[Steve A]

Originally Posted by amar7274

Hi Steve, it was good to meet you and lisa.
What was the name of the fella who was with you?

Likewise Amar. It was Ant

[- Paul -]

Cars

[Turbo Power]

Originally Posted by Steve A

Likewise Amar. It was Ant

Is his full name Anthony Howarth by any chance?

[- Paul -]

Originally Posted by amar7274

Is his full name Anthony Howarth by any chance?

of Speedreligion - one and the same mate.

[beemerbird]

Back home tired but happy! Had a great weekend with some brilliant roads, fantastic views, good food/hotel but most of all great company.

Weather was pretty poor most of Saturday but it didn't rain all the time and certainly didn't dampen our enthusiasm. Today was glorious sunshine.

Hardknott Pass was........ well as it is, a road you have to drive along once in your lifetime. Needless to say we all managed without any fuss lol.

Really nice to meet friends old and new and MANY thanks to Tony/Viv & Matt for organising all this, you all did a fantastic job imo and it is very much appreciated!!

Viv, sorry you couldn't make it and hope you're on the mend.

SteveA - Thanks for letting me loose in the RS4 this morning, thoroughly enjoyed the test drive - it's a very nice motor! Love that V8 rumble

It was a pleasure meeting those I haven't met before and their partners.

I for one am very pleased I went and only have very positive feelings about the entire weekend.

[M3-FAST]

Looks like a great meet and I was gutted today that I missed a great drive out on such a nice day. Instead stuck lugging furniture about and driving a Luton Transit van

The hard knock pass pictures look stunning!

Anyone got more pics of todays antics?

Pleased you all enjoyed yourselves

[dxb335d]

Hi Guys,

Chloe and I made it home in 4 hours. Took it pretty easy really.

The trip up with Tone, James & Tanya, Lars, Ed and Mandy was EVENTFULL. Took NINE bleedin' hours.

I had a great weekend. The Sat run was great although sopping wet. Hardknott pass was mental... Not for Any bimmers, not really made for fire breathing Denzil's or even ''All show NO GO'' 320d's. Well worth actually driving it for sure. One crazy tight road. Once we hit some wider roads, James and I made some rapido progress

MASSIVE THANKS MUST go out to Tone, Viv and Mattie for great organisation.

Great to hang out with old buddies again (as always guys+girls, love ya all) and great to meet you lot who ive known on here for ages. Great to finally meet you all properly... Helen, Steve, Paul, John, (Johns mate Ash) Miserable Malc, Matt, Tracy, Stevie A miswah Lisa etc. (Hope i aint missed anyone.)

Amar's CSL looked the .

Talking of PalmNutz C63 AMG is fookin AWESOME... Looks fantastic, sounds Like a DTM CAR. MUCH faster than an E92 M3. NOW I WANT ONE.

Thanks for taking us for a spin mate. SHe is a very quick car. Very comfortable and very capable. Stuck like shit to a blankett mate round that roundabout



Malcolm. It is always hard coming to a new meet. (Did you really not knmow anyone?) Always best to get close to someone quick, and make sure you look out for each so you dont get lost also.

It also takes two to tango mate. No one left anyone out as far as i could see. If you thought you were an outsider you should have come up and maybe have made 110% effort etc.

[PeteJ]

Hi,

Just wanted to say thanks to everyone, very nice to see everyone.

Glad you enjoyed the hardknott however since not one for me again.

Lake District is a lovely place and a place you can truly lose yourself (in more ways then one!)

Viv, Tony thanks again for arranging.

p

[MIKEYBMW1]

Originally Posted by dxb335d

Hi Guys,

Chloe and I made it home in 4 hours. Took it pretty easy really.

The trip up with Tone, James & Tanya, Lars, Ed and Mandy was EVENTFULL. Took NINE bleedin' hours.

I had a great weekend. The Sat run was great although sopping wet. Hardknott pass was mental... Not for Any bimmers, not really made for fire breathing Denzil's or even ''All show NO GO'' 320d's. Well worth actually driving it for sure. One crazy tight road. Once we hit some wider roads, James and I made some rapido progress

MASSIVE THANKS MUST go out to Tone, Viv and Mattie for great organisation.

Great to hang out with old buddies again (as always guys+girls, love ya all) and great to meet you lot who ive known on here for ages. Great to finally meet you all properly... Helen, Steve, Paul, John, (Johns mate Ash) Miserable Malc, Matt, Tracy, Stevie A miswah Lisa etc. (Hope i aint missed anyone.)

Amar's CSL looked the .

Talking of PalmNutz C63 AMG is fookin AWESOME... Looks fantastic, sounds Like a DTM CAR. MUCH faster than an E92 M3. NOW I WANT ONE.

Thanks for taking us for a spin mate. SHe is a very quick car. Very comfortable and very capable. Stuck like shit to a blankett mate round that roundabout



Malcolm. It is always hard coming to a new meet. (Did you really not knmow anyone?) Always best to get close to someone quick, and make sure you look out for each so you dont get lost also.

It also takes two to tango mate. No one left anyone out as far as i could see. If you thought you were an outsider you should have come up and maybe have made 110% effort etc.

M3 still beats it though far better handling so can easily outrun the Merc , just watch the Fifth Gear review

[SiKkBaSs]

Originally Posted by MIKEYBMW1

M3 still beats it though far better handling so can easily outrun the Merc , just watch the Fifth Gear review

Been through this before. I've always said M3>C63. But then again I'm biased and Palmnutz couldn't give a toss, since he's already sampled the delights of M6 ownership too.

On Topic, photos look really good, must be more!

[MIKEYBMW1]

don't get me wrong I like the merc alot but bit unfair to match it to the M afterall its a 6.2 for a start .The M is a fantastic car I went out in mine this afternoon after I finished work and it feels fantastic now after the remap and remus alot more responsive and was very easy to rev upto and ovr 8500 and warp speed or what , just needs ome better brakes now

[Dr Dave]

Originally Posted by MIKEYBMW1

just needs ome better brakes now

Time to flex that bit of plastic then!

[SiKkBaSs]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

Time to flex that bit of plastic then!

Be careful not to break it

[- Paul -]

Guess who?

[dxb335d]

Oh and well done to Mandy for getting up to watch grand prix with me at 05:30 sha moan.

[pjs]

i,m sure there will be plenty to come from others

[vivekk]

Sorry I couldn't have been there to enjoy the weekend, but a chest infection stopped me doing much over the last week or so, I'm afraid.

Anyway, I'm really happy to hear most members had a great time, regardless of the weather.
I'm sorry you didn't feel quite the same way, Malcolm. I'm also curious to find out if anyone else felt at all the same way as Malcolm over the course of the weekend?

Although it is the cars that bring us together initially, in my own experience, the friendship & camaraderie that builds up over the meets is fantastic, even when I'm not physically there to experience it myself.

It was good having the usual abusive chit-chat with Steve on Friday night, as well as the 'friendly' chats with Carl & Chloe, James & Tanya, Matt, Will & Floyd, as well as 'new boy' Lars.
It was good talking to Ant & Angela earlier in the week & I hope you both had a great time.

As always, a big 'thank-you' needs to go to Tony & Matt for all of the work they did behind the scenes. If you weren't as reliable as you always are, I think Malcolm would have left as soon as he'd arrived.

Here's a couple of shots Tony sent to me, to make me feel part of the week-end:





Viv

[MIKEYBMW1]

Originally Posted by Dr Dave

Time to flex that bit of plastic then!

Again

[JLR1969]

Hi All

My first meet and I really enjoyed putting many names to faces, just wished I could afford to drive 20,000 miles a year in a C63 AMG, what an awesome car, I would buy one just for the noise alone.

Great bunch of people, no attitudes everyone just having fun together and enjoying life.

Looking forward to seeing you again soon at various other meets. Thanks to Tony for organising.

Dont want to say hello to anyone specific because I know there will be someone I will forget, but you know who you are.

At least the car with 'all show and no go' managed to keep up

[ed335d]

Got home about half an hour ago!

Thanks to everyone for a top weekend, very entertaining. Special thanks to Viv, Tone & Matt for the organisation, couldn't have done it without you. Fantastic company, food, driving, and scenery - shame about the weather on Saturday, but you can't have everything.

Not sure whether the lower back pain is from the driving, or the kidneys complaining. Either way, it was worth it!

[SiKkBaSs]

I'm actually starting to like 6 series now.

Ed my guess is period pains

Cool pics

[fastloop]

Just got back a bit over an hour ago and I'm feeling a bit tired after a truly great weekend. The food and the company was as always excellent and thanks to Carl for some hilarious stories and entertainment saturday night.

The trip up was quite long and the M6 on a Friday evening is not fun, but we still had a bit of fun north of Manchester and in best Top Gear style we all somehow lost contact and ended up travelling different roads to the hotel.

The drive on Saturday took us through some stunning scenery and I'm really looking forward seeing the pictures from everyone. I also got a little lost on the way to the first stop due to the heavy traffic in Kendal, but hey that's all part of the experience and me not plotting the right place into the SatNav. Helen quickly got us back on track and we had a nice drive to lunch. It was actually quite nice to have a bit of space and not being bunched up.

Hardknott pass was excellent and it gave the diff and the traction control a good workout. At no point did I feel that there was any risk of anyone sliding backwards or sideways. Challenging and good fun. Last time I went up there I had 4-wheel drive, but hey presto 2 will do.

Guess Tony will have to look through some footage for that MPV that was sumped at the bottom. They had a look at us and you could just see the "good luck" expression in their face as they all gathered around the sumped MPV scratching their heads. James quickly showed them how it was done and we were off. It still makes me chukle that Steve told people coming the other way that there was 300 cars coming so it might be a while. I would have loved to see their facial expression.

The drive across the Yorkshire Dales on Sunday was epic and Matt & Tony found an amazing place for a group photo. There should be some really good photo's from there and we'll have to wait for them to exercise some HDR trickery.

The drive back down the M1 was pretty long and I'm sure I'll be seeing cones in my sleep from all that road works!

Thanks to Matt, Tony & Viv for organising an amazing weekend and the countless of hours planning and arranging everything. It's a mammoth task and I really appreciate it. It was a shame that Viv couldn't make it and I was really looking forward to meeting you. Even when you were not feeling well you were still doing some amazing work in the background making sure that everything was right. Cheers for sorting out all the food orders on Friday night. The steak was very nice!

I'll post some photo's later!

Thanks
Lars