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Old 23rd March 2025, 06:21 PM
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Great little mini meet in Manchester , attended by the following (and sidekicks...)

tintin
tc4332
ginnam
Mrfaz
darrenjoe90
Tonupkid
Sarg

No driving tours, country house visits, competitions or prizes, but great to see some good old friends - and some new ones too

Looking forward to the next NorthWest meet on 13th June in Kendal
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(1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P-
(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
(3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful.
(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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Old 23rd March 2025, 08:11 PM
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It was great to meet up again - has been some time - and I think Kendal will be awesome
Thanks for arranging Stephen.
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Ford Focus ST-2 Mk3 (the wifes) (stolen Oct 2023)

1972 T2 Bay Window Camper (Slow)

Audi TT Mk1 225 - now with coil-overs and a 7inch touchscreen infotainment centre

2003 A8 Sport 4.2 (with ACC & LPG) (Feed up with all the issues so passed it on to a forum member)

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Old 23rd March 2025, 08:27 PM
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Excellent, and great to see Ray is out and about too!
I'm terrible with names/faces so please remind me who is with the bike and who is on the far right next to Nick!
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2003 D2 FL S8. Irish Green Pearl/Beige. Solar sunroof, auto-dim mirrors, electric rear seat functions and extended leather. Ski hatch retrofit. Aftermarket reversing camera. DVB-T and XCarlink now removed as redundant.
2016 Volvo V40 T5 Cross Country (4WD) with ALL the toys including adaptive cruise etc. etc. Osmium Grey with Blonde/Charcoal leather interior. Polestar performance "optimisation". (Even rarer than a D2 S8!) Oh, and a brand new engine at just under 30,000 miles on the factory one!
Finally: gone, but not forgotten.....
1998 D2 PF S8. Agate Grey/Platinum. Every option (I think) except electric rear seats, Tiptronic steering wheel, ski hatch, towbar & dimming door mirrors.
e.g. Cruise control, NavPlus/TV, Bose, GSM, Xenons, Solar roof, Parking sensors, Alcantara/leather everywhere of course. (internal dimming mirror added later)
1998 (very early) Ford Focus 1.8 Zetec; ABS/TCS, Heated screen/mirrors, Aircon. Added Auto-dim mirror, Leather seats, Trip computer, Cruise control, OEM Ford SatNav with CD changer.
And before that a lot of Rover 800s, a few oddities, a lovely Triumph Dolomite 1850HL with Overdrive and way back in my schooldays an Austin Seven aka Mini 850!
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Old 23rd March 2025, 09:35 PM
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I am bad with names too but the faces I do recognise, it seems like everybody has put on some weight, so it's not just me getting fat.
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Old 24th March 2025, 09:47 PM
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I am bad with names too but the faces I do recognise, it seems like everybody has put on some weight, so it's not just me getting fat.
Ah Ainar....and I thought that you'd cross-posted, and intended this post to go in the "Everyone Loves A Compliment" thread ...
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Autos Autos everywhere...
(1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P-
(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
(3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful.
(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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Excellent, and great to see Ray is out and about too!
I'm terrible with names/faces so please remind me who is with the bike and who is on the far right next to Nick!
Andy and Darren
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Old 24th March 2025, 08:29 AM
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Andy and Darren
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(1) 2015 Tesla Model S: (was 85D, now 90D ). Silent and deadly, and very fast... But not as fast as Ian's M3P-
(2) 2002 D2 S8 Final Edition: Bulletproof and faultless: Brilliant Black with Extended (Red!) Leather. Three-times winner of Best D2 1st prize
(3) 1997 Fiat Coupe 20v Turbo: Scots (! ) Green. Fragile, but beautiful.
(4) 2010 Fiat Panda 100HP. White Pandamonium (Final Edition!!). Pure old-fashioned 6-speed go-karting.
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Old 24th March 2025, 09:23 PM
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Seems that we are collectivly suffering from both face and word blindness.
To my right is the one and only ..... drumroll .... Stephen

i think
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