mav
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read the mag in garage today ..looks no bad..
My bro inlaw had a advert in it...Fife Auto Centre..he is manager of one of the branches..
mag seems better than fart car,lax power etc..not so much porn adverts etc....
will be a good seller I reckon...
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Rikki
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Rikki my mates Subaru Estate (gold graphix on the side) is in the falkirk cruise section of your new mag any chance he can get a copy of the picture mate??
Sure, send me an email at the office and I'll get the graphic team to get the original sent across to you.
Might be of general interest that we have a Kenny Laird Corsa C in next months issue and will be covering the V6 3.0 Corsa B from MMV Performance in the coming months (not forgetting one of the staff cars belonging to Scott - Flip Corsa B).
Mag has been generally received well, a few rough edges as to be expected and a few minor printing issues but on the whole looking pretty good - and only one lad has complained that there wasnt any topless birds in it.
R.
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Skipz
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no problems rikki i will send that email fancy doing a feature on that Subaru aswell m8? it's got a good spec, it's a Subaru Impreza STi V-limited (only 1000 made) jap import with sti shockers HKS springs, 18" OZ Alloys, hks Intercooler, hks dump valve, magnex Full exhaust, tinted windows, Vibe sub, loads of stuff, hes had a few ebsites ask to do a feature but none have got back to him!
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Rikki
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Could well be interested mate, I dont make the decisions alone so will speak to the rest of the editorial team about it for you on Monday. When you send me your email can you include the spec on the Scooby so I have more info to go on.
Cheers,
Rikki
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Skipz
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u have mail rikki!
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vibrio
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had a look today. well its a bit crap really. photographs are terrible. the pictures are feathered and looks the same all the way through. lots of adverts rather than actual articles. not really much info about modding that I could see (only a quick scan). hopefully iy will evolve into somethign better. could do with being a bit cheaper
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Rikki
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u have mail rikki!
No bother, shall pass it to the rest of the editorial team tomorrow and get back in touch.
We were down in Falkirk again today shooting Ricthie's car, thankfully the sun stayed out for a while so it all went brilliant. Heard the latest cruise up there went quite well too.
R.
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Rikki
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had a look today. well its a bit crap really. photographs are terrible. the pictures are feathered and looks the same all the way through. lots of adverts rather than actual articles. not really much info about modding that I could see (only a quick scan). hopefully iy will evolve into somethign better. could do with being a bit cheaper
Photographs were actually spot on but the post processing wasnt (and the printers werent properly calibrated) - something the printing company got booted in the balls for. Less percentage of adverts compared to the other mainstream modified car mags. There was a how to guide and also a trackday school article but we have a lot more to follow. The mags only £2.95, cheaper than any other mag in its field.
The same negative points have been raised by a lot of other people so we know what areas to focus on for issue two.
If you have any suggestions drop us an email and we'll do what we can do, as you say thats the only way for the mag to evolve.
R.
PS: You the bloke that was always down at Koncept Developments ?
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Originally posted by vibrio
had a look today. well its a bit crap really. photographs are terrible. the pictures are feathered and looks the same all the way through. lots of adverts rather than actual articles. not really much info about modding that I could see (only a quick scan). hopefully iy will evolve into somethign better. could do with being a bit cheaper
Photographs were actually spot on but the post processing wasnt (and the printers werent properly calibrated) - something the printing company got booted in the balls for. Less percentage of adverts compared to the other mainstream modified car mags. There was a how to guide and also a trackday school article but we have a lot more to follow. The mags only £2.95, cheaper than any other mag in its field.
The same negative points have been raised by a lot of other people so we know what areas to focus on for issue two.
If you have any suggestions drop us an email and we'll do what we can do, as you say thats the only way for the mag to evolve.
R.
PS: You the bloke that was always down at Koncept Developments ?
Yeah rikkie apparently I used to hang around at koni's
did you wrongly tick the box for vaslene smear effect processing 
like I said I only give it a quick look, I;ll give it a proper look.
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Rikki
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I remember ya, had the fast Punto turbo with the dark wheels.
What happened was we shot the photos in RAW mode and the graphics team didnt USM them properly, this was compounded by the printing company making an arse of things at their end too. We use top quality cameras (Fuji bodies, Nikkor lenses) as we know that pin sharp photo's are a must. Just a scunner it didnt work out in the majority of pics in issue one.
We like to call it "soft focus", easy on the eye LOL. These probs will hopefully all be ironed out before issue 2 hits the presses.
Speaking of the Koni, have you heard from his lately?
R.
[Edited on 08-02-2004 by Rikki]
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vibrio
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not spoek to koni that recently. he was moving to a new place in Hillington and a name change.
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Skipz
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u have mail rikki!
No bother, shall pass it to the rest of the editorial team tomorrow and get back in touch.
We were down in Falkirk again today shooting Ricthie's car, thankfully the sun stayed out for a while so it all went brilliant. Heard the latest cruise up there went quite well too.
R.
Yeah was no bad bit baltic for me tho was up in my corsa (finally back on the road) and had the girlfriends brand new punto up,
Spoke to Peter, owner of the scooby and we battered a few ideas around, we were thinking if you did the feature we could do it at Star Perfomance and get a Rolling road done at the same time, gives you and him an accurate output reading (somehting to publish) and gives star peformance some advertising aswell kills two birds with one stone! we reckon the car is punting out about 320 to 350bhp just with his current modifications bear in mind it's a jap import with 276bhp at all four wheels standard
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Icy
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hey rikku did u get my email?
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Rikki
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hey rikku did u get my email?
Did at the end of last week (launch day) so been a bit hectic - probably best to talk on the phone, I'll U2U my mobile number to you.
R.
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vibrio
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hey rikku did u get my email?
Did at the end of last week (launch day) but I choose to ignore your oriental ass
R.
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Rikki
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I see your perception inhibitors are working fine Vibrio 
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Think i should check this magazine out  not seen it up here yet or maybe i should look harder
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vibrio
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Think i should check this magazine out not seen it up here yet or maybe i should look harder
yes it;s not a top shelf mag ya gingernut
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vibrio
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I see your perception inhibitors are working fine Vibrio
I perceive nothing but the truth and ICY can't handle the truth
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Chris Bingham
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I remember ya, had the fast Punto turbo with the dark wheels.
Vibrio, I think he was getting your Punto confused with mine
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Martin_C
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@vibs
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Skipz
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rikki did ya get my email about the subaru?
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vibrio
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Originally posted by Rikki
I remember ya, had the fast Punto turbo with the dark wheels.
Vibrio, I think he was getting your Punto confused with mine
Yeah right Chris
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Stoneyginger
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Yeah i found the magazine and yes Vibs you were right mate he he he it was not on the top shelf
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Chris Bingham
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Yeah right Chris
I have plans. Just need money.
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