West Coast Road Run: 29 April 2012

Great day, came back via rest and be thankful after lunch.

P.s I really really hate Audi Q7s.

Had a great day, it was my first run and will certainly will be joining us again, if I'm welcome.

I also came back via Inverary/Rest and Be Thankful.

Well done Baz.... good run, route and weather.
Day started well and made ambush point in plenty of time. Saw the lead group and pulled out in to a gap about 5 cars from front. Unfortunately i couldn't find 2nd gear in my excitment and had to go for 3rd. Sorry to beemer and johnny who nearly ran me over!!
Johnny then splatted my car with stones and debris. 2nd mistake of the day was actually trying to keep up with johnny over the pass.
Had a good run with clarky and the blue R32 and i think another beemer, but not the one series. Past a few bikes through glen Dochart which they weren't happy about.
Made Green welly in one piece. Likes the nsx..... been years since i've seen one.
Restart..... took it easy for the first 5 mins to let the car fully warm back up. Caught back up with the R32 and the merc sl55. Got caught in some traffic and never seen the golf again. We were passed by some bikes, but did the honour back to them. Quite funny..... one banana car getting flung about with clarky on my heels. All i could see out my rear mirror was the guy on the bike hanging off all ways to keep with the pace. His two friends were nowhere to be seen. About 5-6 miles from lunch i lost my brakes. If you passed my and wondered what i was doing it's cause i thought i'd bust a brake pipe or something. I didn't know you could boil dot5. Decided to head for home after lunch with clarky for company. I think we both surprised a db9 just after Crainlarich. Brakes felt not bad, but a fluid change will be getting done. There are no leaks and no fluid loss.
Had fun and first run since the arrival of the wee one. Nice to see lots of nice new faces and catch up with some old ones.

Yeah got stuck in that traffic too. Noticed the M3 with the carbon bonnet that was with us (sorry don't know your names) was pulled over there - hopefully not involved. Car looked OK so hopefully just witnesses?

To the wker in the green megane around Glencoe, 'May your boyfriend's arse be infected with the fleas of a thousand camels you insufferable '

I also had my first run with you guys in the lighter of the green Westfields and had such fun. First time up the Dukes pass and hats off to Andy with the Subaru for a cracking run there.

Sad end to the day however was having to drive from Crianlarach to Tarbet wih no clutch as the cable snapped, and watching a whole load of cars passing while I was waiting for the recovery truck.

Not worried though. It was a fab day and the weather was awesome.

Some really nice cars there as well. Just a shame the roads were filled with cyclists or Sunday drivers with their caravans and motorhomes.

Agreed! Thoroughly enjoyed the dukes pass. Would have liked to try it in a westfield. Great fun in the subaru but the brakes took a pounding.
Hope you dont have too much to do to get it back on the road for your next run.

Also got a good run with Kim in the elise on the homeward journey.

Thanks again for organising had a great day.

:-)

Lol, you weren't hanging about. Full concentration makes you tired.

Some machine you have there, awesome pickup from any speed.

Hey guys,
Thanks for an epic day, yeah witnessed crash on the erskine bridge was a cracker. Will definitely be up for next run. The boy in the sl55 vert was very impressive. Have a good one.
Cheers Billya
( carboned m3 )

Great day guys! Good way to test out my new suspension, may take a few more runs before I get it setup for my liking/uk bumpy roads. Had to dash back to switch into my shopping trolley as the missus was hungry. Hope dinner was nice, the place looked good as I drove by(not as nice as the cars today!).