GTi International 2011 - Meet Report
 

Another report from your romping reporter . . . . :D

3 of us arrived at the premier inn rugby on Saturday evening -
AdrianE
Ctl
Architex mA8tey
ahead of the Sunday cruise to Bruntingthorpe proving ground.

CtL and Architex mA8tey cruised up via oxfordshire after taking a look and a fettle with AM's arch liner which has been scrubbing tad due to lowered front suspension. . . ahem lol :rolleyes:

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Amar turned up bleary eyed in his steel box type car after being convinced to join us for the cruise to Bruntingthorpe and came along for the ride. The three of us cruised across to meet the others at the Pub in Bruntingthorpe just before we went in and we were joined by Goran, Notorius, DarrenJoe90 and Daviesbike, so 7 cars went into the show together. . .

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Daviesbike's quad exhaust system got some close inspection from the Librarian . . . . :p
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Who looked pensive as he pondered the possible upgrades for the Murple Meople Eater. . .
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Various 8's were pointed down the drag strip . . . .
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oh and erm. . . . Guy got trashed by a BMW touring ahem ahem . . . . :ROFL:
and CtL had to pay a whole pound of his money to Darren - yet again!!

A great time was had by all on a totally sweltering day and thanks again to all of you who could get to see us, and to Amar, Ben and MkOneMan for coming to say hello and get their fix of 8's!

I could be persuaded to post a video of Guy's 8 being trounced by a BMW touring but im taking offers from either side lol :D


Right then guys n gals - the next meet is the SW Regional meet in mid July in Bristol & Chepstow so get your names down now please and come along and say hi!!!
Dont miss it - we are gonna cruise over the Severn Bridge to a drive-in movie :D


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seems to be a problem with the pics Neil, cant see them

Been thinking about you guys all day, was hoping to join you, but despite cleaning my car, (inside and out, an almost unknown event) I wasn't able tp make it :(

Hope you all had a great time, the weather was fantastic so looking forward to any picts you can spare :D

Should be ok now thanks +++

looking like a great time was had guys, and the weather looks great too, unlike up here where it still feels a bit like February with lots of nice wind and rain:(

Guy's paint job is looking very nice, think we should see the video too just to be sure

All the cars look very nice but I love that Avus Silver colour of Adrian's and its looking very clean too

dam the fuel of saitin !!! could at least explain the fact that i am after all running low on power at the moment due to a faulty intake manifold witch by the way i have wasted no time it taking apart and fiddling with, also i did beat coran in his S8 :-) good day was had by all i enjoyed it and yes i would like to see the vid even if i do get thrashed just want to hear it go from the outside.

Great to meet everyone over the weekend +++ really enjoyed it, as did my wife and son

Have a few pics, but they're nothing special - will try to upload them this evening when I get a chance. Would love to see the vid of mine running down the strip - Jane managed to get a pic of it just after launch and it looks pretty impressive with the back end dropped right down.

Quite pleased with the times I set, considering the boot was about 3/4 full of baby junk and I had 2/3 of a tank of fuel in it!

Traffic getting home was a nightmare and the sat-nav seemed to want to avoid all motorways - took us a very strange route which I eventually ignored to pick up the M1.

Look forward to the next one, whenever I can make it +++

Got in the A6 this morning and the heat from yesterday has turned a previously repaired chip/crack into a bloody great big crack going half way across the screen! Need to get on the phone to the insurance and get it booked in for replacement.

. . . and Goran beat CtL so I guess that means you kinda beat the Librarian too! :p I'll post a link to the vid later when I get a chance :D

Sprint times can be found here:

http://www.theresults.co.uk/gti_inte...l_results.html

Quite chuffed with mine! Looks like the times were all pretty close really.
My 2nd run was 0-60 in 7.03 and 15.2 for the 1/4 mile. Think book time is 6.4 for 0-60, but I'm guessing that's with a perfect launch, minimal fuel, a test driver who doesn't care about the car and 100 octane fuel :ROFL: oh and an empty boot!

Can't find Darren's times?

good to see the line ups of '8 yesterday, sorry i didnt bring mine along to add to it

:)