Caffeine & Machine Renaultsport and Alpine Meet 8th April

[Derek182]

I saw this on FB, it's Monday 8th April 5.00 to 10.00pm at all 3 Caffeine & Machine sites.
Described as "This C&M Yard Meet celebrates fast Renaults and their spinoffs, from Alpine to Renault sport and back again."
I've booked a ticket (free!) for The Bowl, Houghton Conquest, Beds and will plan a cross country drive from near Chelmsford, Essex if anyone would like to join for the drive and/or the meet?

[Derek182]

RSTurboPaul said:

No good for me but I hope it is something like A120 > A10 > A507 > B530

A507 is excellent if you can get a decent run.

That's almost exactly the plan A1060 to Stortford, A120 to A10 to Buntingford then A507 to Baldock and onwards.
I know the Buntingford to Baldock stretch well, doubt I'll get a good run heading to C&M early evening but hopefully on the way back!
Just finished the first part of running in my A110GT so am now allowed to fully depress the accelerator and exceed 3500 revs and 80 mph, doubt I'll do the latter but definitely the first two.

[Derek182]

Just got back from The Bowl, expected the Alpines to be outnumbered by the Renaultsports but think we had more, maybe 15ish?
Never seen so many in one place!
Good to talk to Patrick Legende, Simon Premier Edition, Liam Legende GT, Graham A110S and Andy A110R.
A few pictures:

[Derek182]

blueg33 said:

Where are the GTA Turbo's, the A310, the A610 the original A110?

An Alpine meet isn't an Alpine meet without those

There was one GTA/A610 at The Bowl but I failed to get a picture.

There was some discussion about whether you could just turn up or had to have a ticket, at The Bowl you could have just turned up, the car park was never full and a few were coming in regular cars and enjoying looking at the cars and having a drink. But what would happen if the car park was full I'm not sure.