Southern area club meet?

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2009 9:16 pm

Cavalier342 wrote:

Ok cool Tim. i guess i'll aim for 13:00 at the earliest then. I reckon it would take about 50 mins from bournemouth with good traffic, noting that i have to run a bit further and turn round at the next junction just outside Southampton Intl airport. I reckon i'll leave sometime after 12. sounds good. Gives me time with the hoover :twisted:

Everyone else ok with that? 13:00 ish as the earliest mark.

tim 1990 gsi (or v6 auto)
Peter 1992 Diplomat saloon XE
Dave 1991 GTE 16v
andy- 1990 sri (andysri)
Andrei - 1992 LS I Auto
Wolfie 1995 1.8i GLS

:grommit

By the way, currently the weather forecast for the Southampton area is cloudy with a chance of rain in the late afternoon/evening time. So doenst look bad

andysri · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:28 pm

spent a few hours on the cav this afternoon getting it looking a bit more presentable than it was all ready for tomorrow.

i'll be leaving around 11 which should get me there by 1-1:30 ish hopefully, got a bit of running around to do in the morning.

see you all there!!!!

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:33 pm

Nice, wicked Andy.
See you there mate, as with everyone else too

tim 1990 gsi (or v6 auto)
Peter 1992 Diplomat saloon XE
Dave 1991 GTE 16v
andy- 1990 sri (andysri)
Andrei - 1992 LS I Auto
Wolfie 1995 1.8i GLS

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 5:16 pm

Well i must say i really enjoyed the meet

Shame that not many people turned up, but hey i was glad to meet the guys that did. Hopefully we'll get another one going sometime when the warmer better weather kicks in, hopefully at the same location as it was a good site i think

Anyways, ye real nice to meet you guys, hope you all had a safe trip back. As for me i felt as though i was on a cruise liner 8-)

sparzzy · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:05 pm

thanks to pete. andrei and andy for making it today. mine was 200mile round trip andy must have been more. my next meet will be at westerham grasshopper with vxlscc south east on last sunday. car was diff to drive at standard height but very comfortable . some pics pete had to go so no pics of his dippy.you all again. tim

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:24 pm

Nice pics, Tim
Look how clean my Cav is :twisted:

well it wont be now as its raining

lol. I've got 3 pics up in the Club Events forum, check them out too Tim, i got all 3 cars with the hoods up

andysri · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:29 pm

was great to meet you guys, love the gsi tim, was looking forward to seeing it in the flesh!

interesting light display andrei, never seen anyone put that amount of effort into a light display!

was great to finally meet up with decent like minded people.
looking forward to the next one!

cav needs another clean lol

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:35 pm

Thank you friend

As i said its my hobby really, just comes natural. the odd 100 here, odd 100 there... :lol:

Ye, definitely looking forward to another meet with us lot, its great to be around decent people

andysri · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 8:10 pm

im having trouble uploading my pics but i'll get them up soon.

after a long run on the motorway i decided to go for a good blast through the country lanes as i havent done it for a while. only problem was i kept catching up with the cars in front lol

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 9:45 pm

Thats cool. I on the other hand had trouble keeping up with other cars :lol:

I was in my "Captain Slow" mood 8-)

Anywho, i swear the car feels smoother and more composed to drive now after that motorway run

Dont know why. Another thing is i am gonna get a tonne of sleep 2night as i am so tired from the journey lol. It's too relaxing!! :lol:

andysri · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:24 pm

its amazing what a good run does to a car.
i felt a lot like that after driving my auto omega for a few months, my concentration kept wandering but when i got the cav it stopped. turns out i was just really bored

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Sun Feb 08, 2009 11:33 pm

lol. For me, its not that i'm bored or anything, i got a radio/cd unit, windows to look out of and a hundred LEDs to look at whenever i want lol, its just that somehow the car feels incredibly relaxing

My concentration and road awareness still stay up, but i just feel completely like on a deck of a cruise ship. Until i hit kickdown of course

that incredible sound wakes me up :shock:

I honestly can say, i probably will never drive a completely standard car that sounds so good when revved up. It's got that kind of bmw'ish smooth roar and the lovely whistle from the gearbox

sounds so nice above 4000 rpm.

GTE 16v · **Joined:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:48 pm **Posts:** 11

Cavalier342 wrote:

lol. For me, its not that i'm bored or anything, i got a radio/cd unit, windows to look out of and a hundred LEDs to look at whenever i want lol, its just that somehow the car feels incredibly relaxing

My concentration and road awareness still stay up, but i just feel completely like on a deck of a cruise ship. Until i hit kickdown of course

that incredible sound wakes me up :shock:

I honestly can say, i probably will never drive a completely standard car that sounds so good when revved up. It's got that kind of bmw'ish smooth roar and the lovely whistle from the gearbox

sounds so nice above 4000 rpm.

pmsl, you need to go out in Pete's Dippy weapon, now the noises that makes over 5500 revs are spine tingling. Awesome motor.

GTE 16v · **Joined:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:48 pm **Posts:** 11

Cavalier342 wrote:

........sounds so good when revved up. It's got that kind of bmw'ish smooth roar.

If thats the case you need to rip the engine out and fit a proper one!

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:04 pm

lol to be fair i'm not after power or anything, but i just like the sound of it thats all

besides anything with more power will use more gas, and mine's bad enough lol

GTE 16v · **Joined:** Thu Nov 13, 2008 6:48 pm **Posts:** 11

Any more picterus of the meet then?

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Wed Feb 11, 2009 10:29 am

Well there's the 3 pics on this forum of our individual cars and i've got 3 pics of all 3 cars together in the Event Pictures forum. Thats about it really.

eam8008 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 1:50 am

Wolfie says sorry he didnt make it but after hearing a "loud crack or thump" from the rear corner, he decided not to risk it. Lucky for him he didnt as he appears to have broken a suspension arm!! :wall

Getting fixed soon so he'll hopefully see you at the next one

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 16, 2009 11:18 am

Thats ok no worries. I wouldnt drive anywhere myself with that to be fair. I mean i trust the car and all but the rozzers wont see it in a good way :lol:

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Tue Mar 17, 2009 11:20 am

Hey all.
Just wondering when everyone's up for another south meet sometime soon. How about like last time, setting an approximate date in like a month or so. Looks like the warmer days are closing in, so i thought why not

Andrei.

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 13, 2009 8:51 pm

anybody at all? :wave

James McGrath · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 7:02 pm

Well I'm game for a meeting. You should do one this summer.

Cavalier342 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:57 pm

Nice one on bringing the topic back up from the dead

When i get my timing belt replaced, i'll definitely be up for another meet. It hasn't gone, but that dreaded renewal interval is sailing into port. Don't want to go long-distance yet. Anybody else interested meanwhile?
Andrei :wave

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