Latest Panorama issue

[RandallNeighbour]

I received my copy at the beginning of the week. Thinking it would be just as lousy as it has since I receive my first copy in 2004, I skimmed the pages and made my way to the classifieds to drool over preowned cars I can't afford... and then I read an article. All the way through too!

And then--gasp!--I read another one!

So I searched the front pages to find out the editor's name and lo and behold, an editor from Excellence has taken over for the old lady who had the lead editor position for 30 YEARS (she should have retired a loooooong time ago in my opinion).

In his letter from the Editor, he said there would be small changes to the content and the physical size of the magazine would grow to a more normal size mid year and that all the changes would be evolutionary (read minor and slowly implemented).

Of course, I had to fire off an email to him and tell him that having two interesting articles to read in one issue isn't evolutionary for Panorama, but REVOLUTIONARY and to keep up the great work.

BTW, I also told him that if he ever wanted to do a story on what may be the most repaired boxster in the USA, I'd be happy to let him interview me and take pix of my car... an idea he said he actually liked! That, of course, came from his Excellence roots. PCNA would never allow him to give anyone the impression that our cars require a lot of maintenance when they're 8-10 years old or more and the parts are crappy and wear out prematurely, but it was a nice thought. (I think I'll write the article and send it in to Excellence where it may actually get published.)

All this to say, if you've sworn off even opening the envelope when your copy of Panorama comes in, give it another look. The article on the last slantnose turbo to leave the factory with leather everything (even the freaking tailpipe is leather clad!) is worth a read.