MK5 Golf GTI
General => Shows, Events and Meets => Old Event Details => Topic started by: MitchGTI on February 25, 2009, 01:23:45 pm
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hi guys, shal we organise and set a date for a berkshire met!?
mitch :mad:
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Nice one! I'm there!!
Alexander was asking about this also, so I'm sure he'd come too!
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Yep..
Somewhere around the middle of Berks? Reading way? J10? Showcase Cinema @ Winnersh?
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Showcase sounds good..huge car park!
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Reading area (roughly) makes it a possibility for me too. And depending when.
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count me in :happy2:
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I'm sure I could drag Pirelli_P along, if the day is right and he's not working!
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Showcase is not too bad an idea.
Hopefully they will have dried out The George http://www.readingrestaurants.com/the_george/ nextdoor as it got flooded last week.
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Ok, so its looking like Showcase is becoming a preferred location. Robin - is this within your reaches? I don't know where you're coming from but Showcase is only 5mins away from Reading.
Here is the contact details:
Showcase Cinemas Reading
Loddon Bridge
Reading Road
Winnersh,
Wokingham
RG41 5HG
http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=RG41+5HG&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.635315,38.935547&ie=UTF8&ll=51.435859,-0.899291&spn=0.104016,0.304184&z=12 (http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=RG41+5HG&sll=53.800651,-4.064941&sspn=12.635315,38.935547&ie=UTF8&ll=51.435859,-0.899291&spn=0.104016,0.304184&z=12)
Its got a big car park for some photos, and a little pub next door which is fine.
What day is best for everyone? i.e weekday evening, Saturday evening, Saturday day? I can't really do Sundays unfortunately - due to work :sad: :sad: so i hope that we can sort something out on a different day! :smiley: :smiley:
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I would suggest a Saturday lunchtime unless it's held in the Summer when evenings are light until late.
I'm thinking about photo opportunities.
Distance is ok for me - Looks like there's some interesting twisties on the A33, or is it all residential houses where filthy rich Berkshire types live? [I've just Google satellite-mapped it and it looks more like fast sweepers - Nice!]
Dependent on date, I'm up for it. 8)
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Saturday Morning/Lunch time :D
Winner.
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So subject to date, the provisional list is : -
MitchGTI
WhiteGTI
CocoPops
RedRobin
Alexander
Hedge
[Copy+Paste and add/subtract your name in the usual way]
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Sounds good! Let's set a date!
Mitch
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What's everyones views of:
Saturday 21 March
or
Saturday 4 April
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21st March much preferred.
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pretty sure i can do the 21st
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I can't do 21st... Mothers Day weekend and we're staying at my parents.
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can anyone else do/not do the dates? This thread has died a bit!!!
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can anyone else do/not do the dates? This thread has died a bit!!!
Shall we just go with the 21st anyway, or pick another date to ensure that all can make it?? I'm not fussed either way :smiley: :smiley:
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I'm easy which ever way weekend can be abit hit and miss cos of work but ile try my best!
Mitch
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Hmm this has kind of fizzled out.
How about Saturday 11 April??
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Saturday 11th is ok for me at the moment.
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i could probably make this i live near by :happy2:
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Ok cool!
I think the only way that this meet will go ahead is if the date gets set in concrete. Then those that can make it come, and those that can't dont.
So:
Saturday 11 April
Location: Showcase Cinema, Winnersh (near Reading)
Loddon Bridge, Reading Road
Wokingham
Berkshire
RG41 5HG
Time: 12:30
Plan: Meet up, friendly banter, check out eachothers cars, pub lunch(optional, but there is a pub next door), drive home.
List:
1) WhiteGTI
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
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:sad: cant make this got tickets for northampton saints vs connaught :sad:
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:sad: cant make this got tickets for northampton saints vs connaught :sad:
Oh :sad: :sad: :sad: Now I feel as if I should change the date again!! :ashamed: :ashamed: :embarrassed:
We'll see what the uptake on this event is, if it stays low then I think we will re-schedule.
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Count me in! :happy2:
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
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So looks like just the 4 of us then?!
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I guess so :sad:
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ill be there at the next one!
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Every one still game! ? This has died abit!
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Yes, at the moment.
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Im still game yep :happy2:
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i should be there but have to go up north to see the folks in the afternoon so will be carrying luggage! :rolleye:
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If it is still on I'll be there!
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
5) n13cah
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I should be able to make it. :happy2:
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^ Awesome !
1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
5) n13cah
6) Hedge
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^ Awesome !
1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
5) n13cah
6) Hedge
Its not that good. I only work less than a mile away. :embarrassed:
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The 11th of April? Suh weet, I'm in. What time? I'm glad I saw this thread!
Mind you Uk-MkIVs had a Reading meet on the 4th that I missed completely ><
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
5) n13cah
6) Hedge
7) cmdrfire
It'll be good to see you again, Neo. Meet details are on page 2, reply #23. :happy2:
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12:30 is early for a Saturday :rolleye: anyway, Winnersh cinema is only 15-20 mins away from me.
Must finish some stuff on my car for then...
Oh, and I've got scratched wheels. No one make fun of me.
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:sad: :sad: :sad: have fun without me
I demand pics!
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:sad: :sad: :sad: have fun without me
I demand pics!
I'll be there with my Leica (and probably my 400d as well).
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Nice! Will be good to meet you cmdrfire! :happy2:
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Gutted! Can't make Saturday now I have to work! I can make any other day apart for sat!! Doh! Sorry lads n lasses! :sad:
Mitch
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Rightyo: Two points;
1) No one is allowed to make fun of my car. The poor beastie has been bumped, scratched, wheels scratched, third taillight failed, et cetera. The last 10,000 miles have been hard, for some reason. This will all be rectified in the summer.
2) Anyone fancy sticking around for a bit to watch Fast and Furious, given we're gonna be at the cinema? My usual film-buddies have wandered off for the weekend so I'd be up to catch a show.
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
5) n13cah
6) Hedge
7) cmdrfire
8) vwrascal
might be a bit late though, got work till 12pm :sad:
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) vwrascal
5) n13cah
6) Hedge
7) cmdrfire
MitchGTI - Sorry you can't make this one.
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Rightyo: Two points;
1) No one is allowed to make fun of my car. The poor beastie has been bumped, scratched, wheels scratched, third taillight failed, et cetera. The last 10,000 miles have been hard, for some reason. This will all be rectified in the summer.
....So now we know exactly what to do, don't we lads! :evilgrin:
2) Anyone fancy sticking around for a bit to watch Fast and Furious, given we're gonna be at the cinema? My usual film-buddies have wandered off for the weekend so I'd be up to catch a show.
....AFAIK, I'll have to be back home for my 17yo SWMBO daughter. What time is the movie? (start and end times)
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1) WhiteGTI
2) RedRobin
3) Nick (NB07)
4) MitchGTI
5) n13cah
6) Hedge
7) cmdrfire
8) vwrascal
might be a bit late though, got work till 12pm :sad:
Didn't know you were from around these parts Dan? :smiley:
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Rightyo: Two points;
1) No one is allowed to make fun of my car. The poor beastie has been bumped, scratched, wheels scratched, third taillight failed, et cetera. The last 10,000 miles have been hard, for some reason. This will all be rectified in the summer.
The same goes for me. Ignore my Lamin-X headlights and my wonky numberplate! :happy2:
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Rightyo: Two points;
1) No one is allowed to make fun of my car. The poor beastie has been bumped, scratched, wheels scratched, third taillight failed, et cetera. The last 10,000 miles have been hard, for some reason. This will all be rectified in the summer.
The same goes for me. Ignore my Lamin-X headlights and my wonky numberplate! :happy2:
....As we are all doing this: Ignore at your peril that my gorgeous guaranteed-to-make-you-jealous Recaro Sports front seats are still in .:R fabric and don't match my Interlagos rear seats.....YET !!!!
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:signLOL: :signLOL:
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2) Anyone fancy sticking around for a bit to watch Fast and Furious, given we're gonna be at the cinema? My usual film-buddies have wandered off for the weekend so I'd be up to catch a show.
I did think of that.
Showtimes for Saturday are
Fast and Furious 107 mins. -
11:30am, Noon, 2:05pm, 2:35pm, 4:40pm, 5:10pm, 7:10pm, 7:40pm, 9:45pm, 10:15pm, 12:05am, 12:35.am
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2:05 pm start, film is 107 mins + 10mins for ads which means it should be finished by 1600 latest I'd have thought, that timing works out for me as well.
Red what does SWMBO mean?
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SWMBO = She Who Must Be Obeyed
In my case she's my 17yo going on 24yo daughter who lives with me and acts the woman of the house as I'm divorced.
The movie looks practical, shall we decide on the day and possibly do 'a forum first' - A cinema meet.
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just seen this....may gate crash the party!!!!
need to clean the car tho!
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Hey, chungster! Be good to see ya! And it's another opportunity to take the piss out of your mate cmdrfire! :evilgrin:
Don't worry about how clean your car is - The weather is a bit filthy and there ain't nuthin' you can do about that.
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or even better...............
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Hey, chungster! Be good to see ya! And it's another opportunity to take the piss out of your mate cmdrfire! :evilgrin:
Don't worry about how clean your car is - The weather is a bit filthy and there ain't nuthin' you can do about that.
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but the steel grey paintwork looks sooo damn good when its clean. its a bit cloudy at the mo outside, and forecast is for a major piss down tomorrow so u maybe right and it'll be wasted effort.
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just seen this....may gate crash the party!!!!
need to clean the car tho!
Wooo would be good to see you again Lee. As to cleaning cars... I was hoping to get mine all spiff today but it's pouring it down, and looks as if it might tomorrow as well, unfortunately. More reason to watch a movie :evilgrin:
Still time for me to tart up my interior though...
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just seen this....may gate crash the party!!!!
need to clean the car tho!
Wooo would be good to see you again Lee. As to cleaning cars... I was hoping to get mine all spiff today but it's pouring it down, and looks as if it might tomorrow as well, unfortunately. More reason to watch a movie :evilgrin:
Still time for me to tart up my interior though...
you tart neo :P
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For all those coming tomorrow:
The car park is quite large.....! So I have a feeling that we may get lost in it amongst other cars.
If we aim to park on the far side of the car park - by this I mean the side that is furthest away from the Junction with the A329M. That may not make a lot of sense now, but it should do when you see the car park. I think there is a petrol station across the road from where the edge of the car park is.
Basically as you go into the car park just keep driving towards the farthest end. Its normally relatively empty over there - plus it is near that pub if some people wish to grab a quick coke.
See you all tomorrow. :happy2:
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You mean the back of the cinema? I shall just keep going round in circles around the cinema 'til I find a gaggle of Golfs.
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So the plan is to meet a bunch of strange men who are into cars and who you met on the internet, in the back of a cinema in an unfamiliar location.
Hmm.................
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So the plan is to meet a bunch of strange men who are into cars and who you met on the internet, in the back of a cinema in an unfamiliar location.
Hmm.................
with headlights flashing......
sound a bit familiar to you does it RR?
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I'll be in the clean one. :wink:
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with headlights flashing......
sound a bit familiar to you does it RR?
:signLOL: :signLOL: :signLOL:
....Oh, so you've seen my party trick have you? No-one else can flash like mine, except some Police cars.
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2:35pm is the absolute latest movie time I could do if we decide to watch it.
If the weather is poor, it would make more sense than playing with our toys cars after lunch.
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Chris, you got a PM :happy2:
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You mean the back of the cinema? I shall just keep going round in circles around the cinema 'til I find a gaggle of Golfs.
Umm I don't think the back. I know that there is that long straight strip of parking behind the building. I meant the far corner of the car park in front of the building!
Haha, it doesn't matter...come to think of it, it should be quite easy to spot eachother :happy2:
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Yep, I think that all our brains are hardwired into spotting other GTI's at hundreds of yards!
Alternatively I could stand on the roof and drop my trousers like I once did at Santa Pod.....Sort of :grin:
Shall I bring a loud-hailer? - "STAND CLEAR OF THE CAR!....STAND CLEAR OF THE CAR!"
Ta 4 txt moby, kriss :happy2:
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about to set off for oxfordshire on detour, should make it to reading by 12.30pm!
see you folks in a bit!
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Quick! Guys! Let's change the venue - chungster's gone, he won't realise! :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin: :evilgrin:
:wink: I'm about to leave too - Safe but Fun Journeys, everyone :happy2: 8) :happy2:
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Rightyo, I shall be setting off myself as well, just loading up the SD card with some more music...
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Was cool meeting you chaps, nice to see some familiar faces and give halloos to people I've not seen before. Pub lunch was really rather good (cheers Chungster) and F&F was quite a fun film as well... all in all, a good time was had by all :drinking:
I arrived late, as usual, and found that all had decamped to the pub! :party:
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WhiteGTI has one of the nicest Golfs I've seen (I admit I've got a soft spot for Candy)
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Some survivors after the movie...
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I'll photoshop the one with the flames later on Chungster :evilgrin:
Oh... and here's to the old Grand Duke of Golfs, Red himself!
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Hahaha! ^^ That photo of Robin is classic!
And what was I talking about in my photo!? Very weird facial expression lol!
Great photos, was good to meet some new faces, and see old ones again!
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yeah good meet despite the damp conditions.
flames on ALL exhausts pipes please ....that's 10 of them in all i think.
FATF stylee you know
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What was the verdict on the film then lads??
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Not too bad actually. Typical Vin Diesel/Fast and Furious stuff. :happy2:
Nice to meet you all by the way.
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A small but really nice meet, and a first as we watched a movie together - Perfect for a wet grey Saturday afternoon and I enjoyed the movie.
The food was good too - I think my Rhubarb Crumble was homemade :party:, and the service was excellent. Just a pity that the waitresses didn't look like the Babes in the F&F movie!
I was very impressed with your APR zorst outside sound, Chris - Rather track car-ish and sporty. Looking forward to hearing it one day from inside.
Neo - I'm now hot for a Defi!! It's all your fault! I'll either email you or PM something about it I want to ask.
Btw, the skies were blue and brightly sunny about 50 miles away to the West.
This was a nice meet - Perhaps we should meet at 12noon and catch a movie again - Arrange the meet around a good movie - Not every meet but occasionally.
I did a 280-mile round trip.
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What was the verdict on the film then lads??
i thought it was good...some cheesy bits (no surprise), can't believe they killed letty off that early! Mia looks lush....
but that drag engined dodge with the direct air intake and no filter, would never survive in those dusty conditions! LOL
great way to kill the bad guy tho. hahahaha.
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Oi Chungster no spoilers. :wink:
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Thought it was quite a "fun" film, don't go there looking for brains :laugh:
x2 on the food as well that was some pretty good fish and chips!
The sound of Chris' APR RSC has made me want one desperately now, but as I say I've got a million things to fix/do to the car before I can get it.
@Red, I rate DEFI best of all the gauges (Lee's with me on this as he used to have a bunch in his scoob). I'll let you know when I've fabricated my housing for 'em, the entire dash should look rather neat. Unfortunately the colour match isn't perfect but it's not the worst in the world. I'm not brave enough to crack a £150 gauge to change the LEDs on it to indigo blue, but I changed the LEDs in the Control Unit to red to match all the red-lit switchgear. That's a hefty drive though!
LOL at the no-filtered supercharger... but some decent cars (and girls!) in there though.
Edit: Was a nice meet though, we ought to turn it into a semi-regular thing.
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i LOVED my Defi's!!!!
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might put some in the Mk6 lol.
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Any pics of your old car Lee? :smiley: :smiley:
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taken at bedford autodrome
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didn't do much to the car tho...just had a cat back exhaust with 5" exit to make some noise (it was the norm!), HKS SSQV atmospheric dump valve to scare the OAPS, set of mud flaps, and set of DEFI gauges!
sold it after 15 months at a huge loss.
then got a motorbike instead!
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Lovely Subaru :drool: :drool:
I drove one just like that about six months ago and was just completely blown away with the speed / handling / grip!
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Lovely Subaru :drool: :drool:
I drove one just like that about six months ago and was just completely blown away with the speed / handling / grip!
its very different to the GTI that's for sure.
The scooby didn't do anything until u hit 4krpm, and then it just takes off! very annoying but it meant u just had to keep the revs up there (turbo a bit laggy basically)
grip was definitely good, and had some fun when it snowed that year i owned it. 4 wheel drifting round corners lol.
fuel economy was pants tho.
the new hatchback variety is just damn ugly. wondere how much they gave FAF to have one featured???
you tempted to buy one then Chris?? :smiley:
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After I had the test drive, i drove home and got an insurance quote on the actual car, and it came to £2700! So that kind of ruled it out really! :sad:
Yeah you're so right about the turbo lag. There was a situation on the test where i had to overtake a cyclist...I was doing about 15mph in second gear waiting for oncoming traffic to clear. Saw a small gap and went for it...................no response................no response.................no response.................oncoming traffic becoming dangerously close...................turbo kicks in just at the right moment! I was so used to the pickup of the GTI's small turbo that I totally underestimated the Subaru in that respect!
But as you say, if you keep the revs up, it is wonderful!
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i LOVED my Defi's!!!!
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might put some in the Mk6 lol.
You're not getting a Mk6 are you?! :fighting:
New Scooby is meant to be a lot more drivable (I've heard), but it is ugly as soon in anything other than the electric blue or white. I don't actually mind it in those colours.
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the Mk6 R20T fund is already set up ready for the big day in 2010!!! :grin:
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meet looked great guys, very jealous I couldnt be there
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meet looked great guys, very jealous I couldnt be there
ditto, sorry i pulled had to get on the A1 quick :confused:
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Thats ok! There will be plenty more :happy2:
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Thats ok! There will be plenty more :happy2:
....I hope that hot chick we saw at the meet comes again! :wink:
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She was seriously fast 'n furious :drool: :wink:
Those who didn't come, really missed out.
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bugger!! :sad:
sounds like a good day tho so next local meet i will for sure be there gettin some advice :happy2:
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