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Just home now.

Thanks for a great day, the location and scenery is stunning around there. Food was brilliant too.

It was great to meet everyone, I think I got around most folk.

Hopefully the @loserone 205 will make its way home OK!

Cavalier was running warm on the way home, it was touch and go at one point!

Looking forward to the next one!

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3 hours ago, Jimbob McGregor said:

 

Looks like @loserone’s 205 has broken down on way back though. Sounds like all people and things have been decanted into @320touring’s Toledo and the AX.

 

Is that why a few of you had stopped at the garage on the way out of  middleton? I thought you were all just fuelin up again? T'was good to get back to the old home turf as it were, I do miss riding on them roads....

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Results of the official show. 

 

@loserone 205

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@320touring Holy Toledo

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@sdkrc Honda Insight

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@Split_Pin Vauxhall Cavalier

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@davehedgehog31 Peugeot 405

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@Jimbob McGregor 205 Inca 

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@Jimbob McGregor AX 1.5d

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@garbaldyMitsubishi Colt

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@maxxo Citroen C5

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(Winner of best lhm sinker)

 

 

@GeordieInExile 850 t5

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@gmmx5

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@Lacquer PeelaIMG_20210724_141949885.thumb.jpg.d64cc4f3f58883d47419ba36fafeec05.jpg

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(Late arrival award)

 

@SchaefftLincoln

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bestest Yank.

 

 

@tooSavvySuzuki Swift

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(Best auto)

 

 

And the winner of best in show went to....

@spike60 big red Merc

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The prize was a class keyring made by @MT606

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Got home 7.30 after a  lovely drive home,     Great driving road down and good crack with many of the attendees unfortunatly I don't think I spoke to everyone so sorry to anyone I probably missed out,    excellent roads excellent company excellent cars and a bloody excellent sausage roll from the cafe.

A++   Would recommend talking shite in a field again.

Just made myself a cuppa and remembered ah biscuit so popped out to garage and it's a bit melted but nice.  Thanks everyone for a good day.

 

 

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1 hour ago, loserone said:

Dropped him in Handsworth around 9pm (we went looking for the Woodhead Tunnel portals on the way back, as you do...)

Thanks to @loserone and all attending shiters: TOP DAY OOT, WOULD DO AGEN

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To all the NORTH EAST LADS,

 

Many thanks, always a pleasure, never a chore.

 

Special mentions to 

@loserone for the organising!

@Jim Bell for the knock-off twixes and also for winning the 'least worst w210' award

@Jimbob McGregor for identifying the steepest possible hills to take a grumpy Toledo over.

 

Great to see everyone and the general shenanigans!

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That'll be Karen.

(And Jim Bell's twixes)

Karen mentioned she hadn't managed to keep track of all the orders, so just in case anyone forget to pay give me a shout and I'll settle up with her when I go to try to get the 205 going again in a bit.  Bizzarely it just stopped dead and wouldn't restart for more than five seconds.  Which is great* as it's our only working car.

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Fantastic day and many thanks to Mike for all the organisation. Great turn out and well worth the effort.

I had the pleasure with no * of driving both the best 205 and best AXE show winners thanks to James.

Ben the Merc is ace but you and everyone else that had a go know that.

A final thanks to my personal chauffeur for the day without him the day could have been a lot less enjoyable.

Until next time.

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Having slapped the yellow 'AS' sticker in the rear window.... stylishly balancing the AUTOMATIC badge.... I immediately feel less self conscious when I catch people (out of the corner of my eye..) Pointing & Laughing.

I take no notice, just savour the memory of munching [yet another!!] @Jim BellcounterfeitTWIX.

Thankyou kindly, my good man ;)

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Cheers for coming along everyone, I feel much better now the 205 has it's old coil back on and is running really smoothly again.  

 

Quite pleased with the turnout , only regret now is that I didn't get a chance to try @Jim Bell's Merc or @Lacquer Peel's awesome 850.

 

edit: or get much chance to speak to @Split_Pin who vanished much earlier than I expected!

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1 minute ago, loserone said:

Cheers for coming along everyone, I feel much better now the 205 has it's old coil back on and is running really smoothly again.  

 

Quite pleased with the turnout , only regret now is that I didn't get a chance to try @Jim Bell's Merc or @Lacquer Peel's awesome 850.

That Merc is ace, smooth as butter and about as quiet at idle. The 850 is a bit less fast than my T5 but also feels tighter and more planted on the road, and it gets 2.5x the MPGs. On the drive home around the sheep-covered hills of Weardale I had the T5 down to single figures.

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