Piston Fest thanks
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BCA said:What a fine paint job! Piccies at www.lotus-elise.org.uk/PistonFest%202003/ (there is one of yours) - email me if you want the full size one.
Nice to meet you briefly (I was the guy with the smart)
J
I'll get John to email you. Thanks Daz.
Joust - would have liked to meet you after having seen all the bruintingthorpe/ bedford vids. Unfortunately couldnt be sure which car was yours and you probably werent around it at the time either. Can I have a Full size one emailed to me? and if possible, could I use that link for the piccy in my profile?? It shows the car off nicely and this pic has the new wheels in it!
Joust - would have liked to meet you after having seen all the bruintingthorpe/ bedford vids. Unfortunately couldnt be sure which car was yours and you probably werent around it at the time either. Can I have a Full size one emailed to me? and if possible, could I use that link for the piccy in my profile?? It shows the car off nicely and this pic has the new wheels in it!
Thanks for coming guys. It was a bit of a toe in the water for me so I was delighted with the numbers of cars there and professionalism of the exhibitors.
As I said elsewhere, there's always room for improvement so I'll be making a few notes in the morning and we'll review the good and bad points and start making plans for next year.
P.S. I didn't sort out the competition winners but will do that tomorrow...
Right now, I'm off to nurse my sunburned ankles, regret downing two Smirmoff Ices on top of 'n' pints of Guinness and sleeping in my car...
Thanks again to everyone who was there. Every single one of you played a part in making it a success. Onwards and upwards... BTaP is next...
As I said elsewhere, there's always room for improvement so I'll be making a few notes in the morning and we'll review the good and bad points and start making plans for next year.
P.S. I didn't sort out the competition winners but will do that tomorrow...
Right now, I'm off to nurse my sunburned ankles, regret downing two Smirmoff Ices on top of 'n' pints of Guinness and sleeping in my car...
Thanks again to everyone who was there. Every single one of you played a part in making it a success. Onwards and upwards... BTaP is next...
Mega thanks to Ted & PistonFest for a fantastic event. Obviously the weather helped!
Surprise & delight feature? - Brown Beer (in cans).
Disappointment feature? - Not enough! - it ran out by about 3.30 Sunday.
- next year.
Oh - and my car kept cutting out all the way home - but I did get there eventually. Need expert help from other forum.
Surprise & delight feature? - Brown Beer (in cans).
Disappointment feature? - Not enough! - it ran out by about 3.30 Sunday.
- next year. Oh - and my car kept cutting out all the way home - but I did get there eventually. Need expert help from other forum.
Verse 63, I think,
'...Porschia Boxteeeerrr, your families all bent, and your testicles spent oh porsche boxter... etc...
Flash, I would get down the clinic sharpish If I were you.
Dazren - luverly niceness - thank you for your german computer...
Everyone,
Carz/mrsCarz - i've got your ointment...
Cuprabri - YHM.
Ted - err, why leave it to BTaP (although it gives me some time to think of something entertaining...
'...Porschia Boxteeeerrr, your families all bent, and your testicles spent oh porsche boxter... etc...
Flash, I would get down the clinic sharpish If I were you.
Dazren - luverly niceness - thank you for your german computer...
Everyone,
Carz/mrsCarz - i've got your ointment...
Cuprabri - YHM.
Ted - err, why leave it to BTaP (although it gives me some time to think of something entertaining...
Thanks all who contributed to an excellent weekend. I'm looking forward to next years already.
It was good to meet so many PHers and put faces to names (and a few names to faces I already knew).
No probs DAZ, Thanks for the ride in the Porsche - A fantastic piece of kit. I will give you a run when I get the CCC cans fitted - it should be a bit loader
Bob
It was good to meet so many PHers and put faces to names (and a few names to faces I already knew).
dazren said:
Bob The Planner - Thanks for the run in the Tuscan, my first ride in a TVR. Need to get my ears checked, could be tinitus!!
DAZ
No probs DAZ, Thanks for the ride in the Porsche - A fantastic piece of kit. I will give you a run when I get the CCC cans fitted - it should be a bit loader
Bob
Big, big thanks for this weekend... I had a 2000km journey to go for it, and it was worth every drop of Diesel going into that slow Golf with the *ahem* Sports/Rattle-Exhaust system (guess we must have lost a bit of rubber damping the exhaust somewhere in Belgium). That show was something like a life experience to me... All those crazy but nice people, and those obsessed kids sitting in those Tod Rods... Still smiling. Greetings from Germany and I apologise to everyone I nearly killed when driving around continental style on your island :-) I am just not used to multi-lane roundabouts turning clockwise at all. Perhaps I'm getting better next time... I hope there is a next time...?
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>> Edited by ChrisD on Monday 30th June 10:00
>> Edited by ChrisD on Monday 30th June 09:57
>> Edited by ChrisD on Monday 30th June 10:00
Yes, thanks for a great weekend.
Very sorry that I didn't make the most of it though.
Had the worst hay fever ever on Saturday and sneezed & blew my nose continually, getting though several boxes of tissues. Had to turn in early (11pm-ish?) as a result and missed the Saturday night festivities.
Had a crap night and spent Sunday wandering around like a zombie feeling
until we called it a day mid-afternoon and drove home tanked up on Red Bull so we'd get home without falling asleep at the wheel. It worked, but only just.
Very sorry that I missed talking to so many people.
Good to talk to the handful that I did.
End of 'fest report:
"We are very disappointed with JonRB. 1/10. He must try harder next time."
>> Edited by JonRB on Monday 30th June 10:36
Very sorry that I didn't make the most of it though.
Had the worst hay fever ever on Saturday and sneezed & blew my nose continually, getting though several boxes of tissues
. Had to turn in early (11pm-ish?) as a result and missed the Saturday night festivities. Had a crap night and spent Sunday wandering around like a zombie feeling
until we called it a day mid-afternoon and drove home tanked up on Red Bull so we'd get home without falling asleep at the wheel. It worked, but only just. Very sorry that I missed talking to so many people.
Good to talk to the handful that I did.
End of 'fest report:
"We are very disappointed with JonRB. 1/10. He must try harder next time."
>> Edited by JonRB on Monday 30th June 10:36
I would like to echo everyone else and say thanks for a great day yesterday. I will definitely be doing the full weekend next time to get to talk to a few more people.
Hands up all the people who were, like us, outside Boots in Stratford hastily applying aftersun. I certainly have a certain glow today.
Hands up all the people who were, like us, outside Boots in Stratford hastily applying aftersun. I certainly have a certain glow today.
We were only there for the Sunday, but after hearing the reports of the Saturday night, I think next year we will have to pack a tent and a few cases of 
!! Ted, you and your organizers did a fantastic job. What a superb event! It was great to see all the familiar faces again and to meet some new ones, too. JeremyC, glad to see you were feeling better at the end of the day and we could stop whispering 
Ditto Incorrigible Looking forward to the next meet, and Roll On BTaP II!
!! Ted, you and your organizers did a fantastic job. What a superb event! It was great to see all the familiar faces again and to meet some new ones, too. JeremyC, glad to see you were feeling better at the end of the day and we could stop whispering Ditto Incorrigible Looking forward to the next meet, and Roll On BTaP II!Gassing Station | Events & Meetings | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff