Dove House / Pistonheads Run 2014 - Sunday 1st June

Dove House / Pistonheads Run 2014 - Sunday 1st June

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AMST09

570 posts

179 months

Sunday 1st June 2014
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AndySuperSport said:
Great drive out today from St. Neots, nice of Dove House to book the weather in advance smile

Sorry to anyone I confused on the drive to Towcester, the Caterham's temp gauge got a little too high for my liking so I peeled off and sped an early retreat home. Seems ok, probably needs the dead bugs bushing out of the rad.

Some lovely cars there.
Must of been you I was following then, were you in the last wave of cars?
Was wondering what you were up to

AndyM2249

15 posts

158 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Very enjoyable day. Very much Appreciated. Looking at the facilities and chatting to people like Tony in the workshop it is easy to see how they (rightly) picky up awards and loyal custom.

Was in the run behind Phil in the silver cayman, which ended up Cayman, Enzo and the Gallardo... Both sounded epic, hilarious watching people's reaction to the enzo as it went past. Definite experience following those two to the cafe stop.

Top day thanks again.

Dove House

Original Poster:

38 posts

235 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Huge appreciation for everyone that made it yesterday, the weather was very kind to us and there was a superb range of cars here for everyone to look at.

Thank you also for uploading your photos here, as we were all too busy to spend much time taking our own!

Thanks again for your support and hopefully see you at the next one.

A993LAD

1,627 posts

220 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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chrisbill86 said:
Well that was good fun.

Good to speak to so many 964 and 993 owners. I really need to go air cooled!

Mine was the white 997 which was in the garage having a clean.

C
Great to meet you Chris. Your 997 looked great and as a 993 owner I really don't rate them for daily use so I guess you'll need to I keep the 997 alongside a 993 or 964.

Marc

djdestiny

6,542 posts

177 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Really enjoyed yesterday, and my step son did too smile
It was a bit frustrating to be in a row of cars for the run only to find he had led us all off the route to a bloody garden faté!
Surely if you know you're not staying on the route at least pull over and say rather than let everyone follow you.
That did kind of spoil the run out as the rest of it was spent driving the main road route alone to Towcester to catch everyone else up frown

markrwadsworth

25 posts

118 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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I want to see the photo of me that Tony took out of the back of the Turbo Cab that Simon was piloting ;-)

Cracking day - roll on the next one!

nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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djdestiny said:
It was a bit frustrating to be in a row of cars for the run only to find he had led us all off the route to a bloody garden faté!
golden rule don't follow make your own way and if you do have to follow pre-arrange it with the person you're following


djdestiny said:
Surely if you know you're not staying on the route at least pull over and say rather than let everyone follow you.
allowing for above where you shouldn't be following unless pre-arranged it means the person you're following is then obliged to find a safe place to pull over and allow for however many cars following to also safely pull over

unless you followed that car from the very start but picked it up mid-route then the car might not have been on the run anyway - if you followed the car from the start then again if not pre-arranged it's your mistake and the others that followed you


djdestiny said:
That did kind of spoil the run out as the rest of it was spent driving the main road route alone to Towcester to catch everyone else up frown
you made a mistake and went off route, don't feel bad about it as I bet it happens on almost all runs to someone, even if they've following the suggested route instructions, I've heard of some following a car thinking it was on the run they were until it pulls on to the drive of its home

Edited by nta16 on Monday 2nd June 16:01

djdestiny

6,542 posts

177 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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I was in the middle of about 10 cars which started right from Dove House.
I'm not the only person who let's say annoyed by it, but I'm the first to mention it on here.
Don't get me wrong, it was a fantastic day as I've already mentioned, just a bit odd you'd lead everyone off route!
My brother was on the map and commented he'd gone wrong at a roundabout but everyone else followed, would you of stuck with the big group or gone off on your own?

jvr

788 posts

246 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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nta16 said:
djdestiny said:
It was a bit frustrating to be in a row of cars for the run only to find he had led us all off the route to a bloody garden faté!
golden rule don't follow make your own way and if you do have to follow pre-arrange it with the person you're following


djdestiny said:
Surely if you know you're not staying on the route at least pull over and say rather than let everyone follow you.
allowing for above where you shouldn't be following unless pre-arranged it means the person you're following is then obliged to find a safe place to pull over and allow for however many cars following to also safely pull over

unless you followed that car from the very start but picked it up mid-route then the car might not have been on the run anyway - if you followed the car from the start then again if not pre-arranged it's your mistake and the others that followed you


djdestiny said:
That did kind of spoil the run out as the rest of it was spent driving the main road route alone to Towcester to catch everyone else up frown
you made a mistake and went off route, don't feel bad about it as I bet it happens on almost all runs to someone, even if they've following the suggested route instructions, I've heard of some following a car thinking it was on the run they were until it pulls on to the drive of its home

Edited by nta16 on Monday 2nd June 16:01
Totally correct,though sometimes when only one in a car its a lot easier to follow than try and look at instructions at many leptons!
I turned left at a turning near Denton which most people seemed to miss including the run organiser!
But I've organised many a run in the past and you can often find cars going past each other in opposite directions,it happens.
I think because we drive at the maximum speed limit allowed on any given road situations like this will always happen.

BTW thanks all for organising the day it was great and thanks to Dove house for their hospitality.
P

nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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djdestiny said:
My brother was on the map and commented he'd gone wrong at a roundabout but everyone else followed, would you of stuck with the big group or gone off on your own?
100% went off on our own

I've known the organiser take the wrong turning on a tour and luckily my navigator insisted that we took the correct turn because she was following the directions given

you had a navigator so why follow and again if you follow it must be pre-arranged

if he'd have driven into a river would you and everyone else have followed

you made a mistake but it's not the end of the world but you must accept the mistake is yours

djdestiny

6,542 posts

177 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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I think you're missing my point entirely so I'll leave it at that

nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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jvr said:
Totally correct,though sometimes when only one in a car its a lot easier to follow than try and look at instructions at many leptons!
if you're by yourself you should pre-arrange to follow another car with a navigator

you should never try to read any instructions whilst driving


jvr said:
I turned left at a turning near Denton which most people seemed to miss including the run organiser!
just as I put in my previous post, seems they're not alone in doing this


jvr said:
I think because we drive at the maximum speed limit allowed on any given road situations like this will always happen.
it happens at any speed but is more likely the faster you go

I remember on a Northampton PH run (when they used to happen) someone misread the instructions and drove down a track with a train of cars following as we carried on to the correct turning on to the A14

ETA: we don't always get it right, often take wrong turnings or misread run instructions and accept that they are our mistakes


Edited by nta16 on Monday 2nd June 17:43

nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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djdestiny said:
I think you're missing my point entirely so I'll leave it at that
I don't think so but as you seem to be missing my point I quite agree it's best dropped and I just hope you've learnt from the incidence even if you can't accept it was your mistake

djdestiny

6,542 posts

177 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Ok as you want to carry on...
If I was at the front of a group of cars that were on an already known route took a wrong turn then fair enough, it's a mistake. But, the point I'm trying to make is this; if you were at the front and knew you were not continuing the route that you've clearly shown yourself to be following for the last 5-10 miles would your concience not make you think that as you are now going off the route to a different destination wouldn't you feel a bit bad that everyone was still following you and that you're leading them off route?
Personally I would of pull in or let the others pass rather than just carrying on to some other event, park up and then announce oh, we've come here for a cup of tea!
Everyone seemed rather amazed at that and I heard various swearing from others, probably more so from the Porsche owners that now had to drive across a field of rather long grass to get back to the road!
Maybe I'm more thoughtful of others.
I'm out.

Edited by djdestiny on Monday 2nd June 18:03

The devil

2,123 posts

182 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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djdestiny said:
Ok as you want to carry on...
If I was at the front of a group of cars that were on an already known route took a wrong turn then fair enough, it's a mistake. But, the point I'm trying to make is this; if you were at the front and knew you were not continuing the route that you've clearly shown yourself to be following for the last 5-10 miles would your concience not make you think that as you are now going off the route to a different destination wouldn't you feel a bit bad that everyone was still following you and that you're leading them off route?
Personally I would of pull in or let the others pass rather than just carrying on to some other event, park up and then announce oh, we've come here for a cup of tea!
Everyone seemed rather amazed at that and I heard various swearing from others, probably more so from the Porsche owners that now had to drive across a field of rather long grass to get back to the road!
Maybe I'm more thoughtful of others.
I'm out.

Edited by djdestiny on Monday 2nd June 18:03
This is hilarious, people should lighten up, all it is is a sunday jaunt across the countryside, everyone was given a map with destination, i guess the motto is (although apparently your not coming again), don't be a sheep

Richard 858

1,882 posts

134 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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The devil said:
This is hilarious, people should lighten up, all it is is a sunday jaunt across the countryside, everyone was given a map with destination, i guess the motto is (although apparently your not coming again), don't be a sheep
+1^

api330

673 posts

199 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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I agree with djdestiny, It would have taken 30 seconds to have pulled over and said sorry guys I am not doing the run I am going home or what ever It's just common courtesy, I do agree though It's not worth falling out over,

nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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I agree it would have been courtesy to wave all the cars by, subject to being able to safely pull over to do so

but djdestiny had a navigator with him so every reason and opportunity not to follow the car in front

if the car in front sped up and you and nine others following had to drive over the speed limit to keep up and you and the nine others were stopped for speeding by not the car that you were following would djdestiny say to the authorities it's not our fault we were only speeding to keep up with the car in front we are not responsibly for our own actions

most people might curse a bit at the time of being 'led astray' but later see it as something to laugh about and remind themselves not to follow a car unless pre-arranged and I'd hope that would include the group of ten

Edited by nta16 on Monday 2nd June 21:57

M4HEM

2 posts

117 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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Ok, so I was in the group of 4 cars misleading the group of 9 who regretfully followed us.......

We had been at dovehouse all morning, and superbly organised and great cars there

We left, as a group of 4, and not within one of the groups that dovehouse were organising departure for

We had decided to go to castle Ashby, as on route back for us, regretfully for the following group, for a couple of miles, this did appear to follow the same route.......and they clearly then made a mistake at a round about where we peeled off

I was 2nd in the group, and following my sat nav to my destination, whilst I did see a couple of cars following our group, it was not until our destination that I realised it was 9, as far as for the last person in our group stopping, how did he know you were not going to castle ashby to? If he had of stopped he would have lost us......as for the fete, we had no idea that was on, and irrelevant, you all could have gone off on a differing route at any point

Clearly we did not wish to mislead, but having been on many runs, I know by dire experience that following the person in front may not get you to your desired location, always best to have 2 in the lead car, and radios

No hassle intended for those affected

Edited by M4HEM on Monday 2nd June 22:04

nta16

7,898 posts

233 months

Monday 2nd June 2014
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no need for a lead car, unless pre-arranged, as all cars were given a copy of the suggested route

anyone at any time can go off route or ignore it which is why you don't follow anyone unless pre-arranged

Edited by nta16 on Monday 2nd June 22:08