I just want to say I've personally never been able to use any of the forum/club specialists due to living far away from them, but I can still appreciate the work they do to keep Coops on the road.
No doubt there will be capable mechanics across the UK and indeed the world who may not be Coop specialists but are nonetheless able to use their skills and initiative to do a professional job.
But when you're stood there at a garage, on a cold morning, with dry and cracked knuckles, trying to get something straightforward (for a Coop specialist) fixed and you've got a wheezing mechanic with a bad cold who has never worked on Fiat Coupes, dripping snot all over your engine bay, while being told by the overconfident owner (who has, at best, an okay track record with your Coupe) what to do, you find yourself thinking, "Hmm, you know, the new Ford Mondeo does look quite a bit like an Aston Martin."
Thank you specialists!