Local car meets

[Berkshire bred]

Hi all, I am near to newbury (village called inkpen if anyone knows it). I see some reosonoble cars around hungerford and newbury and have had some nice chats with fellow local enthusiasts.

Despite this I cannot find any closeby meets or runs. Does anyone know of anything happening in this area or if there is nothing organised maybe we could set something up.

I have heard of the RG cruisers meet in reading but I can't find out much about it and nothing recent. Do any of you attend this meet and what sort of crowd does it atract?

I'm open to any ideas and sugestions and would like to meet some of the local pistonheaders, cheers for any ideas, Adam.

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Ahbefive said:

I think the Reading meet is quite regular.

There is a chap on youtube that videos lots of local and not so local events and apparently his instagram tells you when things are on. AdamC3046 is his name.

Best thing you can do with an R26 is start getting it out on track even just starting with a few sessions at car shows if you don't already.

Yes as it happens I do watch adamc3046 but never really get to find out about the meets until I see his videos.

I have considered trackdays but I think if I was to do one it would have been in the mx5 as I am not quite so scared of breaking it to be honest, plus I am still fairly new to the r26. I also would struggle to justify the cost of a track day and putting that much stress on the car. last thing I need is an expensive repair.

At the moment I am getting my fixes from early morning Sunday runs. Either solo or once a month with the seven stars breakfast meet/run group.

Could really do with a more local run out aswell just to try and relieve some of the cravings

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Planet Claire said:

We have an MX5 meet that is currently on the 3rd Sunday of the month at 10am at Pinewood Café https://www.facebook.com/BracknellMX5Meet/. However, lots of the group do have other cars so amongst the mix is usually a Z4, 1 series, 350z. Occasionally we'll get a Porsche (if Skinny turn's up) and we've even had a Ferrari in the past. So if you fancy having a look and tyre-kick of our cars then pop along - it's worth it just for the breakfast. Next one is on the 18th.

I don't know if it's running again but TVR used to meet at the Peacock Farm pub on the 3rd Tuesday of the month, if you're wanting something a bit more high end.

Thanks for that I will try and make it to one, unfortunately the 18th is the seven stars meet so will be attending there. Hopefully I can make it to one of the next ones. Do you post a topic on here when one is being arranged?

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Planet Claire said:

I originally started this event (but have recently handed the reins over to Horney-MX5) and I used to post up a reminder of the meet...until a moderator removed it one time saying it wasn't a PH approved meet, despite many other non-PH meets being advertised around the forum, so I've never bothered since. You'll just find it on the Facebook page now.

That's sounds stupid, there are loads of meets advertised on here. I am not on FB but I might have to open an account as it seems a lot of car events are posted on there.

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TheVole said:

Depends how willing you are to travel but I along with a few others run an Oxfordshire-based car club called Limitless. We're predominantly a modified car club, but as the name implies, anything and everything is welcome. We've got members with unmodified cars, classic cars, pretty much everything!

Club Facebook pages are here and here, and there are plenty of pictures on there from our monthly meets - which start up again in April and are hosted by the team at This Is Your Garage in Culham, near Abingdon. We also organise club stands for most of the major car shows and some of the more country/marque-specific ones throughout the year.

Hope this is of some interest!

Cheers, Culham isn't to far, just under 30 miles from me. I'm hoping to do some basic mods to my R26, possibly ktec exhaust, remap all the normal stuff so this sounds interesting. When I'm not at work I will have a look at the limitless meet.

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Thanks for everyone's links and sugestions. The limitless meet sounds interesting but I will have to start a FB acount to have a look at it.

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Trevatanus said:

Walton Bridge and White Lion Antiques (on at the A30 between Blackbushe and Basingstoke) are my personal favourites.

Cheers, I will try and find a bit of info on these later. Are they only classic cars or open to everything?

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Trevatanus said:

Walton Bridge has a very good mix, some pics below:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jimpritchard67/album...

Not sure if you do Facebook?
White Lion Antiques:
https://www.facebook.com/whitelionclassiccarmeet/
Walton Bridge Breakfast Club
https://www.facebook.com/waltonbridgebreakfastclub...

Cheers for the links. No I'm not on FB at the moment but think I'm going to open an account as there seems to be a lot of car related things organised on there and I hate to be missing out.

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Total loss said:

Bagshot Breakfast meet at
Pine Ridge Golf Club
Old Bisley Road
Frimley

Classics, Customs, Hotrods & Yanks,
9 am till Noon for tea, coffee & cooked breakfasts.... 2nd Sunday of the Month

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Pinewood Bar and Café
Old Wokingham Rd, RG403AQ

MX 5 Club meet 3rd Sunday of the month for breakfast

Classic cars and cars of interest every 1st Sunday of the month 14:30-16:30

Pinewood Bike Night meet every Tuesday night

Chopper Club meet on the last Tuesday of the month

I really apreciate all of the responses people, much appreciated. Also if anyone knows of any runouts I would be very keen to attend, I already attend the seven stars meet/runout so anything similar to this would be great. I'm happy to travel but no further than an hour really unless it's for something quite special. Thanks, Adam.

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Frimley111R said:

TheRainMaker said:

Vw nut said:

Pine ridge golf club how did I not know there was a get together there I live 30 seconds from there lol

Same, only been living round here for 10 years or so

And me, just 1 mile away for the last 15 years!

OP here, this could be a doable distance for me, what sort of cars attended (as in classics, supercars or modified) and how many roughly? Cheers.

ETA sorry I've just reread and none of you said that you actually attended. If anyone does know though I would be interested.

Edited by Berkshire bred on Thursday 29th March 20:37

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Total loss said:

If on Facebook, search for "Bagshot breakfast meet"

Cheers, still not on FB at the moment. Works been a bit hectic and then the evenings are spent trying to 'unfk' my mx5. Hopefully start getting some better weather soon and will be along to some of the local events.

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I went to the limitless meet last Sunday. Seems like a decent meet all fairly sensible besides one tit trying and failing to donut his bmw. Had a good chat with a few people and ended up being one of the last 3 cars there. Cheers to the organisers.

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Planet Claire said:

The Bracknell MX5 at Pinewood Café is this Sunday.

Might consider it although i ought to do something productive this weekend instead of something fun. Will see how strong my will power is . Does anyone know of any drive outs this weekend?

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wicksy101 said:

Hi All!,

Jap meet at reading gate has started again! 3rd Tuesday of the month. Organizers have asked that non Jap cars don't park in the middle of the car park but are aware that its public and people can do what they want. Also asked people to not crowd at the exit

Thanks for the update. Would you be so kind as to post a postcode please. Ive seen the old videos and they look mental, if I am available I will try to attend albeit in a french hatch so I will have to stay out of the way

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TheVole said:

Hi all,

For those interested, the next Limitless event is on May 13th at This Is Your Garage - hopefully the weather will hold out this time!

Details are here!


Hope to see a lot of you there - we always have a good variety of cars turning up for a natter with like-minded enthusiasts and a bite to eat. There'll be trophies to be won as well!

Feel free to say hi - I'll be in a high-vis telling people where to park. Look for the blue Volvo C30!

May well be there, look out for the blue r26. Getting a new exhaust (ktec racing 70 mm bore cat back) on the 12th so I'm going to be keen to get out and try it out .

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Hoofy said:

Tomorrow: https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

I was very tempted by this but it's 75 miles from me and I would have to clean the car. Also fun funds are a little tight since some decided to break 2 of my windscreens

I'd be interested to hear what it was like though as I may be able to get to a different one.

Also is anyone going to thruxton on the 19th or 20th of may for touring cars? There is a few of us going at the moment.

Edited by Berkshire bred on Sunday 6th May 09:24

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TheVole said:

I'm not sure I saw anyone from here at our Limitless meet on Sunday - but the photos are here and here!

Bugger, sorry forgot all about it, too busy being a hooligan with my new pipes. I will try and make it to next month.

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TheVole said:

For those interested, the next Limitless meet is on June 10th at the usual location - here are the details!

Cheers for the update. I will try and make it if not busy. Anyone going to thruxton this weekend?

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I am arranging a car run starting and ending in newbury, the run will be about 1.5 - 2 hours long on fast a and b roads with a little bit of dual carriageway. after the run I am arranging for us all to go for a sit down breakfast for a good waffle about cars. Thread running in the south coast forum named 'newbury drive out' this is happening on the 14th of October. Please show your interest by leaving a message on the south coast thread. Cheers, Adam.