An actual Meet!!! Mar 28th, Brooklands.

[volvosneverdie]

Cock.... :p

Bens seats are worst case going in Dans car. If I fit, I'll join them

I'm currently arranging moar transports, but I'm prepared to put up with Dan's driving if I have to

Ive been trained by the best! I got the super licence in gran turismo ill have you know, which is no small feat Takes alot of skill

Dan

Holy shit Dan really?
All gold?

Oh, and cheers mate.
And dont have sex with my leather.
Youll want to, but just dont ok?

Ok.

[Bazboy]

Mmmmm Leather seats Dont worry there safe with me, And yes all gold except the last one which is crazy hard! and this was Gran turismo 3, Gran turismo 2 is a whole different ball game!

Dan

[volvosneverdie]

I only got as far as gt2 got addicted to endurance racing my rx7 with all the money in the world spent on it.
5 hr race round laguna seca?
Lets get it on!
Stare, twitch, stare.
Ended up having kiniption fits and temporal lobe epilepsy.

[trabitom99]

Bens seats are worst case going in Dans car. If I fit, I'll join them

Seats will always fit!

4 people plus luggage plus leather interior:


Tom

[volvosneverdie]

Bens seats are worst case going in Dans car. If I fit, I'll join them

Seats will always fit!

4 people plus luggage plus leather interior:


Tom

Tom, you know my luck.
It would get rained on, sleeted on, snowed on, blown off under a lorry and ten hundred flying birds would poop heavily upon it.

[trabitom99]

I had to remove quite a few mashed insects at the the time Otherwise, cover the seats with a tarpaulin. Easy!

I'm always lugging stuff onto the roof of my car. You have to, if you like taking bikes on your hols, and with two kids you need the extra space, at least if you're lugging beds and prams along too ...

But I'll never ever hang anything from the rear hatch again. After a holiday with three MTBs on the back a hinge bent and slowly rusted away. It had to be welded back into place.

[volvosneverdie]

Sounds like you discovered the formula for maximum mountainbike load over two hatchback hinges there Tom.
Good work.
Thats a staggering amount to get into/onto a 300 though. Did it get a little 'sluggish'?

[trabitom99]

Yeah, it did actually! Max speed 160 kph, no more. And a big thirst. Slows it down more than putting them on the roof.

Some more 300 roof rack pics, then I'll stop the off-topic nonsense

[germ]

(off topic)

tom your car really looks mint.

ok right that pesky bumper is the only thing i can see thats dodgy but what a nice car on the whole

[trabitom99]

That's very kind of you Will, but it's anything but mint unfortunately! After 9 years of ungaraged daily driving, it's pretty scratched and battered all round, with patchwork rust repairs, doors beginning to rust from inside out, sun-bleached bumpers etc. But I'm working on it slowly but surely, the front bumpers' already replaced, the rear one to follow soon ...

Here's a pic from better days, back in 2000:


Naturally, it's covered in bikes

Tom

[foggyjames]

I'm guessing it's a...roll cage?

I'll be turning up in a 940 Turbo (although in my defence, it does have a TD04-15G at 20psi fitted...), so no need to feel too loyal... The damn S70 lunched its timing belt on Monday morning.

cheers

James

[filthyjohn]

Might be. Whatever it is, it barely fits in the trailer. Which I still haven't finished putting back together with only one evening left to sort it.

[Chris_C]

Am currently trying to come up with a plan... havn't done yet! Will managed it somehow, realised I need to get more stuff in too

[V6 Man]

I have a set of universal fit roof bars for cars with gutters (ie 300's etc).

Want me to bring them so you can use them to transport the large 'mystery' item home?

[trabitom99]

Roof bars FTW