2024 Meet After Action Report

[tintin]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

An excellent weekend, many thanks to all the organisers and to Sean for the imaging.
Also, not a D3 in sight - what does that tell us? (Not even a V10 S8 )

PS I had a standard online follow-up questionnaire from the hotel which I completed honestly, fairly and constructively. The manager sent me a personal response by email!

Agreed on all the above: although there was a green D3 (and a W12 one at that! ) that pulled out of the road opposite the hotel as we left on Saturday morning, and was sort-of-part-of our "convoy" for about mile or so, before he turned left - not sure if anyone else spotted that though?...

I also gave the hotel similar constructive feedback via email, as part of getting them to correct the overcharging on my bill

[bigeasy]

Imagine my surprise as I am on my way to Aldi, I'm about to pull out of a side street and opposite I see a nice A8 pull out, then another, and another and another (possibly an S8 in there somewhere too if I remember). Then I get waved out by another A8 owner and I join a convoy on my way to pick up shopping!

I found you lot within 5 mins of getting home and joined up to just say hello but I've only just been allowed to post.

It's a 54 plate D3 W12 in murano green.

[tintin]

Originally Posted by bigeasy

Imagine my surprise as I am on my way to Aldi, I'm about to pull out of a side street and opposite I see a nice A8 pull out, then another, and another and another (possibly an S8 in there somewhere too if I remember). Then I get waved out by another A8 owner and I join a convoy on my way to pick up shopping!

I found you lot within 5 mins of getting home and joined up to just say hello but I've only just been allowed to post.

It's a 54 plate D3 W12 in murano green.

Aha! So that was you that I saw - glad I did imagine it and that it was someone on here

[steamship]

Originally Posted by tintin

although there was a grey D3 (and a W12 one at that! ) that pulled out of the road opposite the hotel as we left on Saturday morning, and was sort-of-part-of our "convoy" for about mile or so, before he turned left - not sure if anyone else spotted that though?...

Decided to check my 360 footage of the Saturday to see if I might have captured it, and I didn't hit Record before we left the hotel.

Originally Posted by bigeasy

Imagine my surprise as I am on my way to Aldi, I'm about to pull out of a side street and opposite I see a nice A8 pull out, then another, and another and another (possibly an S8 in there somewhere too if I remember). Then I get waved out by another A8 owner and I join a convoy on my way to pick up shopping!.

You can't get a better introduction to the forum than that. 10 A8/S8s in convoy, comprising 2 D4 S8s and 8 D2 A8/S8s. Pop along to the Introductions section, and make sure to post a photo of your car.

[tonupkid]

Originally Posted by bigeasy

Imagine my surprise as I am on my way to Aldi, I'm about to pull out of a side street and opposite I see a nice A8 pull out, then another, and another and another (possibly an S8 in there somewhere too if I remember). Then I get waved out by another A8 owner and I join a convoy on my way to pick up shopping!

I found you lot within 5 mins of getting home and joined up to just say hello but I've only just been allowed to post.

It's a 54 plate D3 W12 in murano green.

I saw you too. It's so infrequent to see another 8 in the wild I figured that my astonishment could only be exceeded by yours. And it seems it was.
Great to have you along.
By the weirdest route, you have found your way into the best place for all things Eight-related. Welcome I hope someday that we can all get together in a planned manner.

Sean. I've just watched your speeded-up version of the first drive. Terrifying! Who was that maniac you were following?

[steamship]

Originally Posted by tonupkid

Sean. I've just watched your speeded-up version of the first drive. Terrifying! Who was that maniac you were following?

Not sure, but my LPG powered 3.7 managed to keep up.

[tonupkid]

Originally Posted by steamship

Not sure, but my LPG powered 3.7 managed to keep up.

Ouch!

[tc4332]

POV
The driver counts!

[steamship]

Here's the second two videos using the dashcam footage. It's the second part of the drive on Saturday, with two different versions, the real-time version and a speeded up version.

Speeded up version (10 mins.): https://youtu.be/xf3dFP5xCMY

Real-time version (51 mins.): https://youtu.be/qAvYBXMhf9w