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Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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23/07/2009 13:38
23/07/2009 13:38
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davejones81
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So.....I'm reading my Auto Italia and it says that fccuk are going to attempt to break the world record for the number of coops in one place at the Autumn Auto Italia event. Has his been discussed anywhere on here at all?
I've seen it briefly mentioned but thought it might be good to get a topic up and going on it specifically as I think we should make one HUGE concerted effort to do this.
Thing is, do we know the current record or of any other attempts? It would be great for us all to really have a good go at this, and it's not long off now! Maybe even get some sort of promotion of the event with t-shirts/stickers etc?
I appreciate this should maybe be in a meet/events thread but please mods can we keep this thread in general chat as it will hopefully involve disussion of the whole record attempt and what it may entail.
Finally, forgive me if there are or have been discussions or threads on this already.
Cheers
Dave
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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23/07/2009 13:41
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It was discussed in the members section. It was decided, however, that there was insufficient time to set it up for this year and to defer it until next year.
There was a bit of a mis-communication with AI whereby an enquiry was made about staging it at the Gaydon event and they seem to have gone ahead and published it before we had confirmed it would go ahead.
Last edited by mattB; 23/07/2009 13:42. Reason: NOTE: This is my understanding at my last point of involvement - happy to be over-ruled by anyone more in the know.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: stan]
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23/07/2009 13:46
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Ah, if only you spent the £15 and joined the Club, then we'd be able to tell you all about this! Anyway, I'll let one of the other board members tell you about the issues we're having with this I am a member (got the quality t-shirt a couple of months ago ), am I missing out on newsletters? EDIT: Just tried members only section and am locked out.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: mattB]
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23/07/2009 13:48
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It was discussed in the members section. It was decided, however, that there was insufficient time to set it up for this year and to defer it until next year.
There was a bit of a mis-communication with AI whereby an enquiry was made about staging it at the Gaydon event and they seem to have gone ahead and published it before we had confirmed it would go ahead. Ah right, I see. That's a shame! Still, can we do a dry run this year and get a huge turn out, along the lines of Brooklands this year??? (but with me actually there with the (hopefully) healthy coop!)
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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23/07/2009 14:03
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[quote=davejones81 I am a member
EDIT: Just tried members only section and am locked out. [/quote]
Did you renew your membership for this year? Your '08 - '09 membership was due for renewal in April.
Best give bockers a shout.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: mattB]
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23/07/2009 14:34
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[quote=davejones81 I am a member
EDIT: Just tried members only section and am locked out. Did you renew your membership for this year? Your '08 - '09 membership was due for renewal in April. Best give bockers a shout. [/quote] Ah I see, thanks.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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23/07/2009 14:55
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has any body suggested dates for next year
Last edited by Countrycruising; 23/07/2009 14:57. Reason: didnt think before i posted
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: Countrycruising]
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23/07/2009 15:00
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alongs if the meet is after april then myself + misses (in her VIS) and chalky should be there because we are in Afghanistan until late April.
LE53 (452BHp & 389ftlb's with Quaife) Wine red VIS FOOFY Audi RS4 B7
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: cowboy]
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23/07/2009 23:39
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I honestly think if its promoted heavily here we could EASILY beat 100.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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24/07/2009 00:46
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The team have been working on this idea for some time but have come up against a few problems.
The first is the actual recording of Coupé numbers. It was decided that we would need to get a venue where ALL the Coupés could be photographed, in isolation of all other vehicles. This would enable the club to submit its own record verification backed up with photographs. This would save the club the £2000+ fee for an official GWR adjudicator.
As Cowboy has already pointed out the AGM normally attracts a good number of Coupé owners so we decided that we would plan an attempt in conjunction with the 2009 club AGM. A benefit of this decision was that there was also a Gaydon Auto Italia event on that weekend too, further increasing the chances of a large coupé turnout. The problems started when Auto Italia / Gaydon informed us that they would have to charge an extra fee, over and above the entry fee, to each and every coupé participating in the assembly on the circuit, there was also a further issue regarding taking photographs on the circuit at Gaydon! We were offered the possibility of a specific parking area but we were unsure how separate from all other cars this would be. We need to be able to provide clear photographic evidence of all the Coupés together if we were to secure a record.
With the club committed to a Hotel booking for the AGM in Solihull, we were limited to what other venue we could use. Some places were contacted but we had to consider that if we did make plans to go elsewhere, on Sunday, we would then have to completely pull out of the Auto Italia event. The club decided that such a move would not probably be in the best interests of the club or its members.
So that is where we are. I have to say that I was shocked to see the attempt announced in Auto Italia. Beyond the initial enquiry, and a few the subsequent emails there has been little communication, and no commitment was ever made.
The recent decision in the member’s area was to postpone the attempt until 2010, do people think that is the best option?
Bob
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: cowboy]
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24/07/2009 11:06
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if this dose come up next year it should realy be done in the none members area our we will never get the numbers we need.also do you think that the RAF might be able to help us out,they might if they think its going in a mag I agree that a discussion in the general forum will reach out to more people. I, for one, would be prepared to 'donate' towards the attempt regarding the extra fee auto italia/gaydon were proposing for a location but it is obviously a difficult one to get everyone else to agree to in short notice. But is it worth maybe getting an initial response to the possibility of doing it this year? Is photographic evidence going to be sufficient? It's very easy to add the odd coupe or two with photoshop these days!?!? Thanks for clearing up the current situation for us thus far Bob
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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24/07/2009 16:52
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you can count me in to this!
willing to help out with any thing!!!
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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25/07/2009 13:06
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I admit I was surprised this was only discussed in the members area!
I think just getting an idea of numbers interested in taking part would be a good start. As far as I'm aware we all had to give an email address to join so there is a start, a blanket email to every club and forum member asking for their interest.
I imagine there are hundreds of member interested in this that know nothing about it, there are plenty of guys and girls who only come on here once in a blue moon, usually when something goes wrong!
Got to be worth a punt surely?
Gareth
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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27/07/2009 00:14
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Or not it would seem!
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: cowboy]
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27/07/2009 00:39
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I think the banking at Brooklands is ideal at the spring auto italia, we can use the bridge for the aerial shot. That's my thoughts on it! p.s. I've never been to Gaydon so can't comment on its suitability but I think the history at brooklands make it a great location. Here's mine on the banking last year...I'll see if I can find photo's from the bridge. I really think this is do-able, I realise alfa normally have that spot but maybe we do it very early or at the end of the day, or even make it a main feature of next years show........ Dave
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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27/07/2009 01:07
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Here's the view looking from the bridge away from my car in my previous post. This view is from the bridge towards where my car is on the pic in the previous post. I hope you can agree that this has potential to be great!
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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27/07/2009 08:56
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I admit I was surprised this was only discussed in the members area!
I think just getting an idea of numbers interested in taking part would be a good start. As far as I'm aware we all had to give an email address to join so there is a start, a blanket email to every club and forum member asking for their interest.
I imagine there are hundreds of member interested in this that know nothing about it, there are plenty of guys and girls who only come on here once in a blue moon, usually when something goes wrong!
Got to be worth a punt surely?
Gareth It’s only an idea at this stage – reason it’s not happening at the AGM is there’s not time to get it properly organised, not because of a failure to get enough people. I agree that the required numbers could probably be achieved, but I don’t think it’s going to be a 2 minute job to organise and the more time that is allowed to get it prepared properly then the more likely it is to be a success. I guess at the very least it’ll turn out to be a very good meet, even if the record attempt wasn’t successful.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
[Re: Nigel]
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27/07/2009 21:43
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If Coupes tried to park on the Brooklands banking, there would be a world record number of Coupe accidents in one place, as at least half of them would simply roll down the slope Thats a 'no go' Nigel....park on the banking.....how will we all cheak our oil ?
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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27/07/2009 22:04
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If Coupes tried to park on the Brooklands banking, there would be a world record number of Coupe accidents in one place, as at least half of them would simply roll down the slope simple, use blocks like the 599 and lambo's did this year! I think it would look superb.
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Re: Fiat Coupe World Record Attempt
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27/07/2009 22:43
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Wonder how much they would charge us for the pleasure?
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