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[MINI MEET] Port Tunnel [Feb 2007]
Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:08 pmby Kace
Port tunnel finally opened today as you all will have seen.
Sounds like a great opportunity for a mini meet in a few weekends time, where we will all have the opportunity to hear a convoy of sweet sounding 24v's and Mivecs, all for the princely sum of 6 yo-yos.
Should also be an oppportunity for a post-Crimbo pint and maybe even a moonlight tyre-kick or two.
Thoughts ?
Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:21 pmby Muad_dib77
Sounds like a good idea to me..I'm game!
Posted:
Wed Dec 20, 2006 11:12 pmby AL
yeh, sounds good, about time i met some of you guys and girls and your motors of course. it been a weird year fro me......... so roll on 2007.
MERRY CRISTMAS EVERYONE!!
Re: Port Tunnel Mini Meet
Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:41 amby soc
Kace wrote:Port tunnel finally opened today as you all will have seen.
Sounds like a great opportunity for a mini meet in a few weekends time, where we will all have the opportunity to hear a convoy of sweet sounding 24v's and Mivecs, all for the princely sum of 6 yo-yos.
Now, that's a wicked idea - if I still had an FTO I'd pay the 6 euro on a regular basis late at night just to hear the V6 sing
Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 8:58 amby CJ
Great idea Kace, I'll start off a list:
1. Kace
2. Muad
3. Al
4. soc
5. CJ
6.
Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:21 pmby The Bull
Im in.
cj, goin out to buy a large box of hilti nails, howre ya fixed?
Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:41 pmby Aidan
Sounds like a good idea. But I believe that cars are not allowed through the tunnel until January, only trucks for the time being.
I'd be still up for a mini-meet though.
1. Kace
2. Muad
3. Al
4. soc
5. CJ
6. TheJaff (Aidan)
7.
Posted:
Thu Dec 21, 2006 12:45 pmby Muad_dib77
Hey Aiden - I think this is meant to happen in the beginning of January anyways.. I sure hope that's what's meant in the 1st post - otherwise I wont be able to make it :-s
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 11:08 amby CJ
1. Kace
2. Muad
3. Al
4. soc
5. CJ
6. TheJaff (Aidan)
7. gfalls
8.
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:50 pmby elaine
I will try make it too ,once i know a date i will know for sure if i can go
Posted:
Fri Dec 22, 2006 2:33 pmby Petras
Im in ...
1. Kace
2. Muad
3. Al
4. soc
5. CJ
6. TheJaff (Aidan)
7. gfalls
8. Petras
9.
Posted:
Sat Dec 30, 2006 8:08 pmby Petras
So where and when ?
i dont wont to miss dat !
Posted:
Sun Dec 31, 2006 1:07 pmby Kace
First thing we need is the date on which cars will be alllowed to go through the tunnel - this has not been anounced yet but is expected to be mid-late Jan.
Posted:
Mon Jan 01, 2007 2:35 pmby Kace
Hope our tunnel doesn't turn out anything like this one !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRAC7yQH8iA
Posted:
Tue Jan 09, 2007 6:38 pmby mark
You are talking to the first FTO owner to go through zee tunnel! Was doing a PR shoot at the tunnel before Crimbo and we got a chance to go through it, not in my V6 unfortunately but a rescue truck!!!
There are speed cameras in the tunnel that record every reg etc but under the data protection act they cant be used as evidence, only verbally passed onto a Guard who might be waiting at the other end!
The tunnel authorities really don't want cars through it (hence the cost) as its really dangerous with all the trucks etc ard they are really concerned about an accident. They crashed a bus in the tunnel a few weeks back to test the Fire Brigade and the smoke extractors failed which they weren't meant too!
Apparently there is a huge bet on with all the boy racers out there to see who'll be first through when it opens at the end of Jan for cars! It only took me about 6 mins to get from the Port to the M50, pretty cool but like everything else it will probably be congested as hell soon enough.
I'm In!
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 12:43 amby zjdaruwalla
Count me in, too! If I'm not on call, that is!
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 9:39 amby CJ
mark wrote:but like everything else it will probably be congested as hell soon enough.
Thats a good point Mark, maybe we should consider a 'Midnight Run' style meet
Would love to see some of the pics, advertising campaign or print media?
CJ
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 11:56 amby mark
Hi CJ,
It was just a PR shoot of 3 guys at the port entrance, not very exciting but may end up in the press. They did the tunnel radio communications, ie, a cop on a bike can go through it a 140kph and his radio should still work! I'll hunt down a snap taken from inside a jeep in the tunnel, mind you it's just like any other tunnel, they should have put some nice wall art up instead!
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 2:30 pmby Muad_dib77
mark wrote:Hi CJ,
It was just a PR shoot of 3 guys at the port entrance, not very exciting but may end up in the press. They did the tunnel radio communications, ie, a cop on a bike can go through it a 140kph and his radio should still work! I'll hunt down a snap taken from inside a jeep in the tunnel, mind you it's just like any other tunnel, they should have put some nice wall art up instead!
I didn't realise they had anything that could to a 140kmph! Is it not all Yaris and Fiestas??
Posted:
Thu Jan 11, 2007 3:15 pmby Dave
sure 140kph is only 87.5mph!!! i think even a yaris would do that!!
Posted:
Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:20 pmby miss-enzo
hey now i got 88mph out of my yaris!! (yes i know the shame a yaris but we all start somewhere!) and ok so i taut id was gonna explode but hey it did it!
i wish i could make this but college is keepin me up to my eyeballs in work unfortunatley!
Posted:
Sat Jan 13, 2007 12:25 pmby kevinod
miss-enzo wrote:hey now i got 88mph out of my yaris!!
On a private road, naturally...
Posted:
Mon Jan 29, 2007 12:40 amby Kace
You may have seen that the tunnel opened its doors to cars from this morning so we'll be looking to organise the meet over the coming weeks.
It will cost us 6 yo-yos for the privilege but should be small price to pay for the 24V and Mivec noise factor
Watch this space for suggested dates - I'll create a poll
Posted:
Wed Jan 31, 2007 6:57 pmby Muad_dib77
so yeah guys and gals.. this is it..
When are we going - any suggestions??