Welsh meet 20/02/2005

Sun Feb 20, 2005 8:41 pm

Cheers to all that turned up today, great turn out, bloody freezing though!!

The white E30 M3 gang were out in force today, prize for the furthest travelled goes to Tom from London...top man, and he loved the drive across the beacons, can't wait until he's sorted the video footage out!!

Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:03 pm

Nice selection of White M3's Simon, are there anymore in the country or where they all in Wales 2day.

Cheers Gareth. :lol:

Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:05 pm

Really good pictures there Simon, Loving your M3 with the smoked hella's.

Sun Feb 20, 2005 10:08 pm

Looks like!

The one in the sixth pic down was amazing! Stripped out on leda coilovers, carbon airbox, rose jointed gearchange, sparco buckets, illegal legal tyres...I want to strip mine out now!! :lol:

Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:03 pm

Hey all!!

I can't login with my orignal details? I had to re-register.

Anyway, here's my pics from a great day!

Brecon gallery.

Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:32 am

beautiful.
really good turn out by the looks of it.
shame i missed it, real gutted

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:01 am

Nevermind, Chris, maybe the next one in April.

Shak, great pics mate! Everyone had to re-register when we switched to the new zone.

Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:20 am

And you have over 6000 posts already???

Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:57 am

5H4K wrote:And you have over 6000 posts already???

We had our post counts carried over from the old forum!

Mon Feb 21, 2005 6:10 pm

Simon, you had perfect oppertunity to take a pic of the DRIVERS side of my car to prove i'd changed the wing...and ya didnt.

Mon Feb 21, 2005 7:49 pm

i agree with u
it was a bit on the cold side
it wasnt to bad up Llanginida (sp) wasnt as cold
food wasnt the best

but those pics are mint

(scott i think simon did take pic of ur driver wing)

Mon Feb 21, 2005 8:37 pm

Just for scot

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:24 pm

I tell you what lads, I had a fantastic view from the back of the convoy as we went over the Vaynor Penderyn road, almost brought a tear to my eye....

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:38 pm

Richy, your a star, now ive got proof that its been done. lol. I'llbe more careful with the rubber mallets next time!!!!

Richy what were u on about when you were saying about my car sliding when i overtook that red 318iS just on that right hander?

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:42 pm

You back end was well twitchy m8 when you took that right hander.
Didnt help the road being bumpy as well. I have no idea how fast you was going but i was gaining on the e36and about to pass then I thought better over it being so low exhaust blowing now didnt fancy ripping it off so to speak.

Steve im just loving your touring m8.

Maybee oneday my hearse will be just as nice.

BTW where you get that sunroof deflector from im liking them after seeing one in the flesh

Mon Feb 21, 2005 9:52 pm

Cheers Richy. One day mate, it will all come in time, 4 years I've had this and it's still not finished!!!

Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:12 pm

Richy325iTouring wrote:You back end was well twitchy m8 when you took that right hander.
Didnt help the road being bumpy as well. I have no idea how fast you was going but i was gaining on the e36and about to pass

Ah rite!!!! Thats probably something to do with bumpy corner, salty roads, RWD and a bit of right foot. lol. The way the back end of my car is set, it'll twitch, but wont slide unless really provoked. Its quite predictable actually. Could have done with 2psi less in my front tyres Sunday too.
I have no idea how fast i was going, but i changed down to 3rd gear at 60mph and she sounded like she was doing +5.5k revs when i changed up. Work the speed out yourself, but i went thru the corner in 4th with a fair few revs on her ( WELL over 4k) I wasnt watching the speedo, i was watching the corner apex and if any cars were coming the opposite way... dont mind overtaking on corners like that as long as i can see whats coming. That pass is a good hoon! I'll have to go over there again!

Mon Feb 21, 2005 10:31 pm

Lets just say i wasnt hanging about and you was pulling away from me.
But like i said i backed off a bit lol

Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:02 pm

I can only cry like a cissy girl

Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:24 pm

Richy325iTouring wrote:Lets just say i wasnt hanging about and you was pulling away from me.
But like i said i backed off a bit lol

Wuss!

Only messing mate.

Rog, next welsh meet is April mate. Maybe you can make that one, and I will make the next wiltshire meet for ya!

Mon Feb 21, 2005 11:49 pm

SCOTT325SE wrote:Simon, you had perfect oppertunity to take a pic of the DRIVERS side of my car to prove i'd changed the wing...and ya didnt.

I took all the pics of the passenger sides (not the M3's!) because the sun was behind me...never take the pics facing the sun, they don't look as good!

Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:36 pm

As a Merthyr boy living in Essex all those pictures of the valleys are making me home sick

Have to make sure I'm back for the next meet seeing as I used to live the other side of that Asda's!!!

I bet the storey Arms was cold this time of year, great drive up there though.

Great pics though!!

Tue Feb 22, 2005 10:54 pm

Next one is in April, so put it in your diary!

I took the guys through Penderyn and over the A4059, where it joins back to the A470 just before the Storey Arms, great road, and it was very cold the day we were up there, it was reading -2c and that was without the windchill!
Still the layby was as fully packed as ever.

Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:38 pm

many others from merthyr or was it just an easy place to meet for everybody else?

Havn't been back in a while and the last time I was living there I was in a mk 2, 957cc fiesta (pepperpot alloys and hella's off course

) so wasn't really looking for e30's!

Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:57 pm

vernon77 wrote:many others from merthyr or was it just an easy place to meet for everybody else?

Havn't been back in a while and the last time I was living there I was in a mk 2, 957cc fiesta (pepperpot alloys and hella's off course ) so wasn't really looking for e30's!

There was only one person there that actually lives in Merthyr, just easy to get to, and on the edge of the beacons.

Sat Feb 26, 2005 7:38 pm

Thanks to member Houlbt for emailing me the in car footage he took of the meet.

Right click > Save target as... (66mb .avi file)