A Wet WeekendSo, ticked off two items on my MX5 Club to-do list weekend before last - met up with the ACT Chapter on one of their runs, and dropped in on an MX5 Club trackday.
Didn't take the 'big camera' so excuse the iPhoneness of my images.
Began with breakfast in Collector at Lynwood Cafe - do check this place out if you ever go past, the food is fantastic. Be warned though, lunchtime on a weekend, you can be hard-pressed to get a seat.
Their coffee machine is a model Italian:
Then wandered over to Gunning to meet up with the ACT Chapter:
We followed them to Crookwell for lunch. Truly a great bunch of people, the Canberra crew seems to be quite a tightly knit bunch! Afterall, a good number of the people i met had all been on a 'cruise' to Tasmania only last year! *envious*
I suppose that's the thing with the MX5 - i has broad appeal in terms of the types of drivers, age-groups and demographics it attracts. Still, it would be nice to see these age-groups mingle a bit more! I for one could listen to driving tales for hours on end!
In short - an entertaining lunch
Oh - side note. So there is a car restorer of some considerable note located in the country town of Crookwell. They hold lunch days and the like at their premises. Many of the cars they have on site have been flown from the US, even UK! to Sydney and trailered down to Crookwell for their restoration. Amazing what you find in Australian country towns. (And the Roadster is a great car to go exploring with
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Begrudgingly, I said my farewell to the Canberra crew in Crookwell - would have been nice to follow them on some of the newly sealed roads west of Crookwell. However there was a trackday in progress at Wakefield, and I had already bumped into Glenn & others that morning at Sutton Forest. I also had my young sister with me, soon to be licensed, so I was keen to illustrate the many ways the MX5 Club entertains itself
It was actually a great day for spectating at Wakefield - i don't think i've ever seen so many cars looping it!! Again, it's testament to the pedigree of the club and the car that so many people were out their in every group having a real go! It was great to see. Of particular note were Guran's many excursions, including a, shall we say, near flawless 360 degree spin out of turn 10, and Turbo Boy's showboating out of turn 9 and down the back straight, sideways most of the way. Brilliant stuff!
Hammer Time!
By the time i had returned home, we had covered about 500kms in mostly wet conditions. The Michelin Preceda 2's really shone in the wet conditions, even when it was bucketing down rain. So far, they are the best tire i have used to date.
The recent detail is also really proving it's worth. Paint is still very smooth, and the Roadster was remarkably clean after spending 500 kms on wet roads.
Truly a fun car no matter what the conditions
