Tourer Meet

[BadDave]

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

and georgen, no offence taken mate...

Good call

Alton Towers it could well be then

[BadDave]

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

High mpg is for pussies.

I'm just running a standard 3.9 lsd

[BadDave]

I get over 300 miles to a tank (£45-ish if running on fumes...)

I can get about 350+ miles to a tank if I don't "push it"

[secondtimelucky]

well i haven't even modded mine yet, only had it a week just been cleaning and polishing constantly, against the weather an all, no point in good engine if the car looks like a shed now is there

[Gortour]

I get over 300 miles to a tank (£45-ish if running on fumes...)

I can get about 350+ miles to a tank if I don't "push it"

350 is possible on a decent run, but the 1.8 does have a tendancy to need a push at times due to the smaller engine, which doesn't do well for the economy. Bigger engines have a bit more grunt making accelerating hard unnecessary on a normal trip.
Seems we're about even then...

[BadDave]

well i haven't even modded mine yet, only had it a week just been cleaning and polishing constantly, against the weather an all, no point in good engine if the car looks like a shed now is there

TRUST ME
Sometimes it's more gratifying if you know the car is a shed but the motor embarrasses all the tuned jap crap and some of the "exotics" from the German and Itallion stables

[secondtimelucky]

haven't got a clue of the mpg of mine, no tax yet so cant drive it it sucks ass, i wanna get sideways!!!

[secondtimelucky]

[quote="BadDave"][quote="secondtimelucky"]well i haven't even modded mine yet, only had it a week just been cleaning and polishing constantly, against the weather an all, no point in good engine if the car looks like a shed now is there [/quote]

TRUST ME
Sometimes it's more gratifying if you know the car is a shed but the motor embarrasses all the tuned jap crap and some of the "exotics" from the German and Itallion stables[/quote]
very true indeed, i should have known that really, after my fiesta an all, what a waste of money though

[munky30]

well i haven't even modded mine yet, only had it a week just been cleaning and polishing constantly, against the weather an all, no point in good engine if the car looks like a shed now is there

TRUST ME
Sometimes it's more gratifying if you know the car is a shed but the motor embarrasses all the tuned jap crap and some of the "exotics" from the German and Itallion stables

too right

I have gone out of my way to make my car look like a heap, its great.

[secondtimelucky]

tried that with the fiesta, didn't take much

[Gortour]

tried that with the fiesta, didn't take much

Don't need to do ANYTHING to a Fiesta though do you?
Rather cheating in a way...

[BadDave]

well i haven't even modded mine yet, only had it a week just been cleaning and polishing constantly, against the weather an all, no point in good engine if the car looks like a shed now is there

TRUST ME
Sometimes it's more gratifying if you know the car is a shed but the motor embarrasses all the tuned jap crap and some of the "exotics" from the German and Itallion stables

too right

I have gone out of my way to make my car look like a heap, its great.

Did it with an old Ford Capri

2.0 litre Cosworth Turbo kickin out 480 at the wheels
Lot of drivers were slightly confused as to how i beat them
Both with acceleration ant top speed

[whipsey]

i'd be interested as long as my cars sorted how about another centralish one rockingham speedway?

[secondtimelucky]

my fiesta beat imprezzas occasionally, 2.0 zetec turbo on throttle boodies, fwd 280+bhp at the wheels= stupid fun

[Gortour]

Can I keep 'er indoors amused around there Whipsey?
Can't afford a divorce...

[whipsey]

loads to do within a few miles whats she into

[Gortour]

loads to do within a few miles whats she into

Likes history and historical buildings, scenery, a nice shopping mall...
Usual female stuff... Doesn't mind the cars too much as long as it's in moderation...

[BadDave]

loads to do within a few miles whats she into

Any karting or mini moto's to arse about with

[whipsey]

well theres rockingham castle close by a few other bits all depend's really i'll try and get some info i know they have a 4x4 track etc at the speedway

[Andy335Touring]

What you need is pulling power to make people go to the trouble of traveling longer than they would normally be prepaired to go.

If we had a separet section for tourings at the santa pod meet like they did last year then you've got some pulling power as it was a good meet last year, plenty of nice E30's(and other BMWs) to see and if you get bore of that then run your car down the strip or just spectate ?

Organizing a meet can be a pita because some one's always going to say.............

........i can't make that date......

........it's too far to travel........

What do you think ?

[whipsey]

santa pod sounds good how do you go about getting a stand set up there just for tourers

[secondtimelucky]

i think yor right for the reasons you mentioned, just liked the idea of a separate meet, without having any special events (like the pod) to have to pay for on top of petrol, theres not that many tourings on here so i cant see y it would be too difficult to find a date, if everyones got plenty of notice, lol. we'l have to see what happens, if it works, its all good, if not, it as all good,

[BadDave]

What you need is pulling power to make people go to the trouble of traveling longer than they would normally be prepaired to go.

If we had a separet section for tourings at the santa pod meet like they did last year then you've got some pulling power as it was a good meet last year, plenty of nice E30's(and other BMWs) to see and if you get bore of that then run your car down the strip or just spectate ?

Organizing a meet can be a pita because some one's always going to say.............

........i can't make that date......

........it's too far to travel........

What do you think ?

Hear what your saying Andy
It's along the lines of Gordon(Alton Towers) and Whipsy with the Rockingham idea
if it's going to be an all day meet,we really need something more to keep everyone(wags/kids/dogs) entertained.

[whipsey]

theres always wicksteed park lol

[steerfromtherear]

I like the idea of Weston-Super-Mare myself, I know its not been suggested but the O/P is from there and I live round the corner lol

[HairyScreech]

im not far south of bath. would attempt to make it depending if im in warminster or swansea at the time.

[secondtimelucky]

well all we need is a local carpark and a few tourings to fill it lol. the local plod are pretty chilled here, they only ever step in when knob of the night turns up (very rare occasion lately) in his chavbox and starts messin round, even if we cant get everyone here i think it could start a bit of a touring meet trend lol

[StriderDriver]

I'll be up for a Touring meet.

Furthest Worth = Coventry-ish
Furthest East = Reading-ish (good indoor karting track)
Further South = Exeter-ish
Further West = Gower (S.Wales)

Hope this helps to narrow dwon the locations??

[E30Mark]

i'd be interested as long as my cars sorted how about another centralish one rockingham speedway?

Last time (in 2003) we (the BMWCC) hired Rockingham raceway it cost us £8.5k

I assume you just mean meeting in the carpark outside... there is nothing else there! It's a windswept place, not ideal in my opinion...

From my experience, somewhere between 50 - 65% of the 'definites' will turn up to an event, and around 25% maybes will attend.

Re Santa Pod, again it's damn hard work trying to section off an area within an area if you get my drift. The E30zone will be allocated a pitch, then we have to section that off into various sub groups... then we have to guess how many people will actually turn up, then those who do turn up arrive / depart all at different times so it makes allocating space difficult. It also means someone has to marshal the areas all day (Funny how few zoners actually take up the challenge to help at these events too!!!)

I'd be up for a localish meet, but unless someone organises a 'proper event' i don't see many being drawn into a major meet.

I'm not here to piss on anyone's enthusiasm, but just speaking from a realistic view point.

Here is a challenge to prove me wrong!!!!!

[tonybtonyb]

Hi used to have a touring but i've chop the roof off now so some people would call it a cab!Anyway have a great meet.Tony