Robert Coucher
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Grrrrrrrrr, was tempted not to reply to this one but some magazine folk make my piss boil. Without naming names why do so many of them come across as jumped up prima-donnas? And it's not just this country. Have had the displeasure of dining with some of the French journo's...really, they're ten times worse. Not only were they consistently self-centered peacock types, they have the annoying habit of carrying 'male' clutch type handbags; this is something I truly do not understand. FFS journo' chaps, MTFU.
On a lighter note, once had a renowned French lawyer arrive at my old French office in his Caterham. The fellow was about 5ft3", preened beyond coiffing-coiffured belief, wearing racing boots [more piss boiling...] and not only carrying an afore mentioned man bag under his right arm but had the appalling taste of a tiny b
h poodle cosseted around his left arm. I didn't know whether to vomit or throw them out...they didn't stay very long.
I read somewhere the wonderful saying that "there's one thing more vain than a French woman...a French man!"
On a lighter note, once had a renowned French lawyer arrive at my old French office in his Caterham. The fellow was about 5ft3", preened beyond coiffing-coiffured belief, wearing racing boots [more piss boiling...] and not only carrying an afore mentioned man bag under his right arm but had the appalling taste of a tiny b
h poodle cosseted around his left arm. I didn't know whether to vomit or throw them out...they didn't stay very long.I read somewhere the wonderful saying that "there's one thing more vain than a French woman...a French man!"
slk 32 said:
Is it only me that finds him a preening self obsessed narcissist?
I know exactly what you mean - seems very self obsessed and condescending and seems to assume everyone that buys the mag would love to be like him (perhaps that's the case!) He does however seem to know what he's talking about.I stopped buying the mag a year ago because of it and took a subscription to Motorsport in protest (and because I always buy Motorsport anyway), but I've got over that now and I do buy Octane again, because in general it's still a good mag.
S..
Funnily enough I was thinking similar.
I struggled to get through the recent article on visiting Belgium for lunch in a Bristol without being rather ill.
Cancelling my Octane subscription is always on my to do list, I just never get round to it. Every month I am made to feel both poor and unworthy, this month's copy seems particularly bad. I think it is because it is just trying too hard, with no sense of humour?
I struggled to get through the recent article on visiting Belgium for lunch in a Bristol without being rather ill.
Cancelling my Octane subscription is always on my to do list, I just never get round to it. Every month I am made to feel both poor and unworthy, this month's copy seems particularly bad. I think it is because it is just trying too hard, with no sense of humour?
Bayley is fine and Bulgin made nearly every other journalist look like an amateur. Coucher I find extremely difficult to tolerate- I am interested in the cars and not the Chateau Petrus lifestyle comments which pepper his prose. Doug Nye , Simon Arron and Nigel Roebuck are more to my taste as they are all hard core enthusiasts . Coucher made one of his elitist comments about the Members Meeting at Goodwood in Octane - the right crowd and no crowding Brooklands quote-and in doing so neatly epitomised why wkers like him have put me off returning to Goodwood .
kers like him have put me off returning to Goodwood . coppice said:
Bayley is fine and Bulgin made nearly every other journalist look like an amateur. Coucher I find extremely difficult to tolerate- I am interested in the cars and not the Chateau Petrus lifestyle comments which pepper his prose. Doug Nye , Simon Arron and Nigel Roebuck are more to my taste as they are all hard core enthusiasts . Coucher made one of his elitist comments about the Members Meeting at Goodwood in Octane - the right crowd and no crowding Brooklands quote-and in doing so neatly epitomised why wkers like him have put me off returning to Goodwood .
The column about the Members Meeting in this month's magazine is particularly awful. Most of the piece seemed to be about the quality of Lord March's catering.kers like him have put me off returning to Goodwood . I stopped buying Octane ages ago, but know what you mean about classic car magazine journos. Some of them can barely drive.
I get a certain amount of Schadenfreude when I read about all of the mechanical woes they have with their own classics. It's funny how they fail to follow their own mantra of "always buy the best example you can afford" of their chosen model, grab a "bargain" and then spend the next X years spunking out for spares and repairs on an almost monthly basis.
I get a certain amount of Schadenfreude when I read about all of the mechanical woes they have with their own classics. It's funny how they fail to follow their own mantra of "always buy the best example you can afford" of their chosen model, grab a "bargain" and then spend the next X years spunking out for spares and repairs on an almost monthly basis.
Hooray, it's open season on car journos.
Like many things in life these journos fall for their own Bullst.
It's their job to puff up the products, and pinging all the right reference points is how it's done. Fine cars, fine wines, fine watches.
If I do all this, I am fine too.
Fine bks
Like many things in life these journos fall for their own Bulls
t. It's their job to puff up the products, and pinging all the right reference points is how it's done. Fine cars, fine wines, fine watches.
If I do all this, I am fine too.
Fine b
ksdartissimus said:
Hooray, it's open season on car journos.
Like many things in life these journos fall for their own Bullst.
It's their job to puff up the products, and pinging all the right reference points is how it's done. Fine cars, fine wines, fine watches.
If I do all this, I am fine too.
Fine bks
Sorry, but I am a Northerner.Like many things in life these journos fall for their own Bulls
t. It's their job to puff up the products, and pinging all the right reference points is how it's done. Fine cars, fine wines, fine watches.
If I do all this, I am fine too.
Fine b
ksInteresting that I am not the only one of this opinion
Having read this month's Octane I could not take any more with him harping on about the Goodwood drivers meet and how much better it was without the usual unwashed hordes wearing baseball caps at the Festival of Speed that did it for me
He has a total lack of self awareness- essentially he is Alan Partridge with an XK140
Having read this month's Octane I could not take any more with him harping on about the Goodwood drivers meet and how much better it was without the usual unwashed hordes wearing baseball caps at the Festival of Speed that did it for me
He has a total lack of self awareness- essentially he is Alan Partridge with an XK140
Edited by slk 32 on Thursday 24th April 09:43
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