Oct 11th Run Proposal

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Hey guys,

Firstly thanks to Si for keeping the list updated while I put in the hours to be worthy of my honoury japanese car workers hard worker award.

In my first post since the fatboy, sorry kmm is away playing soldiers I think I should do the honourable thing as a mate of his and change the route and start date and forget to tell him.

Only kidding, but it would be a good laugh!

I hope everybody is looking forward to the run, we are actively trying to collect further exotica and rarity for everybody to enjoy on the day. Thanks to all cars for signing up although we are sorry that there is a missing green drive blocker, sorry, corsa!

Take it easy guys, will be in touch with start point location and map very soon.

Andy

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SXi Lad said:

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although we are sorry that there is a missing green drive blocker, sorry, corsa!

FFS!!! Its BLUE!! And I may be able to make it to the run. A mate is wanting to come along.

Edited by SXi Lad on Friday 18th September 22:33

oh sorry brad, didnt realise that you were so touchy about the colours, my apologies!

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Sorry brad,

think i'll need to ask the mods to make me a smilie for an open can of worms, come to think of it....are baked bean tins blue or green?

oops sorry, there i go again.

yep we will go near loch lomond mate but dont worry, there wont be a driveway in sight all day.

ps cheers for some brill banter, pmsl when catching up tonight

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Alright lads,

Springkerse is officially 9.30 for 10.00 departure. However, the Greggs, Burgerking, Morrisons all open at 9.00am for food, fuel, toilets etc from 9.00am. Myself and Fatboy (kmm) will be there from 9.00.

Hopefully a lot will be there in reasonably good time to let everybody enjoy some of the metal on show. I'm not sure but i think we may have some drop ins just to check out the cars.

Brad, read this carefully.....THERE IS ONLY ONE ENTRANCE TO THE CAR PARK, you will probably be drawn to park there, DO NOT PARK OVER THE ENTRANCE, do not box us in

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Hi Lads,

Apologies Brad, no more funny guy stuff.

The route is finalised, subject to me and fat boy having a spirited dry run (if you can call a Nissan vanette diesel and a corsa van 1.7d spirited). Just to check for times, the lunch stop, photo opportunities etc

We will keep the exact run until the day, but it is a great run and is suitable for all types including corsas and deisel beemers so if your down from Aberdeen for the weekend come and join us.

cheers

andy

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Hey Guys,

Will def get my butt into gear and get the stirling (springkerse retail park)meet point map posted asap.

For the Glasgow boys who I know like a tunnel or two (theres a rumour that a certain white lambo tried to tunnel through a hill by starting in a nice soft ditch) its not so much a tunnel but a nice extended bridge under stirling railway station. The bridge is perfectly situated on the dual carrigeway to let you pass through on a full bore and has been known to draw thumbs up from the people you pass. Nowhere near the CT but for noise purposes should be nice.

As prev posts, all food, loo, fuel requirements have been taken care of at start, mid point and end of run so all you weegies need to do is meet, sail through the ct (prob grinning all the way)and then get through to stirling (if thats the preferred plan or were you hoping to meet the run in a more north westerly position?)

cheers

andy

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As usual the godfather is correct,

speed camera about 100 yds after leaving the stepps bypass, another 1 about 100yds before the lights at moodiesburn - BOTH ARE 30 zones.

From moodiesburn lights right through until the junction after the castlecary viaduct its a 40. The police are actually being pretty sensible and only pulling people doing well over or moving between lanes however this seems to be only during peak times in a bid to keep the masses moving. HOWEVER outside peak times ie nights and weekend mornings you are virtually guaranteed to be pulled for exceeding the 40 limit.

so take it easy, leave in time

Godfatherly lecture over.....as you were men!

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Hey guys,

Apologies for the silence and many thanks to kenny for his effort in route checking and keeping the organistaion going as I have been dangling off the side of a building for the last four days trying to earn a crust.

Yep the meet point is now definately the Stirling granada services, for those coming from Edinburgh, Fife and Glasgow travelling along the M9 or M80 these are signposted as (funnily enough) stirling services and are just off the big round about.

For the Dundee lads, its the second exit after the dunblane roundabout which takes you onto the M9 for edinburgh for about 5-10 seconds and then up the slip road to the left signposted for Stirling (services).

As Kenny said there is everything here that is needed and we shall meet in the upper car park (1st left once into the services)

Hope this helps, look forward to seeing you on Sun AT THE STIRLING SERVICES

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Hi Tom,

Dont worry about the advance route info, the route is very simple with a few places people will def stop for photos / video camera action. There is actually not a lot of places you can go wrong and as its a big group you will also always be behind cars from the group or youll pass them at the side of the road (taking photos, dont be getting to excited godfather) however if you see a freelander, towrope, lambo thing going on best avoid the situation.

Kenny has done excellent directions and the fastest anybody will go is the speedlimit so itl all be good, see you sunday.

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Hey Mat,

your more than welcome to join us, just confirm you can make it on sunday and we will add you to the list. You will find the weegies very friendly at the meet point.

cheers

andy

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yarass said:

I may be tempted by this also.

Oh sorry, im new

Hey, yep welcome along, will add you to the list, can you confirm your mode of transport and Im guessing you will meet up with the edinburgh troops (hermiston gait meeting point, see thread a few pages earlier).

cheers

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lozriva said:

ALY77 said:

Forgive my ignorance but how long will this run be time wise roughly?
(Is it a full day away or could I promise to be home for lunch/dinner)

Shall we do a Barnton / East Craigs convoy for old times sakes? lol

You up for the cup mate, are we adding you to the list?

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Grand-one and Vagbill both names added lads, see you tomorrow

October 11th - Stirling Run

HOME OF THE WALLACE MONUMENT (STIRLING)
FlipFlop - Porsche 996
Klimakool - Nova or evo

HOME OF THE BIG WHEEL (FALKIRK)
kmm : Audi S4
kmm's dad : Evo 9 340
reddybear:tvr chimaera
stup : 964 turbo
gbtvr : tvr Cerbera
marion : tvr Cerbera
kmm friend : yam R1 (bike)
vagbill : Audi A4 Av Quattro

HOME OF THE PALACE (LINLITHGOW)
Sherman : RX8

HOME OF THE ENLIGHTENED (EDINBURGH)
Monaro5.7: Monaro CV8
fluffnik: ALPINA B10 V8
Big Al : Benelli Tornado (bike)
Ferobert: Hensen
TR7ster : Stilo Abarth
Nick - TVR Chimera (yellow)
Kenny (k7lsy) - Noble
LHD - E32 735iSE
stevos69 : F430 Spider
brakdown : DB7
paul 450 : VXR8
Neli : Escort Cosworth (maybe)
Tubby2: MR2 Turbo
SXi Lad : Blue Vauxhall corsa
Mr Trophy - D3kster - Nissian Skyline
KaysVrs : Fabia Vrs
Lozriva : Mini Cooper
YDNA : Yellow xx
Rockatansky : Volvo T5
Deekster : Skyline R33
Grand-one : tvr chim

God's Chosen City!! (Glasgow)
Aidayboy - Cooper S Conv.
OlberJ - Celica SS-III
Stu303 - 997 C2S
A.J.M - Freelander TD4
paulqv - depends on if there are ditches! Countach QV
athol - bmw z4mc
m44ttg - bmw z4mc
Prydeh - S2K
Weebles - Accord Type R
The Azzuri : Honda S2000
M996tt : Porsche 996 turbo


Irvine by the Sea
chimera40 : DB9

God's Chosen town!! (Larkhall)
RDM - 911 C4S
onboard: VXR8

Home of the steelmen (Motherwell)
Well_Fans - Monaro CV8
Langy996tt : Porsche 911 turbo

Bo'ness (Home of the Hill Climb)
M4TT C : Boxster S

Home of the Armco Dodger (Blackridge)
Armco Dodger - Civic Type R

Home of the Cream (Dundee)
Cream Cake Clarky - Z4M
Renmure - Nissan Micra 360 Spider
bmartinwheels : TVR Cerbera

The Fair City (Perth)
Motors : M3

Home OF LINOLEUM (Fife)
P17 GTA : Alfa 147 GTA

God's wet bit of Country (Blanefield)
OJ : 997 C2S
Matchmaker : Octavia VRS

Crieff- Home of Ginger Beetle
Ginger Bettle - white Corrado
Tomm77 : Lotus Europa S
KnightriderS2 - RS2 Coupe/S2 Avant

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Well troops, things are looking promising, 60 cars from all over, loads of different marques to have a good nosey at.

Myself and the fatboy will be at the start waiting with the two lovelies coming in the yellow custom for a gumball style start.

Remember, leave in plenty of time and drive safe, the bib dont have a lot to do on a sun morning especially the weegies coming down the A80.

cheers

Flipflop and on behalf of KMM and our trusty internet minder Si.

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[quote=kmm]WOW, a rare appearance from floppy flip boy.
Thought it was me and Si doing all the work!

Moi? leaving you guys doing all the work? how very dare ya

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Well lads,

By all accounts its been a top day. A big thanks to Kenny who (due to my complete lack of organisation and general reliability) ended up doing the majority (read nearly all) of the organising with help from Si.

Thanks also to all who turned up and to all the guys I met today for the first time and had some great banter with. Some top cars and action out today. 3 great memories;
1. two alloys being booked in for refurb tomorrow ..ouch
2. the twitchy moment due to dry straight/wet corner combination south of Inverary
3. the look of fury on the face of the passenger of the 80something old woman in the red small car who had obviously been "overtaken" by about 30 cars before me.

Finally, if I can persuade kenny to help (read do the work) can somebody do a poll type post wth a vote on what is the next outing

a) another run such as today before the year end
b) an xmas time track day (numbers / cost permitting)
c) a spring time weekender, poss inc an afternoon track session
d) any other suggestions?
e) none of the above some other f*cker can organise it

cheers guys

Ps Bradley, Im gonna be stalking the crepe stand in lothian road to discuss your comments on my reversing skills

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Thats actually where i ended up as a proposal aswell, does anybody know if crail has a hut or something now where we could get a heat, eat? and chat between runs or wee track sessions.

I think that would be a great day as everybody would get more concentrated full on driving spells but a lot more time for chat/banter etc aswell.

Anybody got a contact at crail? if costs are a bit much could we rope in paul qv and the other club out on a run today or dat inter to rustle up more bodies?

think for a winter day this would be a lot safer than a wet day out on the public roads? or our resident go cart organiser(ess) could do a winter day for us?

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OlberJ said:

Half day is £3000, so £100 per car, 30 cars, all PH folk, that not good?

Edited by OlberJ on Sunday 11th October 23:03

Or if everyody turned up from today we'd be looking at 60.00 ish each, I would be really up for this aswell, would have to be pretty strict on cash here tho as nobody could be left with a headache on this. here or crail, both would be great fun

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hey, seriously considering either a winter knockhill track day or crail day, depending on numbers and costs. i think we would try and fill it from the lists of names from the last few runs, this would ensure a continuity of banter and allow the more timid or less experienced track dayers (like myself) to have an enjoyable day within good company and not be worrying about track fiends.

Si is going to check out Crails costs and facilities and once costs are clear we can make a decision.

Feedback is welcome on a yes/no basis for either of the above, my main thought is that off the public roads we are less reliant on the weather to keep us away from slides as they should be a lot less painful in a track environment.

cheers

ps wheels are in for refurb/repair on wed, will post a before/after shot and costs once I get them back, was quite embarassing walking in today and getting that "alright son, being a tt in a car you cant handle" look from the guy at the first wheel place.

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Hey, thats a good shout. Will wait to get initial costs and thoughts from Si and the troops after the weekend, if its positive I can then email adam for some info/guidance.

whats on on sat, it might be worth a quick reccy to try and suss stuff out (if I can actually get finished work for a few hours)

cheers

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