23rd SEPTEMBER 2nd PEAK RUN

[bill hulme]

A days run out in the Peak District, this is a popular days outing with Gary (mk1dal) from Buxton leading the pack ,
As before we will meet at Tesco at Macclesfield SK10 2AB. leaving at 9.30am Gary (mk1dal) will doing the full days run, Put you name down on the list.
Bill.
1 Gary
2 Kris
3 Graham
4 Rick
5 Julian
6 Andrew
7 Tom
8 Ben ?
9 Lewis
10 Pual
11 Chief44
12

[Rick McRick]

Is not going even an option for me? You'd best stick me on the list quick.

Any restriction on 'friends' of the club coming? PM me if it's a difficult answer.

[Lakelad]

Please add me to the list.

Graham

[julianw]

Add me to the list too, please
Julian

[Rick McRick]

Bill, I see you've not actually put yourself down on the list. Are you not feeling well enough to make this one? Would you like to passenger ride with me?

I would like to propose a strike if Bill does not join us on this day out one way or another!

Also, I don't know where the correct thread is to bring this up, but Bill, could you make a list of all your duties as LAO for the next monthly meet so we can find someone to take it on who knows what they are getting into? As most of you know, I'm regional rep of MR2OC and could perhaps amalgamate the two roles mostly to keep things moving in the north west, but I'm not 100% on what's expected of the LAO. Arranging shows, events and monthly meets would be pretty easy to double up on for both clubs, but I don't know what else is involved?

[Lakelad]

Rick, I would be happy to take on some responsibilities but think it would be good if it was shared around since we all lead busy lives. We have a good group and I am sure everybody is keen to make sure we dont let the NW region go the same way as many other regions.

[chief44]

Ooh, this would set a nice little deadline for me. I'll try my best to get the car roadworthy by then.

Ben

[mk1 dal]

Ooh, this would set a nice little deadline for me. I'll try my best to get the car roadworthy by then.

Ben
hi, sorry ben no 1.5 permitted on this run far to fast . only joking mate , it would be a pleasure to see you on the run mate and to have a look at all the hard work gone in to building the 911 killer . i hope you get it done for the run and meet the great lads and girls who attend it .

gary

[lgreen5]

Pencil me in, cheers

Lewis

[lgreen5]

Really sorry Gary, just checked my calendar and im at a mates 30th in lincolnshire, i dont fancy a hungover 3 hour drive. Really wanted to see that 1.5 to.

Sorry mate

Lewis

[BigP]

And me please!

Paul

[chief44]

Oof, getting close now. I think the 1.5 is ready for filler now. Hopefully my mate can hammer away at it in time for a quick mot with everything crossed, then away.
Here's to hoping!

[tommundy]

It'll be good to have two 1.5's out on the prowl! Mine is due an MOT next Friday, so fingers crossed I'll be there. Got to do some shakedown testing also as I finished doing a headgasket change on mine at the weekend.

See you all next week! :)

[Master-B]

Is anyone coming for something to eat afterwards? I sense a Thai food extravaganza in Buxton coming on.. but need to book in advance so if youre interested shout.

[Rick McRick]

Got a link to the menu?

[tommundy]

Well I've got my car back and it's failed on a couple of things:

-New front brake pipes left and right
-New front tyres (tread is fine in the centre but sides are worn out from cornering :))
-Little bit of welding needed - behind the rear corner triangle on the near side

Plus of course exhaust and handbrake but they're both being taken care of by moi! I discovered that it was the brake cable that had seized, but the caliper could have done with changing anyway. New cable arrived this morning so I'll fit that tonight after work.

Not too bad considering it's my daily driver I don't think.

Should still be on track for the weekend :)

[Master-B]

Got a link to the menu?

http://www.simplythaibuxton.co.uk/simplythaimenus.html

[Master-B]

Should still be on track for the weekend :)

Good stuff mate looking forward to seeing you there!

[cabbydave]

Looks like I'll be coming but jumping in someone's car I'm afraid as none of mine are on the road. No point rushing the 1.5 but it will be a Tatton next year,the white one ha sno tank in it and is still full of metal maggots chewing away at the moment.

[Rick McRick]

http://www.simplythaibuxton.co.uk/simplythaimenus.html

Looks reasonably prices, should be up for this; will confirm with the Mrs.

[Master-B]

Not only is it cheap, its as good as anything ive eaten in the actual far east. Nomnomnom

[chief44]

I'm afraid I won't be able to make this run after all. There's a lovely new hole around an ARB mount which needs welding up. Plus the rear bodywork won't be ready. My mate will be doing the spraying this weekend. AND it needs to pass an MOT.
Pretty gutted I won't have a chance to meet you all and blast around the peaks but there's no way around it I'm afraid. I'll be hoping to join in with the next meet that's not too far from me.
Hope you all have a good'n!

[Master-B]

Thats a shame chief. Was looking forward to meeting you and seeing the car in the metal after reading your thread. Hope all goes well this weekend :-)

[chief44]

Aye, it's annoying, but if all goes well it'll be road legal by next week. And hopefully people will be up for another outing soon.

[Rick McRick]

We be up for the post drive oriental nosh

[Master-B]

And dinner after?

[Master-B]

Table for 4 at around 6pm then? Booking it tomorrow.

[Rick McRick]

BrooooooooOOOOoooooooom brooooooooooooom!!

[Rick McRick]

Really so to do this, but I'm going to have to cry off for the meal. Just checked the bank account and it looks like I'll be borrowing the petrol money off Sara to come on the drive :(

Probably also means I'll be crying off the food after go karting too :( I'll have to see what I can flog on ebay between now and then.

[Master-B]

Really so to do this, but I'm going to have to cry off for the meal. Just checked the bank account and it looks like I'll be borrowing the petrol money off Sara to come on the drive :(

Probably also means I'll be crying off the food after go karting too :( I'll have to see what I can flog on ebay between now and then.

Sounds like its time to go back on the game for you old son!!

[Rick McRick]

Shhh, I was never off it ;)

[Master-B]

soz, deleted

[Rick McRick]

soz, deleted

LOL, no worries, reminded me to delete it myself before someone stumbled across it who would have got me in more trouble.

[tommundy]

MOT achieved yesterday. :)

Knock sensor failed this morning though! OMG I thought. Thankfully managed to pick one up from a scrapyard this afternoon. Just done some full boost testing and all seems good, woo! I was super chuffed to find a knock sensor today, especially at the price I paid, as they're £150 from Toyota!

See you all in the morning.

Cheers,
Tom

[chief44]

Have a good day everyone. Wish I could be there but hopefully you'll all have such good time you'll want to do it again very soon.

[mk1 dal]

hi, see you all in the morning , my brothers now going ( fixed his car tonight , cutting it fine again, thanks to Dave for saving the day supplying the rad ) and Dave is riding shot gun with me on the run . i think the weather will hold out for the days run . @ cris , the bushes are in my car ready mate .

lets have a good one

gary

[cabbydave]

Cheers for today especially Gary who gave me a lift and sorted some bits for me. Nice to see you all
http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/th_20120923_130032_zps4a9a466d-1.jpg (http://s66.photobucket.com/albums/h258/thunderdave/?action=view&current=20120923_130032_zps4a9a466d.jpg)
Sorry I only took one picture

[Lakelad]

Two Video Clips - Obviously filmed by my assistant as we drove across the Chatsworth Estate this afternoon!!

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/th_MR21_zps62dd82fb-1.jpg (http://s1149.photobucket.com/albums/o594/lakesladMR2/?action=view&current=MR21_zps62dd82fb.mp4)

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/th_MR22_zpscec8c554-1.jpg (http://s1149.photobucket.com/albums/o594/lakesladMR2/?action=view&current=MR22_zpscec8c554.mp4)

[Master-B]

Another great day out on the peaks run. Thanks Gary for arranging, youre a credit to the club :-)

[Lakelad]

A great day out - good to see everybody and a big thanks to Gary

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/IMAG0282_zps9db780fe-1.jpg

[Rick McRick]

Brilliant day!

I've got some vids and pics, but I'm not going to be quite to prompt getting them uploaded.

And while we're all high on comradery, get your names down for this little evening out :D

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/showthread.php?14285-Blackpool-Illuminations-Convoy!!-Moby-Dick-and-chips-Oct-8th

[julianw]

Brilliant day out again. Thanks Gary for organising it. Sorry to keep everyone waiting at the start point - I had to dive into my garage unexpectedly for a seat cover before I left home, to avoid a repeat flare up of me Chalfonts (see old episodes of Minder/cockney rhyming slang dictionary for explanation) as my T bar seals have given up the ghost again! Hope everyone got home in the rain without incident. I was shocked to find that the premium rubber Admiral F100s (!) on mine are LETHAL in the wet, so was very glad the weather only rolled in after we'd finished.

[Master-B]

Sounds like you have a nice set of korean ditchfinders?

[bill hulme]

Welcome Paul to your first runout with the lads and lasses, thanks Gary your timing was just right to get us back to the Cat& Fiddle before the weather really got to bad, Another smashing day out, Thanks for doing the run again we all had a great day out, Graham you are a star coming all the way from Windermere to join us on all the runs out,
Bill.

[julianw]

Sounds like you have a nice set of korean ditchfinders?
Yep, I think a swap back to the Vredestein HiTracs is due and I'll let you know how they combine with polybushes, worn track rod ends and warped discs!

[BigP]

A big "Thank You" to everyone for making me feel very welcome yesterday - had a great day in spite of not feeling too well and having to disappear early!!!

I took a few photos yesterday which I'll upload once they've been edited, but for now you'll have to make do with Rick's foreign specimen...

http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj519/Paul_Mayes/RickMcRick_zpseadbd6f5.jpg

[Lakelad]

Great Pic

[bill hulme]

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/L1030425001-1.jpg
ONe happy mob.
Bill

[BigP]

CabbyDave says don't do it Andy!!!!

http://i1265.photobucket.com/albums/jj519/Paul_Mayes/Andyblackandyellow_zpsc1f48734.jpg

[cchrysos]

I really must learn how to use Photoshop!

[BigP]

It will only lead to high levels of frustration.....

On a serious note, if you want to give it a whirl without the expense there's some free software which is very similar called Gimp which you can download on-line and there's loads of video tutorials on Youtube where you can learn how to edit - perfect for the weather we're having!!!

[cchrysos]

It will only lead to high levels of frustration.....

On a serious note, if you want to give it a whirl without the expense there's some free software which is very similar called Gimp which you can download on-line and there's loads of video tutorials on Youtube where you can learn how to edit - perfect for the weather we're having!!!

Excellent - Thanks!

I had no idea this was the place to come to get my own GIMP too......it just gets better and better here ;-)

[Rick McRick]

there's some free software which is very similar called Gimp which you can download on-line

There is also some free software called Photoshop CS5 that you can down load on line if you look in the right place ;)

But even following you tube tutorials I can't get anything to work how I want it to.

I was chatting to someone who said Lightroom was also worth a look, but I've not downloaded the 'free' copy yet.

[cabbydave]

Rick have a chat with big Paul hes a wizard at it. That photo of Andy's car took him 30 seconds to do, although the car did look better when he did it kermit green and pink lol. BTW I might have bought another mk1 its knackered but it looks soooo pretty

[Rick McRick]

My Pics

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/20120923_093434_zpse4a35495-1.jpg

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/20120923_093409_zpsb83818e2-1.jpg

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http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/20120923_142651_zpsb2f0f027-1.jpg

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/20120923_143631_zps273b0758-1.jpg

http://www.mr2mk1club.com/images/imported/2012/09/20120923_160749_zps43d6bd9b-1.jpg

Plenty more where they came from right here -> http://s894.photobucket.com/albums/ac146/rickmcrick/MR2Peaks24092012/

[Rick McRick]

First of my videos soon to be available here

http://youtu.be/v4G-lFU0AJo

[mk1 dal]

hi, thanks to every one who turned out for the run , a very enjoyable day and great to all get together again . it was a pleasure to meet Paul ,a very nice bloke and I'm glad he enjoyed the day out and is going on the lakes run next year . one of my best comedy moments what nobody saw was when dave went for the breaks on his side of the car coming in to a corner quite hot, it still brings a smile to my face now ( sorry Dave :lol:) but he is a top bloke and a excellent co driver . i will organize the peaks run again for next year it would be rude not to .
keep the pics and vids coming the ones so far are great .

gary

[cabbydave]

Don't tell everyone Gary I was only helping you brake. I went to see Paul yesterday to do his speedo cable and he found out what happens after 3500 rpm lol, there goes his good mpg now.

[cabbydave]

How about someone from Yorkshire doing a T.V type run i.e Last of the Summer Wine, Emmerdale and Heart beat. The roads round Holmfirth are good as are the ones round Scarborough cannot remember where emmerdale was filmed but they are good roads as well. I've been there on the bike but was going far to fast to take in any names lol.

[BigP]

Dave, there's some excellent roads up in the Dales around the Three Peaks area and beyond, with plenty of stop-offs - I'm sure I could arrange something for next year's calendar if no-one has it covered already...

[Master-B]

Nice one Paul, sounds great, I dont think we have done anything in that area yet...