Porsche Rolling Road Day?
Discussion
Guys,
Having recently just brought my 996 turbo, I was planning to get it Rolling Roaded to check all was well. I've previously used a company in Cheltenham called PowerStation I gave them a ring. They sugested a rolling road day one Saturday late May or early June. We would need 10-30 cars and it would be priced at £25 per car. The normal cost would be £40! They have a top of the range SUN 4x4 Rolling road and the guys really know their stuff.
Any of you guys up for it? As we'd all be done on the same road on the same day conditions should be perfect to give some true comparisions between cars? Plus we'd all get to meet-up for a natter'n'stuff. If we get enough interest I'll book a day.
Steve, 996TT
Having recently just brought my 996 turbo, I was planning to get it Rolling Roaded to check all was well. I've previously used a company in Cheltenham called PowerStation I gave them a ring. They sugested a rolling road day one Saturday late May or early June. We would need 10-30 cars and it would be priced at £25 per car. The normal cost would be £40! They have a top of the range SUN 4x4 Rolling road and the guys really know their stuff.
Any of you guys up for it? As we'd all be done on the same road on the same day conditions should be perfect to give some true comparisions between cars? Plus we'd all get to meet-up for a natter'n'stuff. If we get enough interest I'll book a day.
Steve, 996TT
GuyR said:
Cheltenham is quite a way away.
A better (more central) venue for many people might be G-Force in Aylesbury, who are Porsche experts and have an 1800bhp rolling road.......
Guy
I'll give them a ring, I'm just putting the idea out there at the moment. Just to see what the response is like...
Steve, 996TT
neon_fox said:
Aylesbury sounds good. Where is Aylesbury BTW?
Fox
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964C2
G-Force seems the most popular choice. I'll ring them tomorrow and see if they can accommodate us. I'll then post all the details on how to get there etc. I'm not even going to ask what dates people can or can't do as I'll get as many answers as people. Still I'll try and be sensible in terms of a major sporting event or LeMans
for example. From the look of their website it's gonna be more expensive though. WATCH THIS SPACE []...
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Tuesday 13th April 21:06
Right guys,
G-Force would be able to host the event on Saturday 15th May starting at 09:00. They require a minimum of 12 cars with a maximum of 24. So it's first come first served. The Price will be £50 per car but this would drop to £40 if we get more than 20 cars. This includes a pre-run level check including oil, tyres and water (if required).
E-mail me your details including -:
Your name,
Pistonheads ID,
Car type,
Colour,
Year,
Registration,
Contact number (optional),
and I'll add you to the list. My e-mail for this event is RR@planetEarp.net
Cheers, Steve
P.S. Or, Let me know if you'd rather save the £25 and drive to Cheltenham.
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Wednesday 14th April 18:40
G-Force would be able to host the event on Saturday 15th May starting at 09:00. They require a minimum of 12 cars with a maximum of 24. So it's first come first served. The Price will be £50 per car but this would drop to £40 if we get more than 20 cars. This includes a pre-run level check including oil, tyres and water (if required).
E-mail me your details including -:
Your name,
Pistonheads ID,
Car type,
Colour,
Year,
Registration,
Contact number (optional),
and I'll add you to the list. My e-mail for this event is RR@planetEarp.net
Cheers, Steve
P.S. Or, Let me know if you'd rather save the £25 and drive to Cheltenham.
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Wednesday 14th April 18:40
Guys,
The following link to the G-Force website has some interesting FAQ's
www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk/faq.html
This is the link for their address / map / contact details.
www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk/contact.html
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
P.S. 3 down 21 to go...
The following link to the G-Force website has some interesting FAQ's
www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk/faq.html
This is the link for their address / map / contact details.
www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk/contact.html
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
P.S. 3 down 21 to go...
aceparts_com said:
Make that 4 cars now!
I'm sure with some creative enterprise this could be arranged for almost free? Some years ago AMD in oxford did a free r/road day. Maybe if we invited GT Porsche or 911 world along? It's amazing what a bit of free publicity can do!
If push comes to shove i'll give a guy i know at max power a ring!
Alan
All good idea's Alan but with only 5 cars signed up at the moment I'm not sure we'll even have an event. Still early days yet...
Steve, 996TT
aceparts_com said:
I think I've got a couple more to come along too.
I'll have a word with GT mag today
Alan
Well done Alan, I assume you've got them to send their details to RR@planetEarp.net
We should now be upto 11 porsches for the day, so 1 more and it's all systems go!
Steve, 996TT
Guys,
Looks like we are all systems go, having got (just) the 12 car minimum to make this thing happen. So just a quick reminder May 15th (Weekend after next) at G-Force in Aylesbury. It's going to be £50 per car but that includes a pre-run fluid check (plus disconnection of 4WD for 993TT owners). Hopefully we should start around 9:00am. I wouldn't arrive too late as 12 cars are not going to take all day.
Looks like We'll have an interesting cross section of Porsche ownership.
1-Steve Earp (996 Turbo), Blue 996 Turbo.
2-Barry Jeddo (BarryJ), Red 993 Turbo.
3-Ian Dorrian (Ian-Dorrian), Red 993C4S.
4-Andrew Derodra (AndrewD), Silver 996 GT3.
5-Alan Friedman (Aceparts-com), ??????.
6-????? (neon-fox), Grey 964C2.
7-Felix Klauser (Phelix), Silver 993 Turbo.
8-????? (Infernored), ?????????.
9-Stu (StuT), Noble GTO.
10-Gary Ramsdale (Aceparts-com), ???????.
11-Greg Terrence-Cook (Buster), Black 996TT X50.
12-Gerry Gibbins (911Habbit), Blue 996TT.
If your not on the list or I've got your details wrong drop me a mail. Anyone else who fancies coming along just drop me a mail with Name, Pistonheads ID, Car, Colour, year
This is the link for the G-Force address / map / contact details.
www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk/contact.html
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Tuesday 11th May 18:31
Looks like we are all systems go, having got (just) the 12 car minimum to make this thing happen. So just a quick reminder May 15th (Weekend after next) at G-Force in Aylesbury. It's going to be £50 per car but that includes a pre-run fluid check (plus disconnection of 4WD for 993TT owners). Hopefully we should start around 9:00am. I wouldn't arrive too late as 12 cars are not going to take all day.
Looks like We'll have an interesting cross section of Porsche ownership.
1-Steve Earp (996 Turbo), Blue 996 Turbo.
2-Barry Jeddo (BarryJ), Red 993 Turbo.
3-Ian Dorrian (Ian-Dorrian), Red 993C4S.
4-Andrew Derodra (AndrewD), Silver 996 GT3.
5-Alan Friedman (Aceparts-com), ??????.
6-????? (neon-fox), Grey 964C2.
7-Felix Klauser (Phelix), Silver 993 Turbo.
8-????? (Infernored), ?????????.
9-Stu (StuT), Noble GTO.
10-Gary Ramsdale (Aceparts-com), ???????.
11-Greg Terrence-Cook (Buster), Black 996TT X50.
12-Gerry Gibbins (911Habbit), Blue 996TT.
If your not on the list or I've got your details wrong drop me a mail. Anyone else who fancies coming along just drop me a mail with Name, Pistonheads ID, Car, Colour, year
This is the link for the G-Force address / map / contact details.
www.g-force-motorsport.co.uk/contact.html
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Tuesday 11th May 18:31
BarryJ said:
How many cars do we need to have to get the price per car reduced - was it £40 per car if we had 20 cars?
Since we've just got the 12 minimum what happens if one person drops out?
For these two reasons, should we open this up to the PCGB forum? I'm happy to post it there if you want but its your call Steve.
I'm guessing they are not going to get too arsey about one or two dropping out. It might get a bit embarrassing if we drop below 10.
So if you'd like to open it up feel free. Get them to e-mail me directly on RR@planetEarp.net
Cheers, Steve, 996TT
aceparts_com said:
I'm convinced that ever since I mentioned this rolling road day that my car has been about a 100BHP down!
I'm doing a day with Don Palmer on Wednesday so i hope it's still in one piece come saturday!
See you all then!
Alan
(993 Turbo)
I'm sure a it will do it nothing but good, Have FUN!See if you can rustle up a couple more cars when your down there. See you Saturday.
Steve, 996TT
willr said:
So, how did the day go?
Do you have a list of results?
I couldn't make it yesterday, and would be interested to hear your impressions!
Well there was some good news and some bad news...
The bad news is having turned up at 9 along with Barry, Ian, Andrew, Alan, Fleix and Neon-Fox. We found out that the Rolling Road had broken and we were unable to run our cars. Chris from G-Force tried to make some calls but was unable to resolve the problem.
The good news is we get to do it all over again on the 29th of May. I want to try and keep the original attendees happy so we could get a later date if required although this would be more like August. So anyone who fancies rolling road II on the 29th drop me a mail at RR2@planetEarp.net and I'll add you to the list.
Thanks to everyone who turned up it was good to meet you and get a look at your fantastic cars. All of which looked superb. Can anyone who turned up late (after we'd gone home) drop me a mail, there may be some more good news for you ;-)
Cheers, Steve.
P.S. I'll start a new thread called rolling road II for the new event.
>> Edited by 996 turbo on Sunday 16th May 13:49
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