The Irish Mitsubishi FTO Owners Club

Posted: **Sat Sep 13, 2008 9:01 pm**

I'm not going to be totally ready for the show! Fecking raining here all day!! Only got one coat wax on, couldnt shine, tyre walls couldnt be finished, I'm disgusted! And then found out it was dry everywhere else!! Is there no justice?! Anyway, see ye all tomorrow, enjoy the bbq tonight!

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:32 pm**

Hi all hope ye all got home safe, Had a good day pitty about the rain, and I hope i did not make a fool out of my self doing the interview for that DVD, See ye all at the next 1 please god

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:43 pm**

Good weekend folks, as usual!! Great to meet some old members and new!!

I'll say nothing about the 1/4 mile trying to get some traction, and I'll say even less about Shane strategically placing a wall right in front of my car!!

Thanks for the helmet elaine!!

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 8:55 pm**

Yeah guys, great meet. Such a pity about the weather, and especially for the quarter mile, looked very tough out there.
Great to see ye all, I'll get some pics up soon,
T

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:03 pm**

Great seeing all you guys again, Nice to meet scottledeuce and power for the first time.

Thanks to Optical for the Neurofen, Seb for the help stripping the car (for all the good that did...) to Shane for letting us into his house and organising the B&B and BBQ, to Kruiser for keeping us updated on the event, and to Peter in Sleek for being so flexible, and special thanks to everyone who came out and represented the club.

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 9:19 pm**

Yeah, I second that thought, thanks to all who helped, all those mentioned above, and not forgetting the official events organiser.
Here's one pic to keep ye going.

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:28 pm**

good weekend, could have been better today with the weather and all .

thanks Shane again for a lovely BBQ had a great time as always.
Fair play to Colm for organising the club at this event and for the plates and for everybody who showed up .

Thanks Berno for the bits

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:34 pm**

had a grat day nice to meet alot off new faces

big thanks to shane for the lovely food and for having us over fair play

Posted: **Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:40 pm**

Nice one Topcat,
I'm not even going to comment on traction, the drive home was tricky enough alone with bald tires and flooded roads.

Was a good first meet though and I enjoyed the quarter mile or half a quarter mile regardless, I think I may take a trip to enniskillen yet,

I'll try and invest in a helmet for myself first, Thanks again for the loan Seb.

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:38 am**

Great to see everyone again, thanks to Colm for getting it all sorted and to Shane for a top notch BBQ.

I've stuck some pics and a video on photobucket, I also have some more pics ( :wink:

) if anyone wants them...

http://s216.photobucket.com/albums/cc263/NoBroadband/September%2008%20Meet/

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 8:00 am**

I forgot to mention a big thank you as always to shane for a quality BBQ as usual, those lamb kebabs were schweet!!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 9:11 am**

Just add to this - a big big thanks to everybody who showed up to represent the club - fantastic to see so many faces even if the weather wasn't really great.

Thanks to Colm for doing all the arranging and a great big thanks also to MyFeckin' for being the super-BBQ-host once more..

It was great seeing you all again..I got some pretty good footage from the day, I hoping to be able to finish the editing next weekend :-)

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:16 am**

Nice pics, it looks like it was a great meet, I still feel bad I could not make it.
Was the show smaller than last year? I can see many empty spaces there.
And what happened in the 1/4 mile race?

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 10:19 am**

I think I got everyone at some stage of the quarter mile...

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 12:46 pm**

hi guys, great to meet everyone for the first time! pics look great, can't wait to see the videos! :wink:

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:14 pm**

So who got the best time this year?
Out of the ftos

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 1:33 pm**

the lenght of the track was changed during the day so 2 ftos rang 350m and two ran 1/8th of a mile..

as such we can't really compare times... In any case the times gotten this year would be well below what cars/drivers are actually capable of as the condition were somewhat damp to say the least..

Even with traction control firmly in the on position it was difficult to get a good start so I can't even imagine what it was like in the FTOs.

Suffice to say that it was a good day, and very definetely a good positive experience.. I think more people will jump at the chance of getting on the strip next time it comes around.. :-)

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:07 pm**

I see no chicks reclining on the FTO's, why do I see no chicks reclining?

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:17 pm**

Some great shots there Tom!! We're they taken from the stands??

Dean, Bernard got a couple of decent shots... speaking of which Bernard, email me dave_gpx@hotmail.com :lol:

Bumper is going into the body shop tomorrow........decision now is whether or not to loose the canards!!

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:41 pm**

Dave wrote:.....Bumper is going into the body shop tomorrow........decision now is whether or not to loose the canards!!

Are they gonna be able to save that bumper?
Def keep the canards!

BTW - the wall at the corner of my house will from now on be forever known as "Daves corner".

And all silly forum accidents will be called - "doing a Dave"! :lol:

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 2:47 pm**

Yeah should be able to save it alright, he was of the opinion that as long as nothing was missing he'd be able to sort it out so that's reassuring, still undecided about the canards though!!!

Lucky I'm not of a sensitive disposition... doing a dave!! Quality!! :lol:

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:29 pm**

Dean wrote:I see no chicks reclining on the FTO's, why do I see no chicks reclining?

Here you go Dean, a safe one :wink:

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:31 pm**

Cheers Dave, some of them pics taken from the stand, some down a little closer to the track.
As for the canards, personally I'd keep them. That is a really sweet.. sorry was, a really sweet bumper.

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 3:51 pm**

I think the second one works here.

Although you can definitely tell you are in Limerick. *cough*

Posted: **Mon Sep 15, 2008 5:13 pm**

Nice work Bernard :wink:

I should have asked some of those ladies to give mine a wash after the 1/4.

Big thanks to Shane and Colm for all their work, I probably wouldn't have made it otherwise.

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