Well said keep up the great work

Well that's told me.

It was me that pointed out this article was coming up in the first place, I am a long term subscriber to the magazine and I think my point about the condition of the car is valid.

Expressing mild disappointment at the colour choice does in no way indicate that I'm denigrating the work the club does to promote the coupe.

There's some touchy people on here.

Fair point Alan, just thought you were being tad pedantic.

Alan,

It was the magazine that requested a Sptint Blue Coupé

It also had to be a completely Standard car as well as being available in Kent, mid week during November and with just a few days notice


Bob

Bob,


Well, had I known that..........



I'd have kept my mouth shut

live'n'learn

Last time a black e39 5 series BMW from the bmw5 forum was in TotalBMW, they did use a spray on substance. ( More a satin effect iirc )

odd that they didn't take any outside shots . . true they have shown a daily driven 'the kind you would expect to see if shopping for one ', but surely a shot of it on a road moving would have been nice to

anyways, 'grats all concerned, I'm sure theres a few peeps now looking for a coupe to play with. ( including my Mother lol )

I see the editors own 20v na is still for sale .. thought that would have been long gone !

I actually like the fact that Auto Italia try to feature owners and enthusiasts cars as much as possible. There are though a few problems with using private cars. Often the photo shoots are weather dependant, so if it rains / snows etc the whole thing could be called off. Not so nice if someone has taken the day off work and driven a few hundred miles to attend.

I dare say it would be a lot easier for Auto Italia to always use dealer / trader supplied cars. Dealers can ensure the example provided is pristine, they could also hand the car over for a few days too, giving the magazine much greater flexibility. The payback for the dealer of course would be a nice four page advert.

So what ideas do people have for a 2009 Coupé Feature?

I have already suggested that it would be nice if they could do a Fiat Coupé 15 Year anniversary article with 16Vs & 16Vts.

Bob

Typical now I've I sold 16V

tailpipe is dirtier, cap missing off the number plate srcrew, and I'm pretty sure the oil is low

The 16v thing would be very apt ..

Another idea I'd like to see is one of each ... A 16v na, 16vt, 20v na, 20vt ... and maybe the specials / others, the 1.8, the LE, the plus, and any others that were produced all in one article .. now that would be a proper logistical accomplishment

Never seen a 1.8 or special edition or even the 1.4!! in the UK

Ahh ... maybe an article on all the coupe variants available for purchase in the UK then

1.4 !! And I used to think the 1.8 was a ridiculous idea

Just subscribed, so cant wait to recieve this months issue

Any chance of anybody posting up a scan of the article ?

Nope. We've built up a good relationship with Auto Italia and there's no chance that we will risk damaging that by allowing scanned articles to be posted here.

Well said.

I saw Ed's car in "the metal" at the AGM and I don't think he'll mind me saying it looked a tad "used" as it's a daily driver (as mine is). I think the studio pics look overall, especially given the stipulated timeframe set by Auto Italia. Well done Ed for getting it to that standard so quickly and for stepping up to the plate in the first place.

If you subscribe, you have the option of starting with current, or next issue ..

So if your quick

I still haven't found a copy. £7.50 delivered to me seems a bit steep if I order online.

symonh2000 All these places sell it




M MCCOLL CTN
15 BURFORD ROAD, CARTERTON, OXFORD, OX18 3AG, Telephone: 01993 846211 Approx. distance:1.2 miles, 1.9 km


INDEPENDENT NEWSAGENT
4 BRIZE NORTON ROAD, MINSTER LOVELL, WITNEY, OX29 0SE, Telephone: 01993 775402 Approx. distance:2.1 miles, 3.4 km


M MCCOLL CTN
9 MARKET SQUARE, WITNEY, OXON, OX28 6AB, Telephone: 01993 702663 Approx. distance:4.0 miles, 6.4 km


WH SMITH
12 WOOLGATE CENTRE, WITNEY, OXON, OX28 6AP, Telephone: 01993 703230 Approx. distance:4.0 miles, 6.4 km


LONDIS
107 HAILEY ROAD, WITNEY, OXON, OX28 1HJ, Telephone: 01993 702515 Approx. distance:4.3 miles, 6.9 km

Mark s newsagent on STATION ROAD, HASLEMERE, SURREY, GU27 2PE sell it

Or £4.20 including postage from the magazine distributor, MMC 01483 210353

Thanks for that Paul.

The usual place I buy it is minster Lovell, but they didn't have it.

The Martin Mccoll Carterton never has it, and the Londis on hailey road witney never has it either.

That leaves me with 2 more to try.

If you have no joy let me know. I'll pick one up for you today and post to you at cost.

Cheers mate.
I will attempt to get one again tomorrow, if I have no luck ill give you a shout.

Loads in WHS in Reading, anyone want me to get one and post it at cost?

No coupe articles this issue ( 154 ) , but next month has a trio of 1990's potential Italian classics ( coop, 'grale, gtv )

Sweet, that one be mine!

Bought it here in Sweden too, great article for once! Pretty spot on and now they got it more right for all future articles too probably..
Great work lobbying for it!
Wish we had better success with certain swedish mags..
(whenever in Sweden, buy Automobil not Bilsport.. )