As always with the usual suspects it was an excellent day. I met up with Stuart/cerina and James300 @ lakeside services at around 6:30am and headed up the A13/M25/M40,

 

Onto the M40 services, Baggins complimented me highly on my choice of coat, offered me £100 to purchase it, and then had a little cry with herman that they couldnt take it home for that price. Stuart filled up with oil, around 3litres and we set off up the M40 at normalish speeds, saw 2 BMW's pulled over by the rozzers and was undertaken twice by the same undercover police car (twat).

 

Finding Thor was a bit of a chore (haha I'm a poet), we circled the same roads countless times, me, james, smw1, baggins, herman and mtl ended up in a private house, they were nice and gave us directions to Thor, well we turned around a few more times before finding the correct place :).

 

Met some new people, Tulip, Srrae, MTL, Ajay, GlenC,Cj, smithy, and saw some of the old faces, I think most people were happy with their results, a lot of cars were detting though, probably due to to high boost. The Thor operators were very good though, much more experienced IMO than the ones we used on the SE rolling road day, they would take the time to explain to each person exactly what the graphs meant and would also help point out any problems in the curves and possible solutions.

 

I didn't go on the rollers in the end.

 

Highlights of the day include

 

Messing around with MTL's nitro powered car, shame it just wouldn't run for more than 30 seconds :(

 

Searching for petrol running on fumes

 

SMW1's car on the rollers, well chuffed his work has paid off and shows what true bobing is about :D

 

Apparently most of the people I spoke to were of the impression I was 44 :D, no I'm 22. :hyper: :hyper: :hyper: :hyper:

 

 

Missed Mac1, PaulC, john and john-boy not being there though. :(

 

excellent day,

Was an excellent day even though it was freezing, I think it was much better that RR at the sE open day last year. It was more of a analysis/dyno day rather than a what BHP have you got day.

 

Turning up at that guys house on his private land was just so funny I was laughing too much to tell the cars behind me what was going on. Almost wet myself when that gypsie kid came out holding the tin kettle :rofl:. Not sure why I found it so funny, I guess you just had to be there. :dance:

Good to meet some of you lot at last.

 

I set off at 7:15 with the GPS on the dash and it told us where to go ;) hehehehe. No asking people at their houses for directions, no wrong turns found it straight away. :D

I got a little worried driving round a farm wondering if I was on private property. I also got worried when the gaurd dog decided to try and chew my tyres when drove past. I was more worried about decapitating it than getting a puncture.

 

Pitty I couldnt stay long and the only time I could really get on the rollers was at gone 4:30. I was hoping to be home by then.

 

Sorry I had to leave so early, had made plans for that night and I didnt think it would take that long.

It was freezing though considering it was a lovely sunny day.

 

I got some video footage but unfortunaty its not that good as it wanted, I couldnt get too much of the car in the view at once. Also the cars I filmed all detonated. :( So if you want to hear what it sounds like I can post some thing up. I personally have never heard it before. Sounds nasty.

 

Would like to see you all again soon.

 

Stuart

Yeh it was a good but bloody cold day, nice to see everyone.

 

It has deffo got me more interested in getting my car back on the road, so i think i will get dressed and get some work done!!

 

Mike