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IanUAE

2,927 posts

163 months

Sunday 4th October 2015
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I bugger off for a year from next Sunday. I will be back on and off (Motley Crue and Dubai 24hr being 2 such occasions).

Phil I have your lights which I will give to Scott.

Frankie Vaughn

113 posts

115 months

Sunday 4th October 2015
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IanUAE said:
I bugger off for a year from next Sunday. I will be back on and off (Motley Crue and Dubai 24hr being 2 such occasions).

Phil I have your lights which I will give to Scott.
Good for you! Wheres my saw???

MaxA

238 posts

143 months

Sunday 4th October 2015
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Is there a Cars & Coffee in Dubai for ME PistonHeaders, I wonder? As much fun as it is to drink overpriced beers, I'd quite like to look at the cars too...

IanUAE

2,927 posts

163 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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Frankie Vaughn said:
Good for you! Wheres my saw???
In my basement storage.

Fats25

6,260 posts

228 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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MaxA said:
Is there a Cars & Coffee in Dubai for ME PistonHeaders, I wonder? As much fun as it is to drink overpriced beers, I'd quite like to look at the cars too...
You would think that all being ex-pats living here, that people would want to meet up, but it does not seem to work like that. People have their own things to do, and travel a lot, or get a nosebleed if they leave their local! I have been here 14 months now, and so far in that time I have only met:-

  • Shirt, Jase, and SamNorthy (and some others whose usernames I cannot remember) as they were already out doing a track day at the autodrome, and we went for a curry.
  • ChrisQuy a couple of times for beers
  • DXBTiger who I randomly bump into in bars where he is trying to watch egg-chasing, or at the golf club
  • Chilli as he cannot beat me at golf, so to get my confidence back up I play him frequently
  • Dusty who wears a disguise beard now thinking I won't recognise him, as he owes me a night on the piss
Asterix is a Spurs fan like me, and lives around the corner, yet I have never met him!

You need to follow the "Field of Dreams" route. Book something, post it, and see who turns up. You may have a lonely coffee, but it is the only way forward if you want to meet people.

FWIW - if I am in Dubai I will come along, but I don't like coffee.


MaxA

238 posts

143 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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Thanks Fats. We all have lives, but mine does not include golf balls (although they have one use that I found out: you can use a golf ball to hold a car on a small incline so that you don't have to leave the handbrake on after some time on the track/fast road.)

One of the reasons I like cars is that I can meet petrol heads and talk bks about cars, whether at the track, or at a coffee shop, or even a simple car park; not necessarily something you can do with wives, friends, or colleagues.

So I'll do what you suggest. You can have tea, of whatever takes your fancy! I'll just wait for the car (we have the worst PRO ever) as I can't face showing up in the rent/a/wreck that my wife is mostly using.

Edited by MaxA on Monday 5th October 06:53

e21jason

717 posts

218 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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There are several car meets here they are just not that widely published

Last weekend there was a car coffee style meet, autocross at the autodrome and a rally in sharjah

Motoring Middle East normally list most of the event on their website, and you normally get a few people out at cafe rider on a Friday morning

Jason


shirt

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22,506 posts

200 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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there are meets but i'm not a fan of the 'scene' as it were.

there's a decent group of us [frankie, jase, sam, h, ct84] who attend most trackdays and evolve autocross events. then theres rich and ian who are into race and rally management/spannering.

the others i dont see so often. shame as the last proper night we had [years ago, karting and the pub] was a lot of fun

Frankie Vaughn

113 posts

115 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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shirt said:
there are meets but i'm not a fan of the 'scene' as it were.

there's a decent group of us [frankie, jase, sam, h, ct84] who attend most trackdays and evolve autocross events. then theres rich and ian who are into race and rally management/spannering.

the others i dont see so often. shame as the last proper night we had [years ago, karting and the pub] was a lot of fun
Few weeks away from decent weather so trackdays about to start which means I can see all your ugly mugs again.

Superstars challenge to be arranged again soon as well.

ct84

147 posts

121 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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Really need to get out and meet some of these names I see on here, as lovely as it is to see Shirt and Ian's pretty little faces from time to time, would be good to see some more

Fats25

6,260 posts

228 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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So who wants to put a stake in the ground for a meet?

1) Beers
2) Activity - Go karting/Pub Olympics etc
3) Coffee and car Meet

Just pick a date - and see who can come?

I would start but I am away a lot over next 6 weeks. But if around I will come along to all of the above.

Onetrackmind

813 posts

212 months

Monday 5th October 2015
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I'd be well up for a car meet. We should do this. This is a car forum after all! We should also do some early morning drives.

MaxA

238 posts

143 months

Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Excellent. Thanks for all these posts. Just as soon as I can organise delivery of a car, I'm in.

TomV8

387 posts

206 months

Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Count me in too. fair amount of travel coming up but should be ok for November.

Cheers
Tom

Eccentric M

438 posts

164 months

Tuesday 6th October 2015
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I'm ok with a car meet.

shirt

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22,506 posts

200 months

Tuesday 6th October 2015
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Frankie Vaughn said:
Superstars challenge to be arranged again soon as well.
likely month? i'm in for the full thing this year

yorky500

1,715 posts

190 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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As has been said, with the weather cooling down a lot of the car clubs start organising drives and meets. Evolve's Fun Speed run (AutoX) has just started with the next one at the beginning of November. Drives will also start soon too.

God damn I miss those Fun Speed runs - not much fun driving around in a Honda CRV!

MaxA

238 posts

143 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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You have a Honda! We have a rent-a-wreck Mazda6 automatic, kindly arranged by the company. It's OK except that it's underpowered, it has what feels lime stratospheric mileage, it has mismatched and cheapo front tyres and an ominous clonking from the front right so the handling is out. In fact, it's so st that I've basically given up driving it.

shirt

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22,506 posts

200 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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i feel your pain yorky. i just swapped a mitsi nativa for a kia sportage and it was actually an improvement! roads in latam are ste as well

James72911

189 posts

196 months

Wednesday 7th October 2015
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There were a few meet ups arranged by Phil McGovern at Biker Café in Al Quoz - I suspect these will start again once it cools down. There were some amazing cars in attendance. Will post if I hear any news.