Event NORTHERN POWERHOUSE Classic - 7ish PM Tuesday 7th Feb @ Glossop

[Guest Hooli]

Holme Moss.

A6024, I just checked. My memory wasn't quite right then.

 

That road is where I saw one of the funniest things I've ever seen on the road. Heading downhill on the south side I was doing 60-70mph & enjoying the ride on my GSX14, but I was following a nutter on a push bike & he was overtaking every car he caught. I was laughing too hard to pass him.

[Dave_Q]

Its a GR13 bit of road and part of the reason I originally suggested meeting in Glossop as that's my route in.

 

It is very popular with cyclists as it was in the tour de france, innit.

[3VOM]

 

 

 

OK you've found out my dark secret - not only do I drive a Vauxhall but I drive this too.

 

Other things I was talking about:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/131827216443?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/191880267299?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT

and

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUSoPerLVRQ

[Cleon-Fonte]

Well another good night was had yesterday and we can definitely say that this little region of Autoshite has awoken from its dormancy. It was good to see everybody again, and nobody went home on a recovery truck this time which is a definite bonus. Even if I did have to borrow somebody else and their car for the occasion.

 

 

A Mini in the shadow of its successor. For once, the original was better presented.

 

 

Opposite ends of the British car spectrum.

 

 

A group of potential future owners weigh up the Autoshite bike BX.

 

 

3VOM's hand attests to the fact that ALL VOXALLS R SHIT. As a Plan B he'd brought his MkIII Golf 1.4, the teutonic rationality of its engine bay wowing all the PSA diesel owners who observed it.

 

 

My borrowed wheels for the occasion.

 

 

I'm glad somebody has a working BX diesel.

 

 

I learned that Minis are Issigonian torture chambers, and to enjoy driving one probably requires a while to reset your brain to factory settings; P6s are not case studies in great ergonomics but are brilliant to drive (and listen to); that the 306 needs a new clutch cable and that Ghosty is real.

 

 

 

[3VOM]

One more: Mini seats - http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/152176-seat-adjuster-brackets/

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

One more: Mini seats - http://www.theminiforum.co.uk/forums/topic/152176-seat-adjuster-brackets/

 

 

Ah, good stuff. Thanks!

[Cleon-Fonte]

Summer's here, the days are long, Shitefest is over and the chances of FTPing in a dark, cold hailstorm are greatly reduced (but it is summer in northern England, so a lack of such weather cannot be guaranteed). All good reasons to restart the faintly beating heart of Autoshite's burgeoning northern powerhouse.

 

Would people be up for a meet? Perhaps at a weekend for MOAR shiter action, doesn't necessarily have to be in Glossop. Although Glossop would offer the potential enticing prospect of both my working fleet members attending (insert 'my only working fleet member' if you see my BX has grenaded itself on another thread).

 

When's best for everybody?

[Dave_Q]

I was just thinking of this the other day, last Thursday of the month would have been tonight but with SF etc I thought maybe not this week.

 

Personally I am not available on Thursdays for the next few weeks, so would propose a Tuesday evening, or perhaps a Sunday AM breakfast meet.

 

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[bub2006]

I am now working so weekdays are out for me. Takes me an hour to commute home then by time I'm dressed n showered etc and drove to glossop its bedtime

[chaseracer]

Sunday mornings sound good, but there are many shows on at this time of year.

[Ghosty]

I'm always available atm - only constraint is my how far I can cycle.

[Junkman]

I definitely prefer the past/current format of weekday nights.

Weekends are fully booked for the forseeable future.

[strangeangel]

a Tuesday evening,

 

Tuesdays are good for me too.

[LabRat]

Shifts depending, weekdays are good with me. Weekends tend to be busy at the moment.

 

 

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[Dippy]

I've been a bit busy latley and have not been able to attend but I do have more time now and weekday evenings are good for me.

 

It would be a nice 30 minute run to Glossop in the Victor, although I appreciate all Vauxhalls are shite so could park in a dark corner so as not to lower the tone.

[Cleon-Fonte]

We've had 3VOM's Vauxhall attend before, and it was neither forced to park in a remote corner nor attacked by a violent anti-Vauxhall mob. The tone is already about as low as it can get (this is Autoshite, after all) so no worries about lowering it further.

 

Seems like a weekday meet is the most desireable prospect for most so far.

[Dave_Q]

Shall we pick a date then? Say Tuesday week, 12th July at the usual time of approx 7:30?

[Junkman]

I'm there.

[Ghosty]

Should be okay - but I'm provisionally going to London for the day on the 11th with my Californian friend who's staying in Macclesfield - so if I do a no-show again it's because I've stayed over in Macclesfield and not got home in time to fetch a bike or I've passed out or something. Think I'll bring my homemade beach cruiser mountain bike Frankenstein thing this time.

[Dave_Q]

It's a date then.

 

1 Dave_Q

2 Junkman

3 Ghosty (depending on outcome of some sort of gallivanting)

4 Cleon-Fonte (?)

5 Conrad D Conelrad (?)

[chaseracer]

1 Dave_Q
2 Junkman
3 Ghosty (depending on outcome of some sort of gallivanting)
4 Cleon-Fonte (?)
5 Conrad D Conelrad (?)
6 Chaseracer (work permitting, but should be OK)


Thread header says 11th... 

[Dave_Q]

 

 

 

Thread header says 11th...

Not any more it doesn't.

 

Thanks for pointing it out.

[chaseracer]

Wetherspoons?

[mat_the_cat]

Is the location definitely Glossop?

[Richard]

Put me down as a maybe.

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I'll be there. 

[Dave_Q]

Is the location definitely Glossop?

Yes, Market car park which is opposite Wetherspoons in the middle of Glossop, normally fairly empty when we're there, and free too.

[Dave_Q]

1 Dave_Q

2 Junkman

3 Ghosty (depending on outcome of some sort of gallivanting)

4 Cleon-Fonte (?)

5 Conrad D Conelrad

6 Chaseracer (work permitting, but should be OK)

7 Richard (maybe)

[strangeangel]

1 Dave_Q
2 Junkman
3 Ghosty (depending on outcome of some sort of gallivanting)
4 Cleon-Fonte (?)
5 Conrad D Conelrad
6 Chaseracer (work permitting, but should be OK)
7 Richard (maybe)

8 strangeangel (if good weather has been booked then I might bring one of my strange old scooters)

[Richard]

I'm pretty much confirmed now. I'm thinking of sleeping in the car and exploring a mine in the Burnley area in the morning.