***MOTORS MEET - Saturday Jan 21st Portlaoise***

MetzgerMeister

Confab wrote: »

I'll have to trust the one on the car for a bit longer so :eek: Some great cars there today.

You're playing with fire by waiting to get that done. Can you afford a new engine/car if it goes before you get it done?

-Corkie-

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Myself, CM and conzy were the last ones there, even the jap crowd were long gone before we left!

I left with Padraig mor, my body couldnt stick the cold anymore. I was annoyed with myself that I didnt ask you for a spin in the MPS..

Mr Benevolent

Marlow wrote: »

Funny was, the coppers were all on the other side of town. Think I met 4 garda cars on the other side of Portlaoise on the way home, going in direction Mountmellick.

/M

Thank fuck, I tore holes in the air going home.

Marlow

Confab wrote: »

Thank fuck, I tore holes in the air going home.

They were all going in the opposite direction than me. Probably on the way to chase you

/M

EPM

-Corkie- wrote: »

I left with Padraig mor, my body couldnt stick the cold anymore. I was annoyed with myself that I didnt ask you for a spin in the MPS..

Very subtle car. Impeccibly well kept too.

MetzgerMeister

-Corkie- wrote: »

I left with Padraig mor, my body couldnt stick the cold anymore. I was annoyed with myself that I didnt ask you for a spin in the MPS..

There'll be more meets

freestyla

dar83 wrote: »

Had a blue t-shirt yeah. But it was mostly hidden by my jacket, as it was bloody freezing!

Actually my face might have been blue from the cold as well come to think of it...

Was I chatting to ya?

were eating at the same table? with Bigus, Marlow, a lady and photographer.. sorry cant remember all names

I left around 4, hopefully will attend next meetings and take day off.

half of my time there spent giving attention to that carbon-white R34

-Corkie-

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There'll be more meets

I know and I will be there too but earlier next time..:)

I was embarrased turning up with the state of the car. Muck savagery at its best..:D

CharlieCroker

my pics from today

Berty

NOICE

MetzgerMeister

-Corkie- wrote: »

I know and I will be there too but earlier next time..:)

So you'll be 4 weeks early next time? :P






I know I said that my last one was the last one but I couldn't resist!

EPM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

There'll be more meets

+1

The plan is to build on this. And unfortunately a good few of the regular attendees couldn't make it today.

MetzgerMeister

freestyla wrote: »

were eating at the same table? with Bigus, Marlow, a lady and photographer.. sorry cant remember all names

The lady was Jemmy and the photographer was Bob (bodhan). He does all the video reviews on www.thenextgear.com

Marlow

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The lady was Jemmy and the photographer was Bob (bodhan). He does all the video reviews on www.thenextgear.com

Beat me to that one. They were indeed.

/M

EPM

freestyla wrote: »

were eating at the same table? with Bigus, Marlow, a lady and photographer.. sorry cant remember all names

I left around 4, hopefully will attend next meetings and take day off.

half of my time there spent giving attention to that carbon-white R34

Ahem






I'm a deadman for that

dar83

freestyla wrote: »

were eating at the same table? with Bigus, Marlow, a lady and photographer.. sorry cant remember all names

that actually wasn't me, no.

MetzgerMeister

EPM wrote: »

I'm a deadman for that

Yes...yes you are!

the_syco

johnos1984 wrote: »

That's strange. Was it near Borris-in-Ossery by any chance?

If it was my guy came to your rescue

I have no idea; somewhere before Monasterevin (maybe before Ballydavis). It probably was

Whilst I was waiting, I took some long exposure shots of the traffic: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=76653332

challengemaster

EPM wrote: »

I left the same time as them. I'm happy I turned off for carlow and not in their direction. One or two of them are what gives enthusiasts a bad name. Sideways takeoff of a Nissan was pathetic when he was leaving.

The funny thing was, conzy's e46 put most of them to shame with the noise, seriously making me look at them differently now...

I took it for a spin after you left, I'm not sure did Metzy / conzy recover yet I kept waiting for a massive spike in torque though, was strange... thanks for that conzy, very enjoyable!

EPM wrote: »

Very subtle car. Impeccibly well kept too.

In all fairness, how the hell he managed to keep a black car clean is beyond me. There was one splash of dirt on the car, and I doubt I'd make it out my driveway without doing that to it.

I vote for him showing everyone how to clean cars in future! Not how to drive though, he drives like a girl


/edit: Saw an octavia with fake plates on the way back too, knew something looked weird about it. Motorchecked when I got back,

Registration: 06OY609
Description: Ford Transit Legend 260SWB 4DR
Body Type: VAN
Colour: Grey
Fuel Type: Diesel
Transmission: Manual

EPM

Report that one lad. Ffs, like there's not enough of them to find a matching one.

The 325i was a nice buy, another mint car from today.

MetzgerMeister

challengemaster wrote: »

The funny thing was, conzy's e46 put most of them to shame with the noise, seriously making me look at them differently now...

I took it for a spin after you left, I'm not sure did Metzy / conzy recover yet I kept waiting for a massive spike in torque though, was strange... thanks for that conzy, very enjoyable!



In all fairness, how the hell he managed to keep a black car clean is beyond me. There was one splash of dirt on the car, and I doubt I'd make it out my driveway without doing that to it.

I vote for him showing everyone how to clean cars in future! Not how to drive though, he drives like a girl


/edit: Saw an octavia with fake plates on the way back too, knew something looked weird about it. Motorchecked when I got back,

Registration: 06OY609
Description: Ford Transit Legend 260SWB 4DR
Body Type: VAN
Colour: Grey
Fuel Type: Diesel
Transmission: Manual

Got anything to back up that claim about my driving?? :P If you're talking about my car, it's due to smooth power delivery THROUGHOUT the rev range. If you're talking about EPM's car it's because it wasn't warmed up and I was being very careful. That's more than can be said for you driving poor conzy's car!

The reason that octavia you saw looked weird is because it was a Transit!

Mr Benevolent

Looking forward to the next meet, I'll definitely be putting my hand up for spins.

challengemaster

EPM wrote: »

Report that one lad. Ffs, like there's not enough of them to find a matching one.

Could be anywhere by now tbh - and IMO the likelyhood of anything being done about it is minimal if I'm honest.

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Got anything to back up that claim about my driving?? :P If you're talking about my car, it's due to smooth power delivery THROUGHOUT the rev range. If you're talking about EPM's car it's because it wasn't warmed up and I was being very careful. That's more than can be said for you driving poor conzy's car!

I'm out of practice with petrols

And you had nothing bad to say in my car, or maybe I couldn't hear you over the engine / wipers? :pac:

The reason that octavia you saw looked weird is because it was a Transit!

Something looked "off" about it, probably because it was an early looking octy body and the 06 plates for a start, then it was driving about 20km/h...

EPM

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

The reason that octavia you saw looked weird is because it was a Transit!

Must've been the estate I'd say.

conzy

Had a great day! Everyone I spoke to was sound, had a great chat with challengemaster, epm, and meister, spoke to marlow and falcon, paulkk and sean1141 the guy in the white GTI from limerick and the guy in the red civic, then talked to poor johnos about his passat and also realised that "gary" from work is Gary ITR

Highlights:

The sound of the Dodge!
All the jap scrap arriving
The pimped out Opel Vivaro
Enjoying the 6 pot sound with EPM, cm and meister
Finally getting in out of the cold

Some great cars on display and I would definitely be up for a monthly meet. midway is handy but would be nice to move around the country a bit too

My legs are in bits ha!

johnos1984

Sorry I didn't to talk to you more after Conzy but the temp was rising in my head at the time

MetzgerMeister

challengemaster wrote: »

And you had nothing bad to say in my car, or maybe I couldn't hear you over the engine / wipers? :pac:

Nah, I just don't like saying bad stuff to someone about their pride and joy but trust me, I would say it to you :P

the_syco

Sadly, I forgot to take most of the shots in auto, so they came out a bit too bright. Here's the not bright ones:





bright but photoshopped the brightness down a tad:


Challenger:







Oh, and here's some obnoxious parking... :pac:

MetzgerMeister

Syco - I was hoping you'd bring some cheescake

Marlow

the_syco wrote: »

Oh, and here's some obnoxious parking... :pac:

Well. His t-shirt states, that he had troubles. We know now, what troubles those were

/M

damo86

Was a great day out, as said before great to put usernames to faces!

Always thought EPM looked and talked like the guy from seinfield!!

Thanks to EPM and everyone involved for organizing it, first and not last motors meet for me!

Mr Benevolent

Lots of pics of the Alfa sneaking in, me likey! That Challenger is one hell of a car though. 7mpg and that noise

Marlow

Confab wrote: »

Lots of pics of the Alfa sneaking in, me likey! That Challenger is one hell of a car though. 7mpg and that noise

Same as me then .. after a trackday in Kirki



A sign that injection didn't help over carburated engines.

/M

Daved_XB

Marlow wrote: »

Same as me then .. after a trackday in Kirki



/M

Yeah but I get my 7 driving at a steady 100kph.... On a track I reckon I'd get 1

Marlow

Daved_XB wrote: »

Yeah but I get my 7 driving at a steady 100kph.... On a track I reckon I'd get 1

Hehehehehe. Either that, or you wouldn't get far. Well, you wouldn't get far anyhow. As you were saying. Handling isn't the greatest when it's not in a straight line.

/M

conzy

johnos1984 wrote: »

Sorry I didn't to talk to you more after Conzy but the temp was rising in my head at the time

Not at all! Atleast you got sorted pretty quickly!

The reason your having problems is because its two different passats welded together, look!



Nice clean car though, a shame it gave such bother

166man

conzymaher wrote: »

Not at all! Atleast you got sorted pretty quickly!

The reason your having problems is because its two different passats welded together, look!



Nice clean car though, a shame it gave such bother

Tbh I'm just disappointed that the recovery driver didn't arrive in a clean truck to a motors meet.. :pac:

In all seriousness sorry to see that John..

johnos1984

166man wrote: »

Tbh I'm just disappointed that the recovery driver didn't arrive in a clean truck to a motors meet.. :pac:

He is forgiven..........he rallys a Mk2 Escort and knows old man George Dalton

EPM

Kudos to George for coming back up afterwards too!

johnos1984

EPM wrote: »

Kudos to George for coming back up afterwards too!

And for all the help he offered:)

Gary ITR

EPM wrote: »

Kudos to George for coming back up afterwards too!

I'm embarrassed to say it but I thought George was a dude in his 50's, wasn't expecting a youngish fella

the_syco

MetzgerMeister wrote: »

Syco - I was hoping you'd bring some cheescake

:pac: Me going was a very last minute thing, so never got a chance to make one. Remind me next time :P

Jemmy

EPM wrote: »

Ahem





I'm a deadman for that

I'll remember this!

EPM

Jemmy wrote: »

I'll remember this!

Oh I know...

Jemmy

EPM wrote: »

Oh I know...

It's a long wknd on ATWR!

the_syco

I took a video of the Challenger. Unfortunately, I held the phone at a 90 degree angle

Luckily Windows Movie Maker has an option to correct that, so here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdXPiu4AqQs

NOTE: TURN UP SPEAKERS, AS IT'S SOUND WAS RECORDED VERY LOW

...not... tee hee hee hee

166man

the_syco wrote: »

I took a video of the Challenger. Unfortunately, I held the phone at a 90 degree angle

Luckily Windows Movie Maker has an option to correct that, so here it is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdXPiu4AqQs

NOTE: TURN UP SPEAKERS, AS IT'S SOUND WAS RECORDED VERY LOW

...not... tee hee hee hee

''Looks like a log cabin on the inside'' haha lol

MetzgerMeister

Who got a drive of the dodge?

PaulKK

My first motors meet lads and was a great one, had to head off just after one but was a pleasure meeting ye

Sorry to hear about your Passat too John.

conzy

PaulKK wrote: »

My first motors meet lads and was a great one, had to head off just after one but was a pleasure meeting ye

Thanks for showing me how to setup the angel eyes, I went into get something to eat and when i came back you were gone