luckyseven
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I'm going Saturday morning. But now I'm confused because I thought all the BNMAC lot were only there on Sunday? I have to be honest, I find the whole format for the Weekender very opaque and confusing. I have a horrible feeling I'm going to end up being parked in a field just to watch other people enjoying themselves on a trackday. There are eleventy million pages about it on here but none of them, not even the "official" website, seem to explain an actual schedule or layout or anything actually useful
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERjohnthesparky
@johnthesparky
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I'm going Saturday morning. But now I'm confused because I thought all the BNMAC lot were only there on Sunday? I have to be honest, I find the whole format for the Weekender very opaque and confusing. I have a horrible feeling I'm going to end up being parked in a field just to watch other people enjoying themselves on a trackday. There are eleventy million pages about it on here but none of them, not even the "official" website, seem to explain an actual schedule or layout or anything actually useful I think on Saturday there is general show parking somewhere, and the track thing (sprint) On the Sunday is parking in Clubs with different track thing (autosolo) I think the displays are there both days (retropower, rallying, deadline) I guess it’ll be harder to find people easily on the Saturday, but easier to hide and I suppose some cars will be there Saturday and not Sunday and vice versa... but I’m guessing too, it’ll be fine I’m sure And we aren’t doing the track thing, so you can always watch us, not enjoying ourselves on track!!
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luckyseven
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lol. It'll be easy to spot either of us hopefully.... yours is the tiny yellow fibreglass VW thing and mine is the massive yellow rusty VW thing I'm glad it's not just my that hasn't a clue what it's all about
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May 12, 2019 10:26:05 GMT
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I'm going Saturday morning. But now I'm confused because I thought all the BNMAC lot were only there on Sunday? I have to be honest, I find the whole format for the Weekender very opaque and confusing. I have a horrible feeling I'm going to end up being parked in a field just to watch other people enjoying themselves on a trackday. There are eleventy million pages about it on here but none of them, not even the "official" website, seem to explain an actual schedule or layout or anything actually useful Oooh here he is look, old grumpy guts I think you're being a bit prescriptive and regimented about the days. It's a weekender, so both days are valid and the majority of people will be intending to be there both days. Theres different stuff in each day, but the club stands such as BNMAC get the opportunity to be parked up together as a club with a little club sign marking them out on tbe Sunday. I'm going both days, it's just that I live close enough to go home in between rather than camping and I learned last year I'm too old and grumpy for camping in a field full of youngins. So don't think of one day or another day, think of it as a weekend with track action on Saturday (as well as static displays) and then something different happening on the Sunday. It is a wee bit difficult to work out what's going on but there are only three people organising the entire thing so it's just a case of going along and checking it out. I still think you should do the Sunday too but that's only because I want to get you on the BNMAC stand. And ignore you. Come on L7 do Sunday too. COME ONNNNNNN. COOOOOOMMMMMEEEEE ONNNNNNNNNNN *Squints & grimaces*
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Last Edit: May 12, 2019 10:28:53 GMT by Deleted
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luckyseven
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@luckyseven
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May 12, 2019 10:29:55 GMT
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*cough* Dubs at the Park on Sunday *ahem*
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May 12, 2019 10:31:23 GMT
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*cough* Dubs at the Park on Sunday *ahem* *coughcough* in your hardly-even-working camper? *cough* *ahem ahem* I think you've a much better chance of reaching Goodwood than Wokingham, and think of the variety at RR. You'll go to Dubs and all day blokes who look like they're members of a Beach Boys tribute act or Pop Will Eat Itself will drive you mad by walking round all day saying "Gnarly ride dude!" "YO! DUBSTYLE!" "BUG LIFE MOTHERF*CKER", "Hang ten my friend, have a Jamie Oliver quinoa-dog" and "this VW would look sweet slammed on Porsche rims bro! JUST LIKE ALL THESE OTHERS ARE! YO! DUBSTYLE!"... All in horrible home counties public school accents. Come to RRGW2019/BNMAC and nobody will speak to you all day. I promise.
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Last Edit: May 12, 2019 10:42:28 GMT by Deleted
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luckyseven
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May 12, 2019 10:36:13 GMT
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Errrrm. Yeah. It was supposed to be in the really-not-at-all-working Beetle but it's really not working at all . So It'll have to be both the Weekender and that in the massive inappropriate T25
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May 12, 2019 10:49:28 GMT
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Does anyone actually get out of their vehicles at a VW meet?
I can only picture everyone driving past each other waving and smiling, like some kind of smug jousting match, while Hermione cooks authentic ethnic dishes in the back with Tarquin and Fliscilla-Maude who have already aced their eleven-plusses aged four and five.
COME ONNNN.
WE'VE GOT OIL LEAKS
WE LOOK LIKE CHARACTERS FROM LORD OF THE RINGS
WE DON'T SMELL NICE
WE HAVE BAD TEETH
WE CAN BARELY SPELL OUR NAMES
BITS OF OUR CARS FALL OFF
WE EAT THINGS THAT PEOPLE HAVE DROPPED
WE DON'T BOTHER WJTH TOILETS
WE PICK AT SKIN CONDITIONS INCESSANTLY
THERE IS LITERALLY NO CONTEST HERE
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Last Edit: May 12, 2019 10:50:27 GMT by Deleted
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May 12, 2019 11:12:03 GMT
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"YO! OMG! Gnarly, dude... hang ten, high five... I cant believe it brah, you have exactly the same VW as me... and him, and him, and her, and him over there, and her, and them, and that line behind us, and those ones just over there, and that bunch just behind those VWs back there, and my mate The Dubster who's broken down on route. What's your name brah?"
"Well, people call me The Dubmeister"
"WOAH! HANG FIVE DUDE, HIGH TEN, GNARLY... ME TOO! and him, and him, and her, and those lot over there, and.... Hey come and meet my wife Phoebilia, shes just cooking some Jamie Oliver Quinoadogs in a traditional Bornean Earth pit using the heat generated by a 300 year old nasal singing technique she learned off a 220 year old tantric Yogi she met in Chiswick at last year's inedible foodfest"
(Is this working at all?)
( I'm worried it might actually be grossly offensive)
(I'm mostly worried about the possibility you have a wife called Phoebilia)
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Last Edit: May 12, 2019 11:14:16 GMT by Deleted
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May 12, 2019 11:19:57 GMT
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Anyway back to serious bizniss.
Greased my nipples this morning and topped up my gear box oil, just in case.
Checked my oil, checked my coolant, checked my brake fluid. Still haven't got any of them. I'm beginning to think that selection box of replenisher pellets I bought at the autojumble is actually just dyed gravel.
That's all my prep for RRGW2019 done. Nothing more will happen.
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Last Edit: May 12, 2019 11:30:40 GMT by Deleted
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May 12, 2019 12:31:24 GMT
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I think if you just turn up in some poorly maintained Saxo with straight thru exhausts and a dumb expression on your face you will fit right in 😀
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May 12, 2019 12:43:45 GMT
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I think if you just turn up in some poorly maintained Black Scimitar with straight thru exhausts and a dumb expression on your face you will fit right in 😀 ^ fixed that for you === Dropping this pic here because (a) its awesome and (b) I want to paint a strip like that on my Scim at some point. Look at that sexy wheel arch gap.
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Last Edit: May 12, 2019 12:45:14 GMT by Deleted
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luckyseven
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May 12, 2019 13:11:54 GMT
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QM, If nothing else it amused me - not that that is saying much. Me too Certainly no-one seems to talk to each other on VW forums. Posting there if you've not been a member for decades is akin to barging into the Slaughtered Lamb* and standing spraddle-legged while bellowing "I hear you northern monkeys are scared of a little pooch, then" * American Werewolf in London pub. Obvs
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May 12, 2019 13:45:21 GMT
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No no no i really meant saxo,i saw plenty of poorly maintained scims at a show last weekend...dropped doors, curse word paint, homeless shelter interiors,i swear some of them won't have seen a bucket of wash and wax since the last ice age...i had to go and have a lie down 😮
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERjohnthesparky
@johnthesparky
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May 12, 2019 13:51:59 GMT
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I am a little worried, just been for a drive in our Volkswagen powered climbing frame
Took a detour on the way home (who knew that technology existed to allow you to answer a phone call with a crash helmet on!) to pick up some well hung rump steak, popped in Sainsbury’s en route to home and bought ciabatta rolls and we’ve just eaten them... read this and I’m worried I’m slipping into your stereotype :/
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May 12, 2019 13:59:19 GMT
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I am a little worried, just been for a drive in our Volkswagen powered climbing frame Took a detour on the way home (who knew that technology existed to allow you to answer a phone call with a crash helmet on!) to pick up some well hung rump steak, popped in Sainsbury’s en route to home and bought ciabatta rolls and we’ve just eaten them... read this and I’m worried I’m slipping into your stereotype :/ Eh theres nowt wrong with a nice steak sandwich. You're quite safe. If you start asking the vendor for the name and life highlights of the animal you're planning to eat, then I might start to worry.
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This was the NAUGHTY CORNERjohnthesparky
@johnthesparky
Club Retro Rides Member 6
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May 12, 2019 15:36:06 GMT
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lol. It'll be easy to spot either of us hopefully.... yours is the tiny yellow fibreglass VW thing and mine is the massive yellow rusty VW thing I'm glad it's not just my that hasn't a clue what it's all about Either the events team have just been sat around catching up with this thread, and thought.... better send out an email Or, I suppose it’s possible that other stuff was going on, they’ve been working their way through a weekend list and sent the email accordingly But it says; Event Time Table Saturday 7:30am Circuit open for retro car entry 9 am Show opens to public 9 am Track morning action starts 12 am Guest sessions, closing with drifting display 12:30 Track lunch break 1:30pm Track afternoon action starts 4:30pm Guest sessions, closing with drifting display 5pm Saturday show day closes Sunday 7:30am Circuit open for retro car and club entry 9 am Show opens to public 9 am Auto solo morning session starts 12:30 Auto solo lunch break 1:30pm Auto solo afternoon session starts 2:30pm Awards 5pm Show closes It also says I should have a pass for Saturday to show the Fug, I haven’t got one.... but that’s more than likely because I didn’t ask for one It’s be much easier to organise without idiot people I’m sure
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luckyseven
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May 12, 2019 16:45:26 GMT
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Yeah, that email appeared in my box this afternoon too. It says the same thing about displaying so I assume it's just a proforma thing that everyone gets. I haven't even received my ticket yet, let alone any passes lol
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May 12, 2019 17:14:11 GMT
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Either the events team have just been sat around catching up with this thread Hahahaha,ermmmm.... no. Not even Bstard drops in here now. It must be pure coincidence.
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