Trout...

I received a large brown envelope this morning with a sticker on it stating Extreme Vehicle Investigation Unit.

To say that I felt a little nervous opening it would be to understate the case - extreme Sti photographed being naughty - not that I ever am of course

I opened it and it seemed to be worse as there was a brown folder inside with Type-R written in large on the front and a bunch of 'polaroid' photos fell out...

...except it turns out to be a very smart direct marketing campaign for the Honda Civic Type-R. Hats off to Honda - you got my interest!

Worth getting one - probably a collectors item in years to come.

Mmmmmm!

Trout

kwack

Me too. Got one as well.

Very good campaign. got me worried though as there was a photo inside and I thought that I had got caught

Hanslow

Join the club. I thought, what the hell am I supposed to have done now?

Was a bit scary for a moment...may well take a look as I'm in the market for a new car, but I want a cheaper one to run that is less nickable..... They don't know that though

HAPPY

gave mine to the kids, they loved it.

chrisnobbs

Even my wife showed an interest for 5 seconds before she realised it was just a car!

Ian E

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Me too - relieved when I opened the envelope

Steve Perriam

lol

i got one last week and wondered wot it was !

dunno where they got my name / address from either.

steve

scrappydoo

Might i be the first to say that,that is really not funny.Last thing i want when i walk down the stairs in the morning to collect my mail is a fright like that. Didnt some company get done recently for this sort of thing?

scrappy

jjk

I thought I'd be done too.
Looks nice

lpitt

Me too.

Getting the real thing on Saturday though

Laurence

babber

Got one as well, but where did they get my details from ?

It was sent to my work address, rather strange....

I was very worried until I realised it was a marketing campaign.

Cheers Phill C

matt b

Glad im not the only one who thought "Oh sh*te now what have i done" I wonder if the link is that we have all subscribed to Evo at some point.
Cool campaign anyway.

jockc79

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Trout

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mad_dr

Well I remember one that I received from Sony (IIRC!) a few years back (1998-1999). I had recently left hospital having had emergency surgery at Frenchay (SAVE FRENCHAY HOSPITAL!) following a brain haemorrhage and was making a steady recovery at home... I was receiving regular results and charts from the consultant so getting envelopes from the hospital was a common occurence.

Anyway - first thing in the morning I received a plain brown envelope with a white sticky label with my name and address (seemingly) typed onto it in typewriter font (just like we use!). Marked as "Strictly private: to be opened by addressee only!" (Heart begins to pick up a bit...)

On opening the envelope, three apparently genuine MRI scans dropped out along with a single white page letter (again in typewriter font - heart is thumping a bit now...) The first part of the letter was worded something along the lines of "Dear Mr Smith. We have noticed some alarming patterns" etc etc... It took until halfway down the page to realise it was only marketing for the Playstation or something!

Anyway, it was VERY clever, certainly got my attention and - if they hadn't been unfortunate enough to get the timing so spectacularly wrong - it would have done the trick and captured my attention. In the event, all it did was give me a good fright and put me off my breakfast!

Clarebabes

I haven't got one

PG

LOL @ the fact some on here consider (and feel an investigation unit would also) their Impreza an 'Extreme Vehicle'

rossyboy

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I'm not surprised, this thread is 5 1/2 years old

Avi

I was wondering why i didn;t get one!!

Only got my Type-R in 04

*goes off to find other old threads that can cause confusion *

Leslie

I had to smile at all the guilty consciences!

Les