Guys,sorry not to have posted earlier,but its my coupe they are using,i emailed piccies of the car and they like the colour etc,they will be phoning today with details of where the studio is etc

Fair play to you solas - Nick told me I'd just missed out. Best of luck and get polishing!!

Nice one, at least I don't have to spend all day Sunday polishing!
Solas, will you let us know when they expect to broadcast the shoot?

I had my car valeted 10 days ago so its allready nice and shiny,i dont use it exept for wekkend runs and of course coupe meets

...you can never Autoglym enough matey ;o)

Well done solas

As shown on Fifth Gear placard is being made up now for the Tatton Park show

A purple rinse coupe on TV, the world's going to think we're gay

solas put some pics of your coupe on please, cant wait to see what will be on 5th gear representing

Apparently some girls from my mate's work reckon his new Porto is more 'lavender' than blue

Latest update looks like the filming will now be done in Manchester awaiting further info

latest update, filming will be at Trafford park Manchester on monday morning. There will be 3 other cars being featured
The presenter is Jonny Smith who is doing a weekly feature about what to look for when buying cars.The filming will take up to 2 hours per car,i hour for setting up the lighting and an hour filming,The cars service history will also be talked about so they have requested that i take to take the service records with me.

So they'll probaly just bang on about the red key for 5 minutes, or the £1200 engine out for cambelt changes?

solas, you'll have to let us know if they tell you when it will be screened

Yeah and someone should record it for me.

In fact - you should ask for a digital version for us to put online for viewing.

once finished they will send me a DVD and let me know the date its on telly

Dont worry i will be putting them right on a few misconceptions re coupe maintenance

i will make sure you get a copy Kayjey
By the way its a long time since we were on that coupe meet to Luxembourg eh Kayjey visiting those castles.and lunching in that picturesque town, 15 coupes at that meet if i remember correctly.

See if paul or rog will allow you to print out a service price list, which you can handily leave at the top of the service history file

A Portofino Blue coupe? On TV? Representing all Fiat Coupes, the club and forum?

I like this ^

Ah Solas = Derek = Achiles. Nice to know. We had a great time there at Castle Beaufort. Nice to see you still have the Coupe - and actually (very) active visitor! Even more probably the 'greyest' member on the Forum, not? Are you still doing Euro-trips with the Coupe?

Actually - I went back to Beaufort just a week or 2-3 ago.

Good luck with the filming!

Right, guys and gals,thats me back from filming.Are you sitting comfortably them i'll begin.
Decided to go over to Manchester last night as i didn't fancy a 0530 start,(it's an age thing Ailsa and me arrived at the Ramada hotel in Salford Quays about 2100, had a few drinks and off to beddy-byes. We were staying about 5 mins' drive from the studio. Arrived at the studio at 9am as requsted to be met by the Director, Phil Hawkins, and the presenter, Jonny Smith, both top guys. We were the first car to be done (the other cars were a VW Corrado, an MR2 and a Jag), it took a couple of hours for them to set up the lighting etc. Then the filming and dialogue started(I took quite a few piccies so if someone would like to host them for me i can email them. The idea behind the filming was finding the best 'cheapskate alternative' - our was the alternative to a Ferrari. Didn't like that phrase.
I know everyone will be interested in the dialogue,but, unfortunately, the script was already written and i did not have much opportunity to add in what i and everyone else would like to say, i did, however, manage to change the misconception that you have to remove the engine to change the cambelt, i also gave Jonny a copy of various service price lists. You will know doubt be disappointed with the content when it appears on the telly, but as Jonny was saying, he would love to have a 10min slot to discuss the merits of one paticular car but the TV company will just not sanction this idea. I do not know what the finished article will be as the script only covered a few points, e.g. "when buying a used 20vt ask if the cambelt has been changed in the last 36000 miles".? e.g. (with bonnet open)"if you see or feel hot air escaping suspect a cracked manifold as it is difficult to get to when a car has air con as this one has". As i said, don't be too disappointed over the content as i am assured that they will also be singing the car's praises as well.
All in all, it was a very interesting experience and i was amazed at what the lighting guys did with the set, it was very eerie driving on to the set as you couldn't tell where the floor joined the walls as everything was white, to you climbing guys it was like driving in a white-out.

'cheapskate alternative?' CHEAPSKATE ALTERNATIVE!?!? why the fccuk do they have to use that phrase?

Well done Derek

You did explain the coupe also comes in ungay colours too

well done derek,looking forward to seeing on the tele

Nah he just explained that some owners aren't man enough to drive the best coloured ones..

Nice one Derek. Thanks for keeping us posted.