I did a general cleaning of the house this afternoon and finally got the chance to arrange my son’s car magazine collections. They occupied our 2 floors and 2 rows in the magazine cabinet. When I have classified types of car magazine my son has collected so far, they total almost a hundred now since he started acquiring them two years ago.

I remember the first time Kyle had his first glance of the TopGear Magazine way back January of 2006. He will just about a year and 10 months old at that time. His aunt gave him the copy of of Topgear Magazine from her monthly subscription. She subscribed because she knows how Kyle loves cars so much. From then on, Kyle would always ask her aunt where is his new magazine every time they have a chance to meet.

Kyle’s passion about cars started when he saw the movie Cars. Aside from the monthly TopGear subscription courtesy of his aunt, he also want us to buy other car magazines every time we shop. Magazines such as C!, Automobile and other American and European Car magazines we’d see in a book store. He even let us buy used car books.

I remember back then every time he is scanning his magazine he had to ask me what car is this and that sometimes two to three times a day. Imagine he has to ask you all cars that were featured in 2006 and 2007 buyers guide where new cars are featured. That’s the reason why he can now identify almost all car brands from Asian, American even the expensive European cars which we only see on TV and in the movies. He can tell one from the other by mere looking at the car’s logo. He can even identify it by looking at the side. But his favorite car is Volvo, specifically the XC90 model.

I was able to count my son’s TopGear Magazine collections and they reach up to 27 issues already. We only missed 1 or 2 issues, but I’m not sure maybe we only misplaced it if not already damaged it. I remember when Kyle was still two years old, he’d tear a page every time he’d like the car and then he’d carry it anywhere he’d go.

Aside from 27 issues we have, we also secured 4 back issues of TopGear wayback in 2005 from Filbars and aside from 12 copies including August 2007 issue where he was chosen to be featured in the “Letter of the Month” section which, of course, is his most favorite one.

My son has C! magazine collections too since Jan 2007 and has lots of American Automobile, Nascar, Trucks, Collections, Vintage Car Magazines and books as well.

As for car toys, he now has almost a hundred of Matchbox, Tomica, Hot Wheels and Maisto die-cast vehicles, Shell Gas Ferraris, a couple of 1/43 cars from Maisto and Kinsmart. Plus many, many China plastic cars and trucks.

Vernon Sarne, Editor-in-Chief of TopGear Magazine owes Kyle a lot of thanks J! Anyway if we will have a chance Kyle and I would like to visit him in their new office. Anyway I have to thank car magazines too because through them, my son knows his alphabet and learned to identify colors.