430 Breakfast Meet
Discussion
I have had my F430 for 2 1/2 years now, put on just over 10,000 miles, done numerous track days, a trip to Wales, and of course plenty weekend blasts. Even used it as a daily for 2 months. I've had to fix various bits and bobs - rattling tail light, wheel bearing, F1 pump, ball joints, but luckily nothing too serious or costly. I love the car, to me it's a great blend of old and new school and at the same time not too complicated to prevent me from doing many of these jobs myself.
This, and voicey's brilliant Market Watch thread, got me thinking that there must be plenty 430 owners with similar experiences out there and while PH is great we could probably find a lot to talk about over a full english and coffee. I'm in south Bucks but I'd be happy to travel an hour or so to meet up for a early(ish) weekend breakfast with other 430 owners. Without wanting to exclude other cars I do think it will be pretty cool to see a number of 430's lined up - plus, as mentioned in the Market Watch thread, you don't get to see that many on the roads nowadays.
Anyone up for it? Even if we start small and build up/travel further I think it should be a great excuse to get out early before the family wakes (!?) and be back in time to kick them out of bed. I have teenagers so your reality may be different of course!
This, and voicey's brilliant Market Watch thread, got me thinking that there must be plenty 430 owners with similar experiences out there and while PH is great we could probably find a lot to talk about over a full english and coffee. I'm in south Bucks but I'd be happy to travel an hour or so to meet up for a early(ish) weekend breakfast with other 430 owners. Without wanting to exclude other cars I do think it will be pretty cool to see a number of 430's lined up - plus, as mentioned in the Market Watch thread, you don't get to see that many on the roads nowadays.
Anyone up for it? Even if we start small and build up/travel further I think it should be a great excuse to get out early before the family wakes (!?) and be back in time to kick them out of bed. I have teenagers so your reality may be different of course!
sounds like a great idea. Had mine about three years and loved every mile. Live in Sussex and prepared to drive anywhere lol 
Great response - nice! Absolutely Mark - 430's of all type. The reason behind the 430 targeting was just to give us owners a chance to swap stories re maintenance, parts, deals, mods, etc.
So it's always going to be difficult to get one venue/date that suits everyone but I figured ideally we will do this more than once and so perhaps the best way of doing this is to move about the counties thus giving everyone a chance to 'host'. The idea will be to meet up at a spot that can accommodate our cars and perhaps reserve a table or two. Maybe even suggest an arrival route that you might drive occasionally when 'going out to buy milk' on a weekend.
Or people just post as and when they get the chance and whoever can make make it goes along.
Anyway, probably to much detail already. So without wishing to exclude anyone I'm going to go first and offer a date and venue. Chuffing difficult to figure out where to aim for but I did come across this site (http://www.whatshalfway.com) which pretty much said have it at my place. So I went for somewhere in the area that serves a good breakfast and has off street parking. The Nags Head (The Nags Head • London Road • Great Missenden • Buckinghamshire • HP16 0DG • Tel: 01494 862200 • http://www.nagsheadbucks.com) fits the bill and there are some cracking roads in the area. Just don't use Nags Head Lane coming in as it is really narrow. From the south come off the M40 at Beaconsfield and follow the A413, from the north the B4011 from Bicester to Long Crendon is a cracker.
So I'm thinking this weekend is short notice (and the weather looks s
te) so what about Sunday 14th May? Breakfast starts at 8am but that may be a bit early - on the other hand it does mean empty(ish) roads and being back home earlier in the day. 8.30 am too early?
So Sunday 14th May 8.30am at the Nags Head in Great Missenden. We'll figure the rest out from there. Does that work?
So it's always going to be difficult to get one venue/date that suits everyone but I figured ideally we will do this more than once and so perhaps the best way of doing this is to move about the counties thus giving everyone a chance to 'host'. The idea will be to meet up at a spot that can accommodate our cars and perhaps reserve a table or two. Maybe even suggest an arrival route that you might drive occasionally when 'going out to buy milk' on a weekend.
Or people just post as and when they get the chance and whoever can make make it goes along.
Anyway, probably to much detail already. So without wishing to exclude anyone I'm going to go first and offer a date and venue. Chuffing difficult to figure out where to aim for but I did come across this site (http://www.whatshalfway.com) which pretty much said have it at my place. So I went for somewhere in the area that serves a good breakfast and has off street parking. The Nags Head (The Nags Head • London Road • Great Missenden • Buckinghamshire • HP16 0DG • Tel: 01494 862200 • http://www.nagsheadbucks.com) fits the bill and there are some cracking roads in the area. Just don't use Nags Head Lane coming in as it is really narrow. From the south come off the M40 at Beaconsfield and follow the A413, from the north the B4011 from Bicester to Long Crendon is a cracker.
So I'm thinking this weekend is short notice (and the weather looks s
te) so what about Sunday 14th May? Breakfast starts at 8am but that may be a bit early - on the other hand it does mean empty(ish) roads and being back home earlier in the day. 8.30 am too early? So Sunday 14th May 8.30am at the Nags Head in Great Missenden. We'll figure the rest out from there. Does that work?
Edited by anonymous-user on Friday 28th April 09:39
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