Southern Softies ,17th, Added PICS

[magnumpi]

I've tried to keep track on here but can someone confirm the actual time we are meeting or from what time?

My net access is crap at the moment so i'll also throw my number up here, could someone kindly inform me by txt please
07787 153544

Thanks guys, see you tomo.

[Speedy88]

Time will be 2pm (that's what I'm aiming for) but others won't be there till 3.

[magnumpi]

Just thought i'd better put my number up then really

Okey dokey i shall endevour to be there around 2ish aswell then.

[Speedy88]

It sucks cos I've got work at 6 which is why I wanted the 12:30 start. Still, I get a few hours at least

[Chris_C]

Fogrill has seemingly failed in the first task of the day, getting out of bed.

Me and Rupert will try and stop him c*cking anything else up...

[magnumpi]

Something did happen honest, but at maximum 3 cars, so on a par with the Northern contingent.

Will get pictures up when i have the time, nice to meet you all guys

[volvosneverdie]

Something did happen honest, but at maximum 3 cars, so on a par with the Northern contingent.

Will get pictures up when i have the time, nice to meet you all guys

Without pics,
Your words are hollow and hard to believe.

[foggyjames]

This:

I'll pack my camera...(mainly for when Foggy breaks down)

and this:

Video footage needed of first roundabout encounter in a stock 300 after driving a S/V70 for over 2 years. I predict flip over

...were prophetic.

It broke down twice - once the uninsulated trigger wire from the dizzy shorting to the dizzy housing, causing loss of spark (cue handy insulating sleeve), and secondly when the first attempt at the spark plug thread repair ended in failure. Thankfully the second attempt is holding (at present), but not before the first attempt had burned up the plug and melted the thread insert...

And the handling...well...it's even more entertaining than my 343! I actually had Rupert pretty nervous at one point...nuff said!

cheers

James

[Speedy88]

I hate my job. Sorry I missed 3/4 of you guys It was good to meet you too mag

Pictures!

[Speedy88]

I didn't take many but I got to play with the missus's expensive camera:

[Chris_C]

Hehehe, it didn't dawn on me that all the cars at the meet owned for more than 2 hours had F7R's in them

[V6 Man]

Hehehe, it didn't dawn on me that all the cars at the meet that worked had F7R's in them

Fixed...........

[magnumpi]

Something did happen honest, but at maximum 3 cars, so on a par with the Northern contingent.

Will get pictures up when i have the time, nice to meet you all guys

Without pics,
Your words are hollow and hard to believe.

My Saturday went a bit like this, drop bird off at work, go home. Wash car, T cut car, quick shower. Throw a few emails out to try and meet up with people. Head on down to the New Forest, get petrol on way. Have incident with speed camera on the way down

Get to the services to be greeted by a lone Speedy in the carpark. Informs me that the rest of the guys will be along later, due in part i beleive to someone not getting out of bed

Chat for a bit, take some pictures, generally mill about.











Decide to go for a little drive into The New Forest, Speedy being the local boy i follow and we head off.
Not long after leaving the services we spot some Gailic retro, like thus:







Back to the Volvo action:




Body roll derrr derrr body roll (sung to Body Talk by Imagination)






I do beleive my car was looking rather shiney, check out that bonnet reflection!






We stopped for a sandwich and cakes, this is how it should be done

Then continued on our merry way, dam my slow camera, i managed to miss Speedy splashing through a ford






Out in to the country side we go







We drove around for a bit, and ended up in a car park. Speedy gets a call from Chris, we turn round and i ruin my mornings cleaning covering it in mud. Next we get stuck in the mother of weekend little village traffic jams. By the time we get through it Speedy has to go to work. So i get Chris' number off of him, he disapears into the distance and i go and find a pub to meet the rest of the guys in.

I wait in the car park reading the new RetroCars. I wait a bit more, and a bit more, then brbrbbrrbbrbrbrbbrbrbbr , hmm i think sounds interesting, i look over my shoulder to be greeted by Chris in his car and Foggy and Rupert in the noisiest, but most badass sounding Mk1 EVAR
We drink we have a laugh, we go for a wander to another car park and loiter around a 3dr 300.

Back to the pub and we head off to the services to try and find some kind of repair for Foggys silencer or more like lack of.





Mk1 goodness in the rear view







We get to the services, have a pee break and look around the WHSmiths in a vain attempt to find an exhaust fix, it doesn't come to fruition though.






The high rider rides a little higher









3's a crowd? No 3's a mini meet









We have another fuel stop say our fair wells and disapear in different dirrections.
198 miles (in total) later i get home .

[volvosneverdie]

ha ha, cool pics mate.
worth the wait.

[SteveP]

Definitely cool pics, the write up had me chuckling... your car's looking pretty sweet that low now too