A3 Tunnel Run 3/11/11

Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:42 pm

I only got in from work an hour ago.

Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:49 pm

good fun chaps. it was a nice sunny evening, enjoyed the chat on the hill, the blast up the A3, the blast through the tunnel and the drink in "The Squirrel" and i only put the roof up to come home

good to meet everyone

Thu Sep 01, 2011 10:55 pm

Superb evening, some awesome tunes in the tunnel, mainly from EWOK and that old american barge !!!

Some good runs through the tunnel and great company at the 'Squirrel'.

E21 made my evening, superb machine Sir !!!

Fri Sep 02, 2011 7:38 am

Have to add my admiration for the E21. Beautiful cars the E21's and haven't seen one in that condition for a LONG time. A credit to you Mark. Hope it hasn't taken too long to clean the

off it.

A good evening, good company some wonderful noises in the tunnel - not from my turd sadly - and my first 'breakdown' in the Touring.

Got halfway through the tunnel, 3rd run, heading towards the Squirrel, and my immobiliser decided to cut in and kill the engine. Repeated pressing of the switch did nothing, until eventually it kicked in, the engine started again and all was well.
A bit weird, not used to immobilisers cutting in while driving, they're supposed to stop you starting it, not stop it....

Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:25 am

anyone got the pix and vids?

Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:32 am

Will get some pics up shortly. Sadly, not got vids.

Fri Sep 02, 2011 8:46 am

Haha now that was fun!! Cheers for all those who came. Good to chat to new & old faces and even better to have some 'cough' spirited driving

Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:45 am

It was nice to get out and see a few other E30s on the road! Tunnel was very impressive, first major NEW stretch of UK road Ive driven on for many years. Pity those lights at Hindhead split the pack up, almost as annoying as the 10mph speed limit on the A3 from The Squirrel to Guildford, which a Micra, a dozen or so cars up from was obeying.

Fri Sep 02, 2011 3:32 pm

Couldn't believe the 10mph... Had one on the way back to Portsmouth too...
Don't know what he was driving, but the bloke at the front of the queue was sticking to it...

Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:23 pm

Was nice to see the reactions of the guys that went past in the late model M3 & M6. They certainly seemed approve. Enjoyed getting aural in the tunnel too!

Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:25 pm

Hoobs wrote:Was nice to see the reactions of the guys that went past in the late model M3 & M6. They certainly seemed approve. Enjoyed getting aural in the tunnel too!

Yeah you did have a good soundtrack blasting past! Nice looking 21 you have

Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:48 pm

lovely E21

first meet iv been to after santa pod, and was a really good night, nice to meet some new faces, and some lovely E30s

Fri Sep 02, 2011 4:53 pm

Gortour wrote:Couldn't believe the 10mph... Had one on the way back to Portsmouth too...
Don't know what he was driving, but the bloke at the front of the queue was sticking to it...

Perhaps they were testing a new speed limit to stop the young thugs in their souped-up hot rods re-enacting the Monaco GP in the tunnel and annoying local OAPs with heart conditions?? (Daily Telegraph report)

Fri Sep 02, 2011 5:24 pm

Mindless thugs apparently?!!

How dangerous must driving through the tunnel in 4th gear @ 60mph be- shockingly bad behaviour I guess. Best watch our backs before we get arrested and thrown to the wolves as an example!! "Shall we target rapists, or child molesters? Oh no let's go after the really dangerous criminals- those drivers who don't like electric cars"

My reply is GO F*CK YOURSELVES

Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:37 am

http://www.itv.com/london/revs-and-racing91569/

Sat Sep 03, 2011 6:10 pm

Hoobs wrote:http://www.itv.com/london/revs-and-racing91569/

DO ONE!

Sat Sep 03, 2011 8:39 pm

How f*cking sad.

Sat Sep 03, 2011 9:07 pm

I was thinking of taking a trip to the tunnel for a drive through but by the sounds of that news report the old bill will break up any organised tunnel runs

Sat Sep 03, 2011 10:54 pm

We did one on Thursday last week. That's what this thread is about. We had no problems although we went at a sensible time in the evening and didn't drive like dicks.

Sun Sep 04, 2011 9:30 am

Yeah I was going to come along but could not get away from work in time

I keep meaning to attend one of this meets although I sold my e30 and now have a e38 would I still fit in lol

Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:48 am

I was in an e21 & we had a Z4 and Audi-doody s4 there too, so yes.

Sun Sep 04, 2011 1:54 pm

Excellent

Sun Sep 04, 2011 11:18 pm

is another meet going to be organised later in the year through this tunnel......i didnt know it existed

or that is it 1.3 miles long

Mon Sep 05, 2011 7:49 am

pony wrote:is another meet going to be organised later in the year through this tunnel......i didnt know it existed or that is it 1.3 miles long

You live in London and you didn't know about this??

Mon Sep 05, 2011 10:30 am

ivqii wrote:
pony wrote:is another meet going to be organised later in the year through this tunnel......i didnt know it existed or that is it 1.3 miles long
You live in London and you didn't know about this??

^^^^ This!!! How come??

Went through it again in the early hours this morning but in a normal car- so mundane

Mon Sep 05, 2011 11:56 am

The only "tunnels" i go in are the ones round Chiswick/Clapham and a few round Central London on the odd occasion near Victoria. They are all to he honest very small railway bridges. Yes i love driving in tunnels. I hope there is one soon.

Mon Sep 05, 2011 12:16 pm

Pony - do you actually live on the same planet as the rest of us?

Mon Sep 05, 2011 2:17 pm

ivqii wrote:Pony - do you actually live on the same planet as the rest of us?

Haha just because i didnt know that tunnel existed

?

I rarely venture outside the M25.

Mon Sep 05, 2011 3:59 pm

pony wrote:
ivqii wrote:Pony - do you actually live on the same planet as the rest of us?
Haha just because i didnt know that tunnel existed ?

I rarely venture outside the M25.

Nope

Because it's been -

20 years in the planning
3 years in the building
Extensively covered in local TV News bulletins and the National Media
Eagerly awaited by everyone involved with performance cars

In short

It has been a pretty big news item

I'm stunned

Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:25 pm

Lol well all the more reason i should see it and i really hope there is another run soon.

When i drive through Richmond-upon-Thames sometimes, through the town, i can hear it reverberate off all the shops and it is not even a tunnel.

I can assure you i do watch/read the national news though not religiously and extensively.

The Arab Spring itself is pretty interesting in that Britain/USA want to intervene in Libya so readily but fail to do so with the likes of Bahrain and Syria or even Saudi Arabia. William Hague himself stated that the Syria situation was different to Libya as they did not get international consensus but then they did not with Libya when Germany/Russia abstained from the vote initally.

Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:32 pm

Hey Pony, would be good if you could come down to a Southern meet sometime, its not too far for you to zip down the A3.

Think IVQII is teasing you a tad and its always best to steer away from politics.

Hongkongfuey is planning a southern meet soon and would be great to see you there fella !!

All the best,

Iain

Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:41 pm

HartgeH27 wrote:
Think IVQII is teasing......

Ivqii teasing...never.....

Mon Sep 05, 2011 4:49 pm

daimlerman wrote:
HartgeH27 wrote:
Think IVQII is teasing......
Ivqii teasing...never.....

Mon Sep 05, 2011 5:29 pm

turk wrote:
Hoobs wrote:http://www.itv.com/london/revs-and-racing91569/
DO ONE!

you hooligan Adam!

Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:13 pm

Yep sure man would be great to go to a meet. Nice.