I've had a look through Steve's copies when they've dropped through the door and as a magazine designer, some of the things in there make me want to cry. That mag could be gorgeous, but they make some basic design mistakes that could be easily fixed. (In fact I've thought of mocking up a few designs and emailing the publishers, but didn't want to risk offending them!)
Whilst I obviously don't know Total Impreza's situation specifically, publishing as a whole is taking a real downturn at the moment. Mags are paid for by advertising, not subscriptions and companies either can't afford to advertise, won't commit to series deals or can't pay their bills when they have advertised! As a result publishers 'recycle' content more and more to keep editorial costs down (possibly why you're seeing skylines in an impreza mag).
Publishers (generally speaking) are also skimping on pagination and print/paper quality to cut production costs, which could explain why TI are chasing for club info and then not using it. Chances are they were coming up short on advertising that month and needed to cut pages at the last minute to keep costs down - the club page won't make them any money in advertising so it'll be one of the first to go.
All that doesn't help you enjoy the mag any more, but might explain some of the points people have raised.