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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: MarioCirillo] #1056292
21/06/2010 11:50
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Originally Posted By: MarioCirillo
Proccy made it there and back in the car!!! Well done mate!


cheers mario - she was faultless apart from a persistent fuelling issue which meant i only had base boost available. but this is one quick car, to me anyway. senny dave drove her sunday and had the brakes imitating barbeques, but was great, great fun with brilliant people from all nations in all marques. anyone who could have come and didn't, biggest mistake you've made...some legendary stuff that will unfortunately have to remain "what goes on tour stays on tour".... wink shocked

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056299
21/06/2010 11:57
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thats not cool, just means me and nick and Mario will have to get you smashed so you spill the beans!!

lol

congrats on the trip, so gutted we missed out

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056311
21/06/2010 12:21
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Pretty miserable weekend for me unfortunately - i managed 3 hot laps in my car before it boiled it's coolant.

Luckily there were some superb mechanics along with us who diagnosed a possible sticking closed thermostat. We removed the stat and smashed a hole through the middle so it remained permanently open.

Next lap out with senny dave my coolant temps hit 147 degrees!

Looks like i have a head gasket failure.

Absolutely gutted after all the work i'd put in to get the car ready, and the 3 laps i did do, it was superb. Handled like a dream and went past 4 or 5 ferrari's like they were stood still.

It's been a bit of a crap year for me with this car, there is a strong chance this will be the end of it.

Other then the car issue i had a fantastic time. Great meeting everybody and drinking loads of booze.

A big thanks to JBT and senny dave for helping me with the car issues.

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: MattM] #1056316
21/06/2010 12:37
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What time did you guys get back matt?Went the wrong way around the m25 didnt you?

at leaast you got the car back in one peice

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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: coupedummy] #1056323
21/06/2010 12:49
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No we went the right way. I had to stop at my dad's in london to swap cars. John took my car up to his garage and put it in my parking space. I got home around 230am. Kept having to stop for redbull though! What about you?

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: MattM] #1056341
21/06/2010 13:06
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Fantastic weekend. Track was amazing and I will be going again next year for sure.

Nice to meet everyone smile


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: Taffy20vt] #1056377
21/06/2010 13:49
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@ Matt...

bad news mate... cant believe your luck...

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: MattM] #1056409
21/06/2010 14:16
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Originally Posted By: MattM
No we went the right way. I had to stop at my dad's in london to swap cars. John took my car up to his garage and put it in my parking space. I got home around 230am. Kept having to stop for redbull though! What about you?


Was absolutely flagging mate,got in at about 2 am.

Red bull wasn't doing much to be fair,nodded dog impressions all the way home. At least you were able to get the car back.Fingers crossed for you mate.


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: coupedummy] #1056553
21/06/2010 18:05
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I have to say Red Bull doesn't quite give you wings, but it certainly keeps you from drifting into the inside lane tongue

1000 miles, plenty of beer, not enough asleep... what a cracking long weekend. It was a bit of a busman's holiday, and I even managed to exercise my French parlance, which after 16 years is just about alive and kicking, albeit lacking in technical detail laugh

The track is quite simply awesome, supremely technical, ridiculously fast and the opposite of flat laugh At 4.3 miles and speeds of 150mph it is big test of the car and indeed the driver. Unfortunately a misfire appeared at high boost so I was restricted to 1.3bar (circa 400-410bhp), more than enough to chase down a few Ferraris and Lambos smile I have to say the brakes were found a little wanting in terms of outright stopping power given the speeds, I blame Fiat! Of course, other than the obligatory wheel falling off, these things happen, thankfully not when going through Eau Rouge hehe

I have a bit of video, in typical fashion the best session with Porkypaul didn't record 150mph through Blanchimont with the back end stepping out wobble Still, managed to out drag a 360 when coming out level from the Bus Stop into La Source coffee

Brilliant weekend, what a great bunch we are smile


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: Flea] #1056558
21/06/2010 18:17
21/06/2010 18:17
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In the coupe.
Gill and I are just home,10 hour drive 866klms.Lugging the coupe and THAT trailor behind.Howard and Ed are home also.
Another fantastic Spa event.Great meeting old friends and making new ones.
Top marks as allways to our Pete & Bob.
I will post up pics later.
Remember Darlo Nick is on the ring today!!!



Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: magooagain] #1056584
21/06/2010 18:44
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moved to spa pics

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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: cowboy] #1056597
21/06/2010 19:15
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I'm home. Just. laugh

Top weekend, really really enjoyed it. Didn't get a chance to see petep before he left but I'll take this opportunity to thank him and Bob (and anyone else involved in the organisation) for making it happen. Good effort too from everyone that made the journey out there. smile


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: mattB] #1056646
21/06/2010 20:11
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Thanks for the week end and the calendar!
See you soon!

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: Flea] #1056651
21/06/2010 20:13
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Originally Posted By: Flea
Brilliant weekend, what a great bunch we are smile


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056665
21/06/2010 20:29
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Thought I would pop on quickly to say hello before I hit the sack.

I really enjoyed this weekend. The weather was rubbish as we know but it didn't deter from the whole experience. Plenty of petrol and rubber still managed to get burnt and I was lucky enough to get a good few passenger rides with some fast cars.

Great to meet everybody spesh rubin, adam, nick, jonny, martin, sam, joe, marco to name a few.

I'll be along next year but as to whether dad is going to be able to persuade me to change over to a coop is anyone's guess!

Cheers you lot. pics going up shortly.

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056675
21/06/2010 20:35
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What a fantastic weekend laugh laugh laugh - the company / banter / driving was top quality. Unfortunately mid-way through the Coupe session on Sunday I lost all my gears redcard and was towed back to the Coupe area by a truck (at 60 mph !). My gear selector had broken. grr

A massive thanks to John JBT who fixed my car, to Taffy who let me have his short shift, and to Matt M for his tools, and eveyone else who was generally supportive. You guys are top. thumb

Big thanks to Theresa for helping me with tyre changeovers / maintenance, drinking beer, etc etc. Gutted for you MattM ref your car, I hope you get something sorted out. And a big thanks to Pete and the rest of the Club team who organised this excellent event. yes

In summary - a lot of driving, a lot of beer, not a lot of sleep and of course *that* purple jumper cool tongue laugh


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056684
21/06/2010 20:41
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Great weekend,
feeling it today though,got in late this morning and i was up again at 8.
Great bunch of lads,and certainly an experience,.

Thanks to Insy,Flea and Mattm who took pity on me and gave me a few laps of the circuit.
And thanks to Reuben,Mattm and Mcmike for the lift there and back,.
Jo(magoo) for the great wine and entertainment,and to the others who put up with my drunken ramblings till gone 2am.

Matt i have had to put your car on my drive next to Pinins car as im having a dead coupe overload at the minute.
And mines taken your space.

Was great putting so many names to faces.

See you next year.

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: Flea] #1056716
21/06/2010 21:08
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Originally Posted By: Flea
I have a bit of video, in typical fashion the best session with Porkypaul didn't record 150mph through Blanchimont with the back end stepping out wobble Still, managed to out drag a 360 when coming out level from the Bus Stop into La Source


That was awesome, the face on the blokes face crazy in the Ferrrai was brilliant as we went past him laugh

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056824
22/06/2010 00:19
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We need to keep a lookout on the website of the US TV show Car Crazy

Representatives from the UK and French Coupé clubs were interviewed cool


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: Barmybob] #1056836
22/06/2010 06:20
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That'll explain the odd american man who had to stand on the box when being filmed laugh

I videod the filming session they did right in front of my car, was quite funny so I'll try and upload it later when I'm back from work.

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056864
22/06/2010 07:50
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Yes, that man was the chief executive of Meguires, who make all the car care products.
His family firm in fact.

They had also been filming our track sessions.


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I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: PeteP] #1056933
22/06/2010 09:09
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Ah blimey! Twitchy little fella he was smile

Be interesting to see what they come up with.

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056943
22/06/2010 09:25
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Fantastic weekend, we're very happy to see our UK's friends !
Thanks for the organisators from all the Club France and very special thanks for the presents bow


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: Julio] #1056949
22/06/2010 09:33
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Brilliant to see you all again Julio. Can't wait for next time!

Pete


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Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: PeteP] #1056952
22/06/2010 09:39
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A quick check shows that we had coupe enthusiasts and their cars from at least 8 countries, Australia, Belgium, France, Greece, Luxemberg, Netherlands, Switzerland and United Kingdom.

Excellent stuff.

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16VT and X1/9 1500

We must all do our part for the planet.
I unplugged a row of electric cars that nobody was using.
Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: PeteP] #1056962
22/06/2010 09:46
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And even Sweden laugh

To the guys from the camp site who stood during the bbq in the grass or anyone else who walked in the tall grass, check for ticks (harvest bug?) i had one on my leg who was pretty large, doctor had to remove it by cutting and now have to take antibiotics for the Lhyme disease. Those bugs start very small but mine had become quite large actually.

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22/06/2010 09:53
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arhhh really smetnbe,full inspection later then. shocked

Hope your ok.BBq was nice though laugh

nice meeting you


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22/06/2010 09:57
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Originally Posted By: Smetnbe
check for ticks (harvest bug?)


shocked

The campsite was very well located - 1st left out of the circuit. My satnav took me down the little lane where it is on my way back home. Grounded out a few times, it really is a tiny lane.

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056989
22/06/2010 10:20
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@ coupedummy: yes the bbq was great, i guess the bug wanted to have some of that fine liquor that magooagain made and decided to take me as a host laugh Allso great meeting you guys

@ Yellafella: indeed we drove out of the camping, turned to the right and after 3 minutes we were at the back of the track, very well located

Re: SpaItalia 2010 [Re: ] #1056996
22/06/2010 10:29
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did anyone keep the web address for the website of the photographer who was taking shots at the track?


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