My letter to EVO magazive was met with ........

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

a virtual custard pie ............... !

Having spent a while compling it and no-one reading it I thought i may as well broadcast it here......Maybe it'll get in next month but i doubt it !

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Hi,

I have been meaning to compile this e-letter for over a year but house moves and a hectic work life have hindered progress. I'd be extremely grateful if you would publish this as I believe there will be numerous readers out there who can relate to my tale. I appreciate it's on the long side so won't take offence it's edited accordingly !

Leaving a sticky marque ...

Having been an avid subscriber of evo for several years now it suddenly dawned on me that something has been missing from your damn fine publications of late.

I recall a dry sunny induction friendly winters day a few a years back when I was enduring a not so laborious "business" journey down the infamous A82. Prior to tackling this joyous stretch of tarmac, I remembered reading one of your scintillating articles, detailing an early morning Porsche 911 assault on the aforementioned road. Despite travelling in a lesser weapon, the Civic Type R I was commuting in at the time provided me with a glorious chance to recreate this Stuttgart'esque episode. Armed with some high octane fuel and fresh defensive driving knowledge from a recently Honda MAC course, I took great delight in effortlessly reading the road, safely picking off mundane motorists and generally make great haste. All was going swimmingly until an Italian honed snout appeared rapidly filled my rear view. Closer inspection revealed a F355 in hot pursuit.... Fully anticipating an ageing status obsessed director at the wheel, I opted to toy with the pursuer and test his ability to negotiate some imminent hairpins. He duly accepted the challenge and after manically rifling through the 6 speed box and caning the fade free brakes of the Type R to there full potential, I was forced to into humble submission.

Which brings me to the topic of your recent omissions. Once the prancing horsed had blown past the sleek flanks of the Civic, a familiar decal in the Fezza's rear window was instantly recognisable . It was only then I released that the occupant was a fellow evo aficionado. A discrete yet cherished evo sticker gave the game away. I then tailed the subscriber back into drudgery of suburbia sensing a mutual respect between us. These window stickers were sparingly issued a few years ago and I've since replaced the CTR with a Subaru WRX so this sticker resides with the CTR's new owner ! So in the interest of a) obtaining a fresh one for the new chariot free advertising for yourselves and c) providing a visual indication of a fellow enthusiast whilst en-route, please issue the masses with this cheap but invaluable resource. Having accumulated more points than a sheriffs badge of late, I feel my sticker maybe best be accompanied by a Road Angel.

Best Regards

Calum Shand, Aberdeen ( address supplied )

Keep up the good work folks, this months issue was tremendous.

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Anyone else won anything from these sort of articles ? I know Douster has an EVO sticker - i see them as a discrete advert for petrolheads telepathy

BUT - they did send me two new stickers in the post within 2 days of sending so they obviously read it and thought i was worthy

Cheers

Cal

[st3ph3n]

I've never understood why magazines post certain letters. Some of them are clearly written by utter numpties. Maybe they didn't want to expose their short comings in not handing out the stickers.

Now where can I find this A82?

[dougster]

No wonder!!!!

Did you copy and paste from Perfomance Car/Fast Car articles on the web?

The staff at EVO are (IMHO) the best in the business but even they are admitting they are running out of cliches to use.

Enter CAL (TV personality and wanna be motoring 'hack')!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I subscribe to EVO for originality, honesty and an escape to dreamland.

If that letter appeared it would have been a NIGHTMARE!!!!!!!!!!!

(I'd also like to add Cal is a good friend of mine and I know he is happy to openly discuss similar issues)

[andy]

<< Now where can I find this A82? >>

I did the A85 and A82 from Stirling up to Glencoe Village/Kinlochleven last weekend. Loads of signs have appeared since I last went up there in May saying that unmarked motorcycles are on patrol. True or not, I dunno.

[dougster]

A82 is a fantastic road and just out my back door!

Andy, I have a Motoring Journalist to SWAP with WYHG(except another letter from CAL)

[~ ~ Cal ~~]

!

That patter was 100% my own I'll have you know ......but it was more the actual content that I was interested in ! Not only that it IS a true story and was a tremenous day especially when it was funded by expenses @ 40p a mile

Expect EVO stickers in yer mags in the next few months.....

Re :- "TV personality and wanna be motoring 'hack'"...........I'm sadly unqualified as I'm lacking the all important Saint Tropez coupon

best bit about the A82 is along the side of Loch Ness ( very sweeping with nice cambers and newish asphalt) and then the hairpins which speak for themselves

Cal

[st3ph3n]

Speaking of motring Journalism. I think any of us could get a job presenting Fifth Gear on five. The poormans top gear, complete with paid for advertising segments for Aston Martian.

[fai17]

<< Speaking of motring Journalism. I think any of us could get a job presenting Fifth Gear on five. The poormans top gear, complete with paid for advertising segments for Aston Martian. >>

Very true about the adverts but i doubt that anyone here can drive like them.Well not me anyway.

Vicky B isn't too bad either

[Carl Davey]

Cal, i'd call free stickers a success!

Nice letter, love the pseudo-journalism. Why use one word when you can use nineteen?