waves.

aerial
Or did you mean: aerial (dance move), Aerial (album), antenna (in electronics)

Dictionary
aer·i·al (âr'?-?l, ?-îr'?-?l)
adj.
Of, in, or caused by the air.
Existing or living in the air.
Reaching high into the air; lofty.
Suggestive of air, as in lightness; airy.
Unsubstantial; imaginary.
Of, for, or by means of aircraft: aerial photography.
Botany. Growing or borne above the ground or water: aerial roots.
n. (âr'?-?l)
A radio ANTENNA, especially one suspended in or extending into the air.

Of interest is that the 3 vehicles in a couple of those photos.....The one with the HF nuit on the back belongs to EO member "GERK SA".....another piccy is of 3 vehicles approaching in convoy up a dirt track....the 4bys belong to Gerk, Me and Pesty!!!

JW, your post should be “Magazine Technical Inaccuracy”. This won’t be the last of these sort of things either – I’ve, and no doubt others have, observed lots of “technical inaccuracies” in this magazine – hence, I too have stopped buying them.

Some photos the article refers to of a vehicle / product review is wrong or the photo was reversed – i.e. – steering wheel on the left side, photo stating it's an underside of a Navara when it’s a Rodeo etc etc – doesn’t anyone edit the mag before printing? This sort of thing is off-putting – if a simple photo is wrong, one would have to suggest the accompanying information is wrong too. The major chop on the back of the "Milo" - where's the mention of a modification plate for that as the chassis is shortened? Too many knee jerk stories to fill up the pages I feel.

Can you get a refund back on the magazine because it’s technically faulty / inaccurate? Doubt it. I’ve got to be accurate every day in my job or it’s a please explain – I can’t get away with it, so why should the staff of this or any other mag let slip.

At nearly $9.00 a month for a glossy mag with 50% advertisements and references as to how much grog needs to be consumed to fix a flat tyre is a totally childish and irresponsible image to portray to the general public. And they just love to Pat (no pun intended) themselves on the back as to how wonderful they are at being number one 4wd magazine – again. Boring.

Enough said.

If you want to talk about technical inaccuracies what about newspapers??!! They are absoultely full of articles that are typically BS or have inaccurate facts. Just look at all the 4x4 bashing articles they have. Yet we all still read the paper daily or time to time.

If we refuse to take in anything that is technically incorrect then we shouldn't listen to 90% of the people working in 4x4 shops (jeez I've heard some cr*p come from these jopints), car dealers, politicians etc etc either!!! The skill is to be able to sort the BS from the fact and learn. Unless you believe that you know everything, then the only way to learn is to read and DO and find out for yourself.

I mean I could stop visiting this site because of some of the BS information that gets sprayed across the pages - but I do read it daily because every now and then I LEARN something and most of the time I get a laugh.

aerial (RADIO) Show phonetics
noun [C] (US ALSO antenna)
a structure made of metal rods or wires which receives or sends out radio or television signals

Aerial is of British origin and antenna is of US origin. So tecnically we should use the former, aerial.

Antenna crept into use in Oz about when TV got going. Presumably the americanisation of our language and habits was acceparated by the coming of the box.

Here is a useful link: http://www.krysstal.com/ukandusa.html