[NeighborsComplaint]

Originally Posted by KJL

This sucks. Just re-upped for another three years last weekend. Was holding off to the last minute. Guess I was thinking something like this would happen.
Wonder what mag, if any, they will substitute?

I did the same thing. I missed not having something to read in the bathroom and I guess my timing was not so good.

[ultraman]

Boooooooo! I liked HPP since the thunder am days. better than pontiac enthusist.pardon the spelling,I before E except after C,weird!

[RLEbird]

I stare at a computer screen 9-10 hours a day, and it's a true pleasure for me to flip through the pages of my favorite publications. You can take a magazine anywhere; it doesn't run out of battery life or need an Internet signal, it can be left on a beach towel without fear of being stolen, or get covered in grease out in the garage. Ever try scrolling through pages on a tablet with greasy hands?

[Drag Star Le Mans]

Glad I didn't send money for new sub. So my last issue is the second to last issue. Thats fine with me it was getting pretty thin.

[red1975pacer]

Had my old 68 on the cover June 2007. Great people, sorry to see them go

[70 bird]

So what month was the last issue?? August?

[YNOBIL]

Originally Posted by 70 bird

So what month was the last issue?? August?

September is printed and should be released next Friday the 6th.

[fiedlerh]

A CD with the archive of all the past issues of HHP would be an "Acceptable" send off gift in my opinion.

That's an excellent idea!

Too bad they didn't finish the GTO series articles.

Does that leave POCI Smoke Signals as the last Pontiac magazine? Perhaps it's time to check them out again.

[Red Goat]

Sorry to see it go! Been a long time reader. I feel bad for Chris and all the contributors! Great bunch of car guys...

[1969GTO]

I just received the August issue, all sad true dat but no one but me I guess is showing concern for the young lady that rest her booty on the Formula TA on page 45.
Gonna miss you honey (

[gtohurstjudge]

This turn of events was as predictable as the sun coming up in the morning.
Tom Demauro knew the end was coming....that's why he bailed out and landed at Hemmings.
The magazine got smaller and smaller and the last few issues had very cheap quality paper
used for the pages....almost like newspaper. No surprise at all. Let's recap....there was no
High Performance Studebaker, Hudson, Oldsmobile, Plymouth, or AMC. Why should there be a
High Performance Pontiac mag? Even High Performance Buick would make more sense....at least they
still make Buicks.

[1969GTO]

your right....there was NO hi-perf [your list] only PONTIACTION

[Held for Ransom]

I've wondered why they didn't try a B-O-P themed magazine.

2 more years of Hot Rod probably. You would hope they would go the opposite what they did when MCR first went under.

[71SportRagtop]

The internet is here and here to stay and it's knocking everything else out of it's way. It was only a matter of time before something like this happened. I've heard guys talk about referencing an old magazine to find out info. Fine, but Google or Youtube are much better and quicker reference tools.

I'm 46 years old and I grew up on car magazines. Over the years I've subscribed to Hot Rod, Car Craft, Musclecar Review and a few oddballs that are no longer around. I remember one in particular called "Cars Illustrated" where the guys cursed and called guys ***s and stuff. I guess in hindsight I can see why that magazine isn't around anymore but it was kind of funny to see a car magazine where they shot from the hip.

I let my subscriptions to everything but Musclecar Review run out. It seemed to me that these car mags got an idea in their head that something was popular and then they shoved it down your throat. (how many 1st gen Camaro's have you seen in Car Craft??)

When I got my Firebird 2 years ago, I subscribed to HPP. I thought it was OK at best. Look, I know that I'll get fried for this but I didn't subscribe to a high performance Pontiac mag to read about a Solstice. To me they are a girls car like a Miata and I don't care how much HP you squeeze out of the motor, it's still a girl car to me. But there was one in my HPP mag and I knew then and there that I was not re-upping my subscription.

I'm sorry for the people who lost their jobs but not surprised.

[Diego]

Freiburger is now the editor's boss, so it still has the same flavor as before. Freiburger can still be found on Roadkill.

And, of course, it bears repeating again that our own Don Keefe has an article in the current edition of Hot Rod magazine.

[455firebird1969]

I recently made negative comments regarding the camaro on the front cover of HPP (several months ago). The next month I praised the fact a chevy was several pages in, instead of on the cover. I renewed my subscription for three years after making these comments, because I love Pontiac's and HPP magazine, even with the encroachment of chevy coverage. I wonder if people like myself openly criticizing HPP had any part in the decision to kill it? Maybe, maybe not, I guess it's water under the bridge at this point.

I was sorry to see the Pontiac V-8 engines go back in the seventies. I was sorry to see the Pontiac line killed by GM a few years ago. Now I'm sorry to see HPP go, especially for those who lost their job, times are tough for the unemployed that want to work in many job fields.

It is going to be a long two and a half years for our economy, with the upcoming regulations aimed at everything that leads to economic growth. Unemployment is bound to get worse.

[77 Canamman]

I was looking forward to my last issue featuring the 1973 GTO.. Since my subscription was going to run out with two more issues. As with just about everything in the past, the '73 GTO always has gotten the shaft.

[azbirds]

I have HHP back to Thunder Am, in binders year by year, and it will be sorely missed! Yeah, some of the articles didn't appeal to me, but it was still better than reading about other junk. The one magazine that I did butcher was the yellow T/A on the cover in the Eighties(Screaming Yellow Zonker), it was on the cover, with a bowtie in the grill!! I feel for the people that lost jobs, and feel this magazine is still relevant. When PE folded into the other mag, they wanted to give me the new mag in its place, and I told them to keep my money because there is no way in hell I would ever have a mag with sections for corvette, mustang etc. and no section for Pontiac. R.I.P HPP

[Garry Sr]

For all you guys gutting switched over to HRM make sure you demand your free hat.

[GOAT WHORE]

Originally Posted by Garry Sr

For all you guys gutting switched over to HRM make sure you demand your free hat.

Ya, put it right next to my 20 "jeg jeg JEG's" hats.