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Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:22 pm

Hi all tourer luvers!!! Any of you guys (or gals) up for doin a tourer only meet at some point? would make a change to seeing or being part of a general e30 meeting, how often do you see a line of tourers at shows??? Let me know what yoyu think. Cheers all!!!!
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 7:30 pm

sounds good any more info keep me informed :D
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will do mate, where abouts are you based? so i can get a genral idea of where people may be comin from to sort a location out
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doh, not payin attention, coventry :o:
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:19 pm

thats ok mate its not that far to you, i think
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BIGBAZ wrote:thats ok mate its not that far to you, i think
Yep just up the road about 150-200 miles :D
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:36 pm

150 miles is nothing. A mere walk to the shops.

I have a tourING and would go to a tourING meet... I'm in plymouth.
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:38 pm

Sounds good to me, just hope Mr. M.O.T. agrees. (I'm in Bewdley, Worcestershire)
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:40 pm

cool, now all we gotta do is get more tourers on the map, lol :) you kno anyone who might be interested in coming? i dont know anyone on here yet :( its all good though
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:45 pm

Hi Sounds good but its a bit far from Paisley/Glasgow. :(
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:47 pm

jcjdavis1 wrote:Hi Sounds good but its a bit far from Paisley/Glasgow. :(
And even further from the top of the world. Sounds all good though....
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:47 pm

theres lots of tourINGs on here.

as has been said, tourINGs are the new black :D
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 8:49 pm

jcjdavis1 wrote:Hi Sounds good but its a bit far from Paisley/Glasgow. :(
NOT as far as just North of Aberdeen
I could be up for it

IF it doesn't clash with other things I've got lined up for the next few months
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:00 pm

I could be interested dependant on meet location...

Where are you planning? How about Taunton / Bristol ish area... By the M4 and M5 then, so not too nasty for people travelling to it.

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Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:09 pm

Fom John o Groats and just North of Aberdeen.
gortour wrote:not too nasty for people travelling to it
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Can't please EVERYONE... :D

Where did you have in mind?
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:21 pm

gortour wrote:Can't please EVERYONE... :D

Where did you have in mind?
Know what you mean Re Can't please everyone.
Might be better holding off on the location till we know who's going to come and where there coming from.
Then decide on a reasonably central meeting point
I'm guessing some where in Englandshire
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:46 pm

Good move.
Maybe two meets, one for the Northern Englandshire and Scotland, and one for the Southern Englandshire...
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gortour wrote:Good move.
Maybe two meets, one for the Northern Englandshire and Scotland, and one for the Southern Englandshire...
You guys HAVE to come up to the far north of Scotland. The roads are very quiet, very windey and very police free !!! C'mon, you know it makes sense :D
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:56 pm

I realise that there's probably a higher percentage of Tourer owners are based South of the border and have already concluded that a "Southern"(to me anyway) meet would be inevitable
gortour wrote:Good move.

Maybe two meeta, one for the Northern Englandshire and Scotland, and one for the Southern Englandshire...
OR

If enough people are coming
Could possibly have the meet somewhere central

For example York Raceway

Just a thought
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:57 pm

Who's paying the petrol? Gonna cost a couple of tanks each way just to GET there.

Admittedly I'd love to come and have a look at Scotland. I've heard a lot about the beauty up there, but not actually been. Maybe a weekend away for me and the missus sometime.

(as long as I take the wife about a bit and have a look around. A weekend consisting entirely of cars, and I'll be divorced...)
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well im totally blown away, never thought so many of y'all would wanna do this, sweet!!! Gonna have a little look at a big map tonight(ish) and see what sort of locations would work for all, and then maybe arrange a date, if everyones still up for it, hope so :D
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:06 pm

georgen wrote:
You guys HAVE to come up to the far north of Scotland. The roads are very quiet, very windey and very police free !!! C'mon, you know it makes sense :D
Not to mention Very Narrow with passing places

Hell Yeah

Nice one .

Thinking the A82 through Glencoe, up to Fort William then up the West Coast then accross the top to John o Groats,down through Dingwall to Inverness then Either the A9 south to Perth or the A96 towards Aberdeen

Like you way of thinking
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gortour wrote:Who's paying the petrol? Gonna cost a couple of tanks each way just to GET there.

Admittedly I'd love to come and have a look at Scotland. I've heard a lot about the beauty up there, but not actually been. Maybe a weekend away for me and the missus sometime.

(as long as I take the wife about a bit and have a look around. A weekend consisting entirely of cars, and I'll be divorced...)
Gordon, you'd love it. Seriously. We have proper drivers roads up here ( no duel carriageway for about 100 miles ) and the scenery is unbelievable. Just the kind of environment that the E30 was built for. Yes, the fuel bill would be quite high, but you have a 1.8 so it would'nt be nearly as bad as a proper E30 :D
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:09 pm

secondtimelucky wrote:well im totally blown away, never thought so many of y'all would wanna do this, sweet!!! Gonna have a little look at a big map tonight(ish) and see what sort of locations would work for all, and then maybe arrange a date, if everyones still up for it, hope so :D

Might be better to wait a bit till you see exactly how many are coming 1st
Then find a mutually acceptable venue to hold the meet
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BadDave wrote:
georgen wrote:
You guys HAVE to come up to the far north of Scotland. The roads are very quiet, very windey and very police free !!! C'mon, you know it makes sense :D
Not to mention Very Narrow with passing places

Hell Yeah

Nice one .

Thinking the A82 through Glencoe, up to Fort William then up the West Coast then accross the top to John o Groats,down through Dingwall to Inverness then Either the A9 south to Perth or the A96 towards Aberdeen

Like you way of thinking
It's not really too narrow TBH. The alternative backroad from Inverness to Bettyhill is single track but not too narrow. Bettyhill to Thurso is the finest road that I know of anywhere in the world. Winding and predictable with LSD preferred !!! Thurso - John O' Groats -Inverness is immense fun and very quiet. Lots of places to stay up here and the crack is superb. I'm well open to suggestions for meet locations though...
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What's with the "Proper BMW" shite then? Nothing wrong with my 318 Auto that a turbo wouldn't put right... :cry:
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:19 pm

well it shouldn't take much at the mo no matter how many more r interested :P cos we got, scots all the way to down south in poole interested at the moment so central for them is gonna be central for anyone else :D
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[quote="gortour"]What's with the "Proper BMW" shite then? Nothing wrong with my 318 Auto that a turbo wouldn't put right... :cry:[/quote]

i agree mines only a 1.8 as well but mines a manual, size matters especialy when insurance is involved at my age :cry:
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It's not really too narrow TBH. The alternative backroad from Inverness to Bettyhill is single track but not too narrow. Bettyhill to Thurso is the finest road that I know of anywhere in the world. Winding and predictable with LSD preferred !!! Thurso - John O' Groats -Inverness is immense fun and very quiet. Lots of places to stay up here and the crack is superb. I'm well open to suggestions for meet locations though...[/quote]

Hi I agree about the above roads as I used to be on that road with a 12m coach every other week.Fantastic. :D
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gortour wrote:What's with the "Proper BMW" shite then? Nothing wrong with my 318 Auto that a turbo wouldn't put right... :cry:
I jest only Gordon. It's guaranteed that your fuel bill is a lot better than mine :roll:
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:23 pm

Derby way seems central... If we get bored we can go to Alton Towers...

and georgen, no offence taken mate... :D
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georgen wrote:
gortour wrote:What's with the "Proper BMW" shite then? Nothing wrong with my 318 Auto that a turbo wouldn't put right... :cry:
I jest only Gordon. It's guaranteed that your fuel bill is a lot better than mine :roll:
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Definately MUCH better than my chipped 325

100 miles = £18
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I get over 300 miles to a tank (£45-ish if running on fumes...)
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Sun Jul 08, 2007 10:28 pm

pah, 100 miles = £25 ish with my chipped 325 on a 316 diff

High mpg is for pussies. :flipbird:
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