Hot Rod Magazine Reviews

by GSOfan

I have cleared cache and reload HotRodMagazine but when I don’t have WiFi I can’t view downloaded magazines

by Run Bigdawg Run

This is simply a copy of the magazine. It is not worth ANY extra money. Keep your magazine subscription until they actually produce a truly digital version like Wired magazine. (Wired does not charge extra for it's digital version like Hot Rod does.) Hot Rod is a great magazine. This digital copy is pitiful.

by Anxoutlaw

I was excited when I saw past issues in the view list but found out that you have to buy them at $5.99 each. You do get access to the current and all future magazines, but no past issues are part of the subscription. Very disappointed as there was no indication of this until I subscribed and that would have influenced my choice to subscribe. The issues are basically copies of the magazine, ads and all. Not bad, but some access to past issues (even a limited number) would have been nice. Or at least a discount for members. $5.99 for a single past issue vs $9.99 a year is pretty steep!!! $.99 each would seem to be a compromise that would be a slight gain over membership prices.

by SkolerBill

Not worth trying.

by Bmwgsridr1

The old version work great. New update and now I can not view my purchases. Have tried for days now to restore them on my iPad and iPhones and still nothing. I should not be this hard. I would really like to do a little reading but sadly I can’t.

by Bajapitter

I’ve had the digital subscription for a few years now and it is horrible. Randomly it will log you out and you have to contact HotRodMagazine to get logged back in. They think this is ok. In the help section they say that you will have to log in multiple time in a 24 hour period to get logged on. How is this ok?

by Not Hot Rodding

This ap crashes after every use. I have to delete, reinstall and re-download each issue then it crashes again. Emailed them and only response was I sent email to wrong department. Try and figure out where to send an email on ap - doesn't exist. I want a refund or covert to paper issues. Do not get this ap until it is fixed.

by J. A. H.

HotRodMagazine is terrible, I have other digital subscriptions that are far superior to this one. The text and photos are very small, and the photo resolution is so poor that when you try and zoom it to. See detail it is horribly blurred. I'll be asking for a cancellation and refund. John H.

by Yellow69camaro

All this does is show the pages of the magazine. At least with Motor Trend's app, you get related video and other pics that are not in the print version, and it is from the same publisher!!! Also, I have been a print subscriber to Hot Rod for over 30 years, the iPad version should be FREE to print subscribers. I feel like Source Interlink is double dipping by charging for print and digital and just giving the same thing twice.

by DylanCarreira

This could be a better app. It's sort of annoying to navigate through and it closes out a lot. It's a sweet idea and I'll probably still keep it just be prepared to use patience..

by Rangeraragorn

The mag looks great on my iPad, but I'm disappointed that the issues aren't free to download for print subscribers. I'd love to have a collection of Hot Rod mags on my iPad, but not if I have to pay for the digital copy in addition to the print copy I already get in the mail.

Great mag - I've given up on several car magazines I've subscribed to over the years, but Hot Rod continues to feature great cars, nice write ups, and sharp photos. Worth subscribing to, but not twice the subscription price.

by Jefflaw61

Have deleted and re downloaded app with no success. Bought my subscription through iOS app store on my iPad. Tried restore and no luck. My subscription is for a year. Sent two emails with photo of my subscription verified on HotRodMagazine store. Still no luck. Thank you.

by Big Daddy Lightfoot

I have been reading Hot Rod magazine since I was a kid. If that doesn't say it all nothing will. Best of all ridding magazines bar none. Keep up the good work.

by Davy78901

Look, I love Hot Rod and used to subscribe non-electronically for years. If I didn't love the magazine so much, I would probably rate HotRodMagazine 2-3 stars. That is because I pay for a year's subscription to this, Car Craft, and Popular Hot Rodding and always have major problems getting my new issue EVERY MONTH! Even when my friend has the new issue issue on his tablet, I go to HotRodMagazine and allow it to "update" and nothing pops up. Then after turning my iPad on and off, checking each time, it MIGHT pop up. Sometimes it takes a week, sometimes a minute after a reset to get the new issue to show.
Yet when I finally get a new issue to show, it always says I have to pay. I then have to hit the upper right hand tab to reacquire old issues by entering in my iTunes password. This sometimes also works sometimes with the problem explained in the above paragraph to get an issue to appear when resetting and waiting doesn't work.
So every month, I have to wait and hope for an episode to appear just to have to go through the paces of letting HotRodMagazine know I have a subscription just to get the new issue.
EVEN WITH ALL THIS, I still love it and wouldn't give it up. It is Hot Rod man!!!

P.S.
The new app does have better resolution although I like the older layout better.

HOT ROD,
I LOVE YOU!

by Dragstk

I've been reading Hot Rod for more than 20 yrs. I like the magazine. Recently I switched over to an I pad for subscriptions. I've had some trouble getting to display older issues of my subscription. More frustrating has been it keeps "losing " my subscription

by Nascar24jd

Great app, but it is now broken in iOS 8. Please fix.

by CarGuy2001

Love having Hot Rod on my iPad 3. The text is always sharp. Images look fine except when you zoom in too much. Love the connivence too!

by Oneshoe50

Like the quality and ability to resize the pictures to view more detail. Good links to vendor sites.

by MLThomps

Hot Rod on my i-devices, love it!

by AlecS.ThePhotographer1000

Always been a huge fan of Hot Rod Mag, and that hasn't faltered. Still the same, fantastic magazine; demonstrating a true balance between intelligence and pure amusement. Cheers.

by TheMadJester

I have used other magazine apps that were glitchy and dropped out to the background screen so I was apprehensive to subscribe for the online Hot Rod. I could not be further front the truth with HotRodMagazine. It works perfectly, even allowing me to leave to lookup up more info on the internet and come right back to where I left off. Very happy and now I can take my Hot Rod on the road without packing anything more than my iPad. Obviously this wasn't designed by the Roadkill guys!