HUGE (literally) thanks...
Discussion
Thanks to Ted/PistonFest/all involved in the set up of PF04, look forward to the next one! Fantastic roads around there too (not saying where because they were rather clear!)
Also, sorry to anyone who spoke to me when I was in a low patch/ suffering a huge mood swing - cant help it at the moment and I apologise for any unintentional comments/ actions which may have annoyed any of you. AFAIK I didnt annoy anyone too much?? Sorry if I did.
Secondly HUGE thanks to nonegreen/BalmoralGreen/Jess/Pwig/Planetdave/Size13/Condor, for the curry (lovely!) wine/ everything - was a good laugh to meet you all and talk about everything (and nothing) till god knows what time in the gazebo. Thanks, it was absolutely ace, allegedly*
(*for those that were around late on saturday 
) Seemed to end up in the "northerner's gazebo" for most of the weekend actually, thanks for being so hospitable (or should that be, tolerant? )
Thanks to:
Rico - for being a decent neighbour and being sick at similar times so I atleast had company whilst walking around the car absolutely out of it!! Thanks for the little blat in the 306 too, can see what graham meant about the "planted" feel of it - reasonably quick too. Good to see you mate, will have to pop down at some point soon! Oh yeah - the biker on the way back - HOW MANY TIMES DID HE CUT INFRONT OF EVERYONE??? By now hes probably dead, cant say he didnt deserve it - also Griff2bes trailer nearly took him on a blind corner
cant believe how he rode.
Rude Girl - Always a pleasure - cheers for the homework hope to talk about a few details soon and get the scheme going!! It will be fantastic im sure...
Mrs Fish - As charming in real life as you are on PH. Thanks for checking up on me at all sorts of times (5:30am? - I have trouble sleeping, whats your excuse??) Just thanks for being absolutely lovely all weekend, really appreciated it. Err, and, yeah, nice to meet you - im still trying to hold out till tuesday - havent a clue what to say then though 
Hope you're right about a few of the things you said on friday, we shall see. Look forward to seeing you soon (I'll hopefully be a little less gloomy and depressing then!)
Burianna500 - cant spell it, but thanks, enjoyed our chats throughout the weekend, will try and act on a few pointers, definately need to sort things out. Have to say, now that you mentioned it, im thinking about BTaP now!! Go for the Ferrari mate, lifes too short not to! Great to see you, look forward to seeing you at the next big meet.
C8 WOW - Forgotten your PH name, tried to find you earlier on - hope you were feeling a little better in the morning
Seemed like the little sleep in the early hours helped. Good luck with the cams, sounds like a nightmare! See you next time...
NoNameChris - Thanks for the ride in the Elise, thats going to cost me big time!! Definately want one now, especially after driving through stratford - loved the attention. Now then, get a name and get gassing!!
Dontlift - another person hell bent on trying to make me poor forever. Will have to look into that 944 option, if I can get classic insurance it may just put a halt on the elise fund...
Good to see you, all the ebst with tools'n'stuff.
Pwig - Again, thanks - you lightweight. :P Kept me amused throughout the weekend. A suprisingly laid back and pretty sensible driver I have to admit. The Wova's not a bad little car for £2k - those brakes are absolutely shocking though, really really bad. Turbo sounds
too, but for the money I doubt theres much that would touch it.
Also, for those that havent met him/ dont "get" pwig, hes no where near as much of a as he appears on here Nice bloke actually, just dont take him seriously - although he seemed to thrive on others hating him, bizarre.
Jconstanti - or whatever it is, Mr Yourboot.co.uk, nice to meet you, hope that the ideas behind it really take off big time, will be having a look once I have had a little sleep - could do with getting paid to do certain boring trips... For anyone that hasnt already looked, if you commute a fair way to work or need something delivering - it makes alot of sense to use yourboot. Thanks also for the drinks(? and whoever else was getting me them - after about 11 I didnt have anything less than both hands full of alcohol!) And as for the girls... well 
hope they werent too shaken up by the little incident 
Docevil - Nice to meet you @ the shell station, should have said hello earlier, but so many people to see!!! Was good to go in convoy up to the M40 - then I seemed to lose you?? Kept a relatively steady 70 all the way back. Also wtf was with the numpty in the big mpv?? I nearly got pushed off the road by him??! Pretty nippy little car you got yourself btw, verrry nice!
MikeS - git. Need a remap now, your car was soooo much faster than mine in a straight line. Good to see you, hope you can stay out of hedges from now on. RideDrive or similar will sort you out, might join you if I can find any cash anywhere - could do with a fair few tips myself! Lovely smart - the exhaust sounded rather good too - as did the Tuscan. Cerbs still king though
Cerber450 - Thanks for doing TVR proud on the strip Craig, good luck in a few weeks time. With the starts sorted that'll be one hell of a 1/4mile blitzing supercar. Need to work out how to convince dad to fit a Nos kit - or get the smart tricked up Lovely car, great to see you.
Chim Girl - Thanks for the kind words on the smart -will take you for a spin at some point in future, only just remembered that I said I would
I dont think I ever saw you without a smile on your face
Marquis Rex - Glad friday night didnt ruin the weekend for you, was good to see you. Incredibly knowledgeable chap, with a fantastic fleet of cars. Hope the America plan works out - if you need anyone to look after any of the cars gimme a shout!
Matt T16 - As far as Q-cars go, that has to be up there with the best! Hope the smarts rwd didnt disappoint too much, tc didnt seem to cut in much so it seemed to go round pretty well. Not that I would admit to that ever happening... hehe Good to put a face/car to the name, truly impressive turbo maniac machine!!
Shnozz/Marshy/MxDi/Ian something - evil landrover, always smiling/ Domster/ Pikey/ Buster/ Mod500/ AJ/ everyone who I have forgotten the name of (soooo sorry, too much to take in) Thanks for a great weekend, nice to see you all - this posts getting a little too long, but I enjoyed every chat I had with you all and hope to see you all at the next one.
To all those that did get a ride in the Smart, hope I managed to demostrate some of its ability - and atleast now you can understand why I love it so much
Hope all of you got back safely and enjoyed your weekend. Thanks once again, I really needed to escape from feeling depressed and to generally keep occupied. Really glad I came, you all made the weekend for me, excellent atmosphere, fantastic people and cars, what more could anyone ask for?
All the best,
BCA (Smart 0.6T)
Bring on PF 05, when hopefully the future will be alot brighter?? Will definately make more of an effort to talk to as many people as possible next time!
Also, sorry to anyone who spoke to me when I was in a low patch/ suffering a huge mood swing - cant help it at the moment and I apologise for any unintentional comments/ actions which may have annoyed any of you. AFAIK I didnt annoy anyone too much?? Sorry if I did.
Secondly HUGE thanks to nonegreen/BalmoralGreen/Jess/Pwig/Planetdave/Size13/Condor, for the curry (lovely!) wine/ everything - was a good laugh to meet you all and talk about everything (and nothing) till god knows what time in the gazebo. Thanks, it was absolutely ace, allegedly*
(*for those that were around late on saturday ) Seemed to end up in the "northerner's gazebo" for most of the weekend actually, thanks for being so hospitable (or should that be, tolerant? ) Thanks to:
Rico - for being a decent neighbour and being sick at similar times so I atleast had company whilst walking around the car absolutely out of it!! Thanks for the little blat in the 306 too, can see what graham meant about the "planted" feel of it - reasonably quick too. Good to see you mate, will have to pop down at some point soon! Oh yeah - the biker on the way back - HOW MANY TIMES DID HE CUT INFRONT OF EVERYONE??? By now hes probably dead, cant say he didnt deserve it - also Griff2bes trailer nearly took him on a blind corner
cant believe how he rode. Rude Girl - Always a pleasure - cheers for the homework
hope to talk about a few details soon and get the scheme going!! It will be fantastic im sure... Mrs Fish - As charming in real life as you are on PH. Thanks for checking up on me at all sorts of times (5:30am? - I have trouble sleeping, whats your excuse??
) Just thanks for being absolutely lovely all weekend, really appreciated it. Err, and, yeah, nice to meet you - im still trying to hold out till tuesday - havent a clue what to say then though Hope you're right about a few of the things you said on friday, we shall see. Look forward to seeing you soon (I'll hopefully be a little less gloomy and depressing then!) Burianna500 - cant spell it, but thanks, enjoyed our chats throughout the weekend, will try and act on a few pointers, definately need to sort things out. Have to say, now that you mentioned it, im thinking about BTaP now!! Go for the Ferrari mate, lifes too short not to! Great to see you, look forward to seeing you at the next big meet.
C8 WOW - Forgotten your PH name, tried to find you earlier on - hope you were feeling a little better in the morning
Seemed like the little sleep in the early hours helped. Good luck with the cams, sounds like a nightmare! See you next time... NoNameChris - Thanks for the ride in the Elise, thats going to cost me big time!! Definately want one now, especially after driving through stratford - loved the attention. Now then, get a name and get gassing!!
Dontlift - another person hell bent on trying to make me poor forever. Will have to look into that 944 option, if I can get classic insurance it may just put a halt on the elise fund...
Good to see you, all the ebst with tools'n'stuff. Pwig - Again, thanks - you lightweight. :P Kept me amused throughout the weekend. A suprisingly laid back and pretty sensible driver I have to admit. The Wova's not a bad little car for £2k - those brakes are absolutely shocking though, really really bad. Turbo sounds
too, but for the money I doubt theres much that would touch it. Also, for those that havent met him/ dont "get" pwig, hes no where near as much of a
as he appears on here Nice bloke actually, just dont take him seriously - although he seemed to thrive on others hating him, bizarre. Jconstanti - or whatever it is, Mr Yourboot.co.uk, nice to meet you, hope that the ideas behind it really take off big time, will be having a look once I have had a little sleep - could do with getting paid to do certain boring trips... For anyone that hasnt already looked, if you commute a fair way to work or need something delivering - it makes alot of sense to use yourboot.
Thanks also for the drinks(? and whoever else was getting me them - after about 11 I didnt have anything less than both hands full of alcohol!) And as for the girls... well hope they werent too shaken up by the little incident Docevil - Nice to meet you @ the shell station, should have said hello earlier, but so many people to see!!! Was good to go in convoy up to the M40 - then I seemed to lose you?? Kept a relatively steady 70 all the way back. Also wtf was with the numpty in the big mpv?? I nearly got pushed off the road by him??! Pretty nippy little car you got yourself btw, verrry nice!
MikeS - git. Need a remap now, your car was soooo much faster than mine in a straight line. Good to see you, hope you can stay out of hedges from now on. RideDrive or similar will sort you out, might join you if I can find any cash anywhere - could do with a fair few tips myself! Lovely smart - the exhaust sounded rather good too - as did the Tuscan. Cerbs still king though
Cerber450 - Thanks for doing TVR proud on the strip Craig, good luck in a few weeks time. With the starts sorted that'll be one hell of a 1/4mile blitzing supercar. Need to work out how to convince dad to fit a Nos kit - or get the smart tricked up
Lovely car, great to see you. Chim Girl - Thanks for the kind words on the smart -will take you for a spin at some point in future, only just remembered that I said I would
I dont think I ever saw you without a smile on your face Marquis Rex - Glad friday night didnt ruin the weekend for you, was good to see you. Incredibly knowledgeable chap, with a fantastic fleet of cars. Hope the America plan works out - if you need anyone to look after any of the cars gimme a shout!
Matt T16 - As far as Q-cars go, that has to be up there with the best! Hope the smarts rwd didnt disappoint too much, tc didnt seem to cut in much so it seemed to go round pretty well. Not that I would admit to that ever happening... hehe Good to put a face/car to the name, truly impressive turbo maniac machine!!
Shnozz/Marshy/MxDi/Ian something - evil landrover, always smiling/ Domster/ Pikey/ Buster/ Mod500/ AJ/ everyone who I have forgotten the name of (soooo sorry, too much to take in) Thanks for a great weekend, nice to see you all - this posts getting a little too long, but I enjoyed every chat I had with you all and hope to see you all at the next one.
To all those that did get a ride in the Smart, hope I managed to demostrate some of its ability - and atleast now you can understand why I love it so much
Hope all of you got back safely and enjoyed your weekend. Thanks once again, I really needed to escape from feeling depressed and to generally keep occupied. Really glad I came, you all made the weekend for me, excellent atmosphere, fantastic people and cars, what more could anyone ask for?
All the best,
BCA (Smart 0.6T)
Bring on PF 05, when hopefully the future will be alot brighter?? Will definately make more of an effort to talk to as many people as possible next time!
BCA said:
Matt T16 - As far as Q-cars go, that has to be up there with the best! Hope the smarts rwd didnt disappoint too much, tc didnt seem to cut in much so it seemed to go round pretty well. Not that I would admit to that ever happening... hehe Good to put a face/car to the name, truly impressive turbo maniac machine!!
The Smarts RWD and, some may say, Rear Wheel Steer
was most acceptable chap. Glad you like the T16, it seemed to get a fair bit of attention, which I really wasn't expecting LOL.
Matt
BCA said:
Mrs Fish - As charming in real life as you are on PH. Thanks for checking up on me at all sorts of times (5:30am? - I have trouble sleeping, whats your excuse??
It was good speaking to you too, try and hold out till tuesday, and the words you need will come to you when you need them, try and have a little confidence...What will be will be.
Glad you enjoyed yourself
Hey Ben,
Cool hanging out with you too... and dare i say it those Smart cars are much better than i thought. 4-wheel drifting around corners. Slow, but still mucho fun. If they had a proper gearbox then they'd be fantastic.
Was a great weekend all in. Friday night's drinking was fantastic. The second Jconstan6 (www.yourboot.co.uk guy) and MOD500 found out i was a student they were piling the drinks down me.
"That's a double..."
"That's a triple..."
See you real soon Ben, pop down to Bucks asap
Cool hanging out with you too... and dare i say it those Smart cars are much better than i thought. 4-wheel drifting around corners. Slow, but still mucho fun. If they had a proper gearbox then they'd be fantastic.
Was a great weekend all in. Friday night's drinking was fantastic. The second Jconstan6 (www.yourboot.co.uk guy) and MOD500 found out i was a student they were piling the drinks down me.
"That's a double..."
"That's a triple..."
See you real soon Ben, pop down to Bucks asap
BCA said:
Marquis Rex - Glad friday night didnt ruin the weekend for you, was good to see you. Incredibly knowledgeable chap, with a fantastic fleet of cars. Hope the America plan works out - if you need anyone to look after any of the cars gimme a shout!
Was a pleasure to meet you Ben/BCA.
Cool colour scheme on the Smart too! Shame I didn't get to go out in it.
I'm sure I'll see you again soon-ish.
rico said:
Hey Ben,
Cool hanging out with you too... and dare i say it those Smart cars are much better than i thought. 4-wheel drifting around corners. Slow, but still mucho fun.
See you real soon Ben, pop down to Bucks asap
Actually if you had looked at the speedo I was generally going pretty quick, it was only the long straights where you're pug was faster. They are pretty damn good fun
4-wheel drifts are only the beginning, a little bit of rain (or more power) and you can get some really decent power oversteer out of them, silly angles without too much drama!! Mike S's car was alot more powerful than mine, maybe by next time I'll have mine running a similar set up...
See why I want to take it to the 'Ring now???
Definately got to get down to you soon mate, was a blast!!
BCA said:
Docevil - Nice to meet you @ the shell station, should have said hello earlier, but so many people to see!!! Was good to go in convoy up to the M40 - then I seemed to lose you?? Kept a relatively steady 70 all the way back. Also wtf was with the numpty in the big mpv?? I nearly got pushed off the road by him??! Pretty nippy little car you got yourself btw, verrry nice!
I've a vibration from the front end at anything over 60ish so was stuck below that all the way home, didn't get back till midnight due to the large accident on the M42
Great to meet yourself as well, I wasn't trying there btw
plus it was heavily laden which makes a large difference Good for slides as Matt and I found out tho BCA said:
Chim Girl - I dont think I ever saw you without a smile on your face
That'll be Adam and his amazing bungee divan... aaiyee
And don't worry about Tuesday Ben, just be cool and relaxed - just tell her you had an absolute superb weekend... and you wish she could've been there, that's all you need to say about you... then ask her all about her new life and be excited for her - people like people who listen and you never know, she might be needing a bit of support right now too
I'm not going to bore you again Ben, but remember what I said on Friday night... and I reckon my hundred quid'll be safe
Anytime you're up in Yorkshire you'll be made welcome at our house anytime mate.
Until BT&P
al.
BCA said:
Ian something - evil landrover, always smiling!
That would be me then! Can i echo my thanks to everyone I met and everyone who hlped organise the event. Cheers.
Have some photos to put up once i figure out how!!! I may just zip them and send them to pwig to sort.
Regards
Iain
iainjones said:
Ian something - evil landrover, always smiling!
That would be me then! Can i echo my thanks to everyone I met and everyone who hlped organise the event. Cheers.
Have some photos to put up once i figure out how!!! I may just zip them and send them to pwig to sort.
Regards
Iain
Should have asked for a ride in it, sounded fantastic and planetdave seemed to be grinning like a cheshire cat after his ride in it! Good to see you!
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