Natmeet - 2008 - Victoria

JBT · Postby **JBT** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:07 pm

I suppose there was a lot of assumed knowledge about certain aspects. There was a link on this forum to a very good guide (PDF) put up by the NSW club for their Concours d'Elegance in October 2007. Maybe questions/information about concours etc. should have been asked/disseminated before departure for NatMeet 2008...

However, the tyranny of distance and the problems you encountered certainly made it a big hurdle for WA participants. Sorry you guys didn't feel very welcome but these two seemed to get on OK

...and these two

Postby **Okibi** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 9:56 pm

Yup !

I had a great time with my friends :mrgreen:

Crazy Frog · Postby **Crazy Frog** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:55 pm

Oi Okibi - is that a carbon fibre bonnet I can see on your set of wheels :mrgreen:

When did you score the new bling - I reckon it would better match my silver MX-5

Enjoy the hospitality of Gail and the Croweater crew

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 5:17 pm

Crazy Frog wrote::shock: Oi Okibi - is that a carbon fibre bonnet I can see on your set of wheels When did you score the new bling - I reckon it would better match my silver MX-5 Enjoy the hospitality of Gail and the Croweater crew

It's yours for the right price :mrgreen:

Crazy Frog · Postby **Crazy Frog** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 6:13 pm

Drive carefully and we can haggle when you get back to Sandgroper country :lol:

I hope your increased oil consumption isn't a harbinger of the demise of yet another \"bulletproof\" 1800 motor :shock:

Blinged-up cars aren't meant to be mountain dríven :evil:

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:01 pm

JBT wrote:...However, the tyranny of distance and the problems you encountered certainly made it a big hurdle for WA participants...

For sure, I finally got my car back tonight 1 month from dropping it off for Natmeet. What is a weekend event for many is a long and expensive process for others. :lol:

redshoes · Postby **redshoes** » Tue Apr 15, 2008 10:19 pm

Howdy Dave! Glad to hear you finally got your baby back again! At long, long last :mrgreen:

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Postby **Okibi** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 8:53 pm

God I hope none of the remaining W.A. cars were on this train

redshoes · Postby **redshoes** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:05 pm

Wow. I never realised there were so many derailments on this line

Bet you're glad your baby is home Dave. Did you get that oil leak fixed up?

Postby **Okibi** » Mon Apr 21, 2008 9:39 pm

Nope it's not a simple oil leak, it's head recon time.

I'm still driving her around just being careful not to leave a smoke screen. :lol:

garbev · Postby **garbev** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 1:08 pm

This was my first natmmet and I had a great time.
4 out of the 5 WA cars were delayed on the way back due to derailments which doesn't say much for National Rail.
I would like to thank the Queensland club for there hospitality in inviting me to sit with them at the dinner on Saturday night I made some new MX5 friends. As Dave has pointed out we were a little dismayed to find out about the points scoring procedure after we had actually arrrived so we were in no position to accumulate bonus points but we still enjoyed ourselves never the less.
I hope we can get enough interest to hold a Natmeet in WA as we have proven that travel is no object.

Postby **Okibi** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:36 pm

2 W.A. cars are still held up by the derailment .. and our new coffee machine :lol:

Mr Morlock · Postby **Mr Morlock** » Tue Apr 29, 2008 8:40 pm

The delay is an unbelievable situation - is it possible to make a claim where for example a person was deprived of their car and had to hire another to go to work? Very poor show
The size of Oz does bring into perspective that Natmeets for any club tend to be Melb or Sydney centric. I wonder what the breakdown was for attendees as far as distance and numbers was?