Supercar convoy to Wilton House

[notax]

As there is no official convoy this year I thought I'd organise one for drivers who are exhibiting their cars. The plan will be to meet in the Winchester/Southampton area and take an interesting back road route to Wilton. The plan will be to leave the meeting venue at 7am to ensure we arrive at Wilton House before 8am. I realise this will be a detour for many of you, but when you see the route I think you'll find it a worthwhile one!

If you are exhibiting your car, please feel free to send me a PM and we can discuss the finer details which I am keeping off forum.

Edited by notax on Tuesday 2nd June 10:18

[notax]

No worries, however Winchester isn't too far out of your way if you decide you want to end the journey on more interesting roads...

[notax]

Excellent! I'll mail you the latest update. We already have some very interesting cars intending to join us. Other supercars are welcome, please get in touch for more information.

[notax]

I'm pleased to say that our convoy is gathering pace, expected cars now include:

Aventador roadster
599 GTO
SLS roadster
Dodge Viper
Sagaris
Gran Turismo
F430

Any interested supercar owners please get in touch for more information

[notax]

AndyFerrari, thanks for getting in touch. I look forward to meeting you!

[notax]

Hi Flagpole, I am unable to email you, please contact me through my profile and I will send details. We are not meeting in Southampton but a little nearer to you, so you will be able to join us with your start time.

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Hi Mike, sorry your PM didn't get through. Hopefully you have now received a message from me?

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TOYNEG said:

Hi Chris, any probs me tagging along if I can make it?, means i will need to hang around for an hour when i get there but what better time for a blast than a sunday morning and this sounds great.... no probs if only supercars this time

Hi Tony, yes you are welcome to join us, I'll send you a PM with details

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Flagpole said:

Sorry guys. Try [e-mail] as the abbreviated ones seems to be having problems (bloody technology!)

Hi Andy, I have emailed you, sorry it hasn't reached you. I'll try and again and phone if I don't hear that you have received it. Thanks. Chris

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TOYNEG said:

Could someone email me the Winchester meet details if ok me tagging along [e-mail]
Thanks guys

Hi, hopefully you have now received my email?

[notax]

Hi guys, well our convoy is developing nicely, likely attendees now include:

Pagani Huarya
Aventador roadster
458
997 Turbo x 2
599
16M
SLS roadster
Gran Tursimo
Gran Cabrio x 2
California T
Viper
Viper convertible
12c spider
F430
Sagaris

If any other supercar drivers would like to join us, please mention it here and or PM me. Cars are meeting us from all sorts of different directions including London and the West country, so you may be able to hook up with someone before you even reach us. I'm about to go and pre drive the intended route to make sure it hasn't recently been top dressed and look forward to seeing you tomorrow!

[notax]

Hi Tony, emails aren't reaching some people, not sure why. Please PM me your number and I'll call you later with details. Cheers Chris

[notax]

All drivers should now have received final instructions from me by email. See you tomorrow!

[notax]

Hi guys, sorry for the delayed response. Glad you all seemed to enjoy it too! We even managed to pull together a great little hoon for the return journey too - including Mike in the Aventador, the gorgeous Volcano red 12c, and a KTM and a Gallardo that we bumped into at a petrol station! The roads were still empty so we were able to make pretty good progress

I have Go Pro footage of the entire hoon (rear facing from the SLS) and dash footage of our exit from Wilton through the crowds. Angela suggests I set up a Drop Box account so I'll try and do this. My footage is an hour long and I have no time or ability to edit it, so James your offer would be much appreciated. I'll email the Drop Box around when set up but you all have me email so feel free to send me stuff and perhaps James and I can get together to make something of it?

I'm glad the hoon was largely incident free, I saw one of the RS4s have a bit of a moment, then there was our close range deer spotting and a horse that got spooked not by the speed, but the sight of the Aventador and KTM on our return journey. No harm done in any case and we were genuinely barely moving when the horse decided to start circling in the road!

I'll probably arrange another hoon to the Wilton breakfast meet for convertibles on 28th June if anyone is interested. Also thinking of organising one to end at a really good indoor karting venue in the countryside near Salisbury on another occasion...

Cheers

Notax

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I could do with a hand editing my footage - it is over an hour long so really needs to be cut down before shared. I'm away all this weekend, but maybe next week I could stick it on a memory stick and post it to someone more capable than me?!

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Yes, it is quite tricky as the organiser to get it exactly right. I tend to stop at each junction to regroup, given the number of cars on this hoon it was unfortunate that we tailed back to the end of the bend... Good driving to avoid the 911 Turbo! I'm pleased that we only appeared to lose the Race Viper and the Pagani (which was busy with a film crew anyway) as far as I know there were still about 20 of us when we reached Wilton