Ian E Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Sorry I didnt make it. Looks like a top day. So where are the times up the strip then??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Sorry I didnt make it. Looks like a top day. So where are the times up the strip then??? Mate You missed a good one, only weekend it hasn't rained which helped You are right about the times, so I started a new times thread http://www.e46zone.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=1877 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARIF Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Now I have managed to get some sleep I think I better post my thoughts on the day.F****ing Ace people,by far the best meet I have been to all year,I was about to give up hope.From the sublime convoy on sunday mornring (nice one Vikz) to the overall turnout,t shirts,stand and the truly amazing people I met yesterday.I think we should all congartulate ourselves for making this such a great first time meet,its just awesome that a bunch of guys and gals who have not even met each other can pull off something like this.I am truly inspired by all of YOU.Special thanks to dicky,Sam and anyone else who have put in their valuable time.We need to do this more often I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simonlpearce Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 The only thing i will say about the stand guys is that i cannot see the banner in any of the pictures, possibly look at an alternative position for it next time instead of being tucked away. Great day though and some great pictures, i already have at least 2k's worth of mods that i want to do. BTW Mrs Pearce was happy for the mention, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///Marty Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Right guys, Sorry for the long post but there is lots to talk about! Sorry its taken so long for me to get back on but it was nearly 10pm when i got last night and i've been mad busy in Sheffield all day today. Firstly i would just like to say OMFG what a weekend! That was without doubt, the best meet i've ever been to. It was excellent to meet up with lots of the forum members as being ooop north its a bit far for me to come to the southern stuff usually. We really couldn't have asked for better weather, i also had a bit of sunburn last night but i'm pleased to say that this morning i looked more like i'd been abroad for the weekend! Was really great to see so many people turn out for the forum yesterday (i'm sure the weather had something to do with it ) and some really nice cars. It's great to see the cars in the flesh as quite often pictures just don't do them justice. Apologies if i didn't get to speak to everyone, i think i did speak to most of you and for those i did speak to it was excellent to meet you and as Stevie said, great to see what an amazing bunch of people we have on here. I didn't take a massive amount of photographs as i didn't have my camera for most of Saturday and i'm afraid my pics aren't up to the standards of the others (Good skills dicky) but here are the few that are on my camera. Thanks to Simon for looking after my camera all day on Saturday and getting some photos and video of the strip. The red Seat i was up against was a bit of a track sl*g. Re-mapped and completley stripped out including full removal of the dash! His best time of the day was a 13:8 so there was no way i was getting anywhere near him. Only got ahead of him on that run cos he messed up at the start line. Had a couple of runs with dicky, was never expecting to beat him but it was good fun trying! This was the last and for me most enjoyable run of the day. http://s208.photobucket.com/albums/bb305/m...santapod017.flv Only managed to get four or five runs in as the strip was extremely busy and at times i was queing for almost 40 mins to get a run! My worst run came in at a pitiful 16.1 but this was most definately down to the fact that it was the first time that i tried to do it with the traction control turned off completely (pressed and held until handbrake light came on in orange) and after dumping the clutch at about 3000 rpm the car just sat still spinning the back wheels for what seemed like ages. Had my re-map done in the afternoon and on my second run after the remap Simon made me a happy man when he informed me that i had set the fastest E46zone time of the day with a 15.1! My glee was shortlived however as minutes later, i went up against dicky again and he promptly slammed home a 14.9! Good skills mate and damn you and your UUC pulleys! LOL. I think with some more practice, 15 seconds would definately be doable even without the pulleys, just need to figure out the best way to get my launch on. Saturday night was excellent, plenty of alcohol, plenty of food, and good times with dicky, Simon, Simon, Sean, Lee, Dave and Ian in the end! Top work to Ian for bringing the keys up and glad to see you on the forum now mate, can't wait to see what sort of times your hot rod will be pulling. Breakfast was eventful to say the least, dicky managed to almost blow up the campsite with a stove and a bottle of gas, and Dave gave Usain Bolt a run for his money by doing the 100 meters to the car park quick time to get away from the quickly developing fireball! lol. Bacon butties were good, thanks to an excellent pan provided by dicky's dad. Whilst walking thru the car park, we noticed a belgian E46 saloon with M3 style quads. We went over to investigate: A little closer inspection revealed that they wern't in fact quads, but some pipes duck taped together and cable tied to the underside of the car. lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///Marty Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 After this we went over to our arena and set up the gazebo (well done Dave you gazebo wh*re) and did some quality organised parking to get all the cars lined up and spaced correctely. First thing in the morning when it was still very cold! Didn't really get any later on but here are a couple i did take. Here's a few professional photos that i bought that were taken of my car. Please remove these if this is not ok Sam but the documentation states that i need to mention that the photos were taken by Ian Blacket of blackettphotography.com Great to see we've already had some new members, welcome to everyone and hello again if it was me who you were talking to or gave you a site flyer. Thanks to everyone involved for an excellent weekend, and thanks to Colin at CNL for doing my remap, the car is running lovely and MPG on the way home went from averaging 25.6 to 33.2 despite having cruise set at 95 for the majority of the journey home. Can't wait to see what it does once it's fully worn in Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mooney Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Marty - Those proffesional shots of yours look ace. Definatly worth it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveDunlop Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 yeh good pics and write up marty, or should i say wheel wh*re lol. loving the gaffa taped quad exhaust, not quite up to matts uuc exhaust mind! good photos dirty and dicky aswel. i have to say the difference in my car after the remap was even more noticably today, it feels so much quicker and pulls alot better aswel, yet mpg stayed around 32, compared to the usual 26/27 so im super super happy cheers Colin, cant wait til its completely bedded in whens the next meet then?? just want to know so i can cram some more mods in before lol. csl bumper and air filter this time... what next time?? hmmm :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikz Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Yer defo want to do another big meet/show like this soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz 330 Cs Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Yer defo want to do another big meet/show like this soon. Yes deffo , needs to be before the "Cough Summer Cough " ends lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V321TY Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Evening all. That was my first car meet type thing and I was a bit of a girl pants at getting around and chatting to everyone....so sorry about that. Was a great day and all the cars looked awesome. Oh and thanks to Jamie, Vikz and Stevie for my 2 minute convoy lol Deffo up for another meet soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz 330 Cs Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Evening all. That was my first car meet type thing and I was a bit of a girl pants at getting around and chatting to everyone....so sorry about that. Was a great day and all the cars looked awesome. Oh and thanks to Jamie, Vikz and Stevie for my 2 minute convoy lol Deffo up for another meet soon Our Convoy from Northampton services was wicked , when we all flew past people on the motorway their jaws must of dropped lol ....think we had 12 cars didnt we ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicky Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Marty top write up and photos, I had forgotten a few of those events as we got so much fitted in to that weekend Loving that vid, now how do i get it on the damm iPhone? Thought I would add my pro shots to, the colours look amazing Photos were taken by Ian Blacket of www.blackettphotography.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daz 330 Cs Posted September 22, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Marty top write up and photos, I had forgotten a few of those events as we got so much fitted in to that weekend Loving that vid, now how do i get it on the damm iPhone? Thought I would add my pro shots to, the colours look amazing Photos were taken by Ian Blacket of www.blackettphotography.com Ohh er , Video & iphone are not normally associated in the same sentence lol !... You need an N95 Powerhouse for high res vid Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 I took far too many photos! Here are some of the best stand/E46Zone mob ones. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Here is some generic ones from other stands and the strip. I am more than happy to provide highres images, or the whole collection if people want it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
///Marty Posted September 22, 2008 Report Share Posted September 22, 2008 Marty - Those proffesional shots of yours look ace. Definatly worth it Thanks Mooney, Well worth the money, although my missus does think they cost half what they actually did. God knows what dicky told his missus. Was nice to meet you on Sunday. Marty top write up and photos, I had forgotten a few of those events as we got so much fitted in to that weekend Loving that vid, now how do i get it on the damm iPhone? Thought I would add my pro shots to, the colours look amazing Mate those photos look the nuts. Makes me wish i had had more printed now. Moved in to my new office today and there is a nice freshly plastered wall in front of my desk which is just begging for some pictures on it. Might have to look at getting some of the other proffessionally printed and framed. You can try and download that video from my photobucket account and transfer it. It's an AVI file so you will need to use something like videora convertor to put into mp4 i think, unless the i-phone can play AVI files? If you need it compressing and emailing just let me know. I took far too many photos! Here are some of the best stand/E46Zone mob ones. Those are some excellent photos Sam, apart from the one of us all stood around where my gut looks like father christmas'. Did you use some sort of fish eye lense on the car shots or is it just the angle of the picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Those are some excellent photos Sam, apart from the one of us all stood around where my gut looks like father christmas'. Did you use some sort of fish eye lense on the car shots or is it just the angle of the picture? *Geek mode* Its just a "standard" camera, not a SLR. It has a wide lens, so more fits in the shot, but the down side is it has a fish eye effect. You usually don't notice it on portrait shots, but up close you do. *end* Camera is a Canon 860IS. I can upload the originals of your motor if you like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jub Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 who's is the green Xreg coupe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThroughTheEye Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 was a good day, dont think i got to meet many of you, spoke to a few thought the time flew by, often time tends to drag at the shows weather was good, cant ask for much more, apart from the pole dancers...what happened to them? (i know arif was dissapointed ) i heard the accident was a e46 m3? unless it was involed? was a silver e46 coupe in a bush just after the roundabout past the bp station too pics here; http://www.throughtheeye.co.uk/ultimatebmwshow/index.html this photographer was getting frisky with the girls on the bmstyling stand (there not up yet though) NWS site http://www.modelantics.com/ Me.....getting frisky or the model antics guy?, I saw a few shots on his camera at the show, he was the frisky one !, I only had her on the bonnet! lol I'll be adding more to the site a little later, there is a hundred or so up at the moment, so....enjoy:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ant Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 I only had her on the bonnet! lol so you was both at it then was refering to the model antics guy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayjay Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Hi guys sorry so late to post!! What an amazing day would be good to do this more often Got to meet some really nice ppl great fun to be around Thanks to all that put so much effort into all, Sam t-shirts looked gr8 lets just hope we will need them again soon dicky loving the blue glove dont forget that next time!!! Marty that pic of the zorst cable tied on was classic, great find Thanks to Keith for not letting me be alone on being the first to the bar and thanks to stevie for pointing out i was the first to leave !! nice one mate good to see you Well done vikz for a great convy in good numbers there at stupid o'clock too Cheers guys looking forward to the next one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJD Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 who's is the green Xreg coupe? It is StevieJay's - don't say anything nice about it though as it'll go straight to his head Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KeithS Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Great pic's dicky, Marty and Sam Jamie i know we were first at the bar but the person who was gagging for a drink at 11 am had sent us there! No names but she know's who she is Looking forward to the next meet, liking dicky's idea of Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vikz Posted September 23, 2008 Report Share Posted September 23, 2008 Keith I have no idea who you mean ;p Europe definitely sounds like a plan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
