MX5 BREAKFAST CLUB - SLIQ RUN UP THE PUTTY RD – 21 Jan 2012

[XB12R]

Sorry I am out going to have to try and figure it out this noise before there is a puff of smoke and I am kicking a tire on the side of the road =(

[kazman]

If it's not too late I'd like to head along as well

1. BadBong (Breakfast + Oyster + PITS... the full shebang!)
2. Midori (Full Monty unless S!*] happens)
3. Apu and possibly one ankle biter (breakfast only)
4. Hjt
5. Hamx5ter - breakfast and back through the putty with Mister Two... gotta lose the in-laws ..
6. Bizi
7. r_muir86
8. mr2 Spyder (Straight up and back the putty rd for me) This Happy ending sounds good though?
9. Baz. (breakfast & oysters)
10. Regie (full treatment + happy ending)
11. Elear (full day without oysters)
12. Twiggy (full day!) - OUT
13. Gavin (breakfast. oysters depending on time)
14. two40 (breakfast in bed) - post-breakfast activities .. can we hold hands BadBonker?
15. neilhr + 1 (breakfast) then off to the bay
16. Villa (breakfast)
17. LuckyCat + 1 (breakfast)
18. yem11n +1 (breakfast)
19. xb12r
20. Carmen de bagman for the full Monty & collect the money from Heads & Tails
21. Wassup +1 (breakfast)
22. NitroDann (passenger-Paul F) Just for the drive
23. MuzdaMan Just for the drive
24. Kazman - whole thing
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Cheers

[mr2 spyder]

Sitting in front of the computer thinking I SHOULD be in a really good place right now 8.06 right in the middle of the twistys? And everyone else is still asleep should have just gone on this one. Dont know when we are leaving now.

[Midori]

If we ignore the odd sedan or SUV with the audacity to drive the Putty Road early this morning and the caravan at the end of the gorges then the run up the Putty Road was slick, well managed and great fun.

Well done Victor, Alan and your committee. A good run needs good organisation and you guys have "done good". Thanks for everything.

PS. Did the HamxSter get back without a clutch

[LuckyCat]

What a blast, thanks Victor and MX5 Club !

cheers
Chris

PS peeled off and visited some wineries, a good day !

[two40]

Thanks for the day Victor and co. 11 hours from door to door. Tired but with a smile on my face.


ps. we didn't get to hold hands.

[PaulF]

Great run, very well executed. Good fun.

[Gavin]

Alright here's a few photos of the day, plus some random ones for good measure.

http://s1127.photobucket.com/albums/l636/lotusboy101/MX5%20Breakfast%20Club%20Sliq%20Run%20January%202012/?albumview=slideshow

[NitroDann]

Great photos Well done to all the photographers

Or just the one..?

Dann

[baz10]

What a great way to start the 2012 Breakfast Club year, top drive, top people and top venue. Certainly good to get through the morning before the rain.
Many thanks for the organization Vic.

Loved the photos Gavin, very artistic.

Barry

[gobsmax]

Great day out. Finally back in my own bed after 23hours. Goodnight!

[two40]

[-alex]

[hamx5ter]

well.... that certainly turned out to be an interesting drive...

Had the clutch slip a fair bit at the track the last time I was out, but it worked ok on the drive back, so thought it should be fine for a few more weeks, and I could change it before the next track-day.

Guess not.. lost the clutch entirely just after we left Maccas. Not so bad, but my clutchless shifting skills were all of 23 years previous, and I didn't want to practice in the gorges, so it was a 4th gear drive most of the way. Not bad, but annoying having to hold up traffic, esp. certain black NAs with tailgating, intimidating tactics that doesn't seem so funny now, when the shoe is on the other foot I'll behave from now..

Managed to stall the car coming up to an intersection and couldn't get it start again, my theory of clutchless shifting requiring a small hill and blipping in second.. with no hill in hand, it required the skillz yo, of young rmuir who showed me, that apparently, you simply need to just chuck it in 1st and let the starter motor push the car... how embarrassment.. Thanks Rob.. appreciate it, and happy to have learned something again..

Back in the day, starter motors wouldn't last very long or push that hard.. If it wasn't for wrecking the starter motor, I quite like the way the car takes off with a clutchless start ..

Breakfast was a rushed affair, as I had to drive my clutchless car back home and swap over to take the in-laws to the airport, yay, happy daze..

Drive back wasn't so bad esp. on the freeway, in spite of the rain bucketing down, but was a bit of a bummer once I had to get onto Pacific Hwy with ridiculous traffic, pouring rain, lots of traffic lights that were on the wrong side of a hill, and idiot drivers that simply couldn't understand not to sit right on the back of a car with its hazards on, in the rain, driving uphill.

Thanks again Victor for the great run, even though i caused much consternation when I went past you guys at the stop, and then again at the regroup, but honestly man, clutchless or otherwise, the real reason was that I can't bear to be driving behind you... Remember kids, NEVER OVERTAKE THE LEADER, unless explicitly invited to do so.. yeah sure... Not to worry, there's still Petrich's run...

Now to order in Xtreme HD clutch + 4.75kg chromoly flywheel and make fitment, would be a good time for a transmisson flush (might get some of those missed 4th shifts out).. and manage a drive somewhere before the next track-day

[NitroDann]

certain black NAs with tailgating, intimidating tactics that doesn't seem so funny now, when the shoe is on the other foot I'll behave from now..

'
Sorry mate, I wasnt sure why you had moved back, I saw your car and thought, 'hey man how are you? ok If you want to drive with me no worries!'.

Sorry Obviously had no idea you had mechanical issues as you were cruising along in 4th and you didnt go down into 1st to let me by.

Obviously I know why now.

Dann