4th April South Side Meetup

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby BadBong » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:33 pm

brenno wrote:Nice run, and that burger was awesome. Had to leave early as the gf was getting tired.

Badbong - forgot to tell you, you should check your headlight alignment. The whole drive through the nasho I had to fold my mirrors in because the beam went straight into the cabin. Not sure the fog lights were really required either! :)


No worries mate, I'll align them again tonight. I do alot of night driving in areas that are not so well lit so I tend to aim them a bit higher to see further. Most of the time, they're alright cause our cars are always lower than the people in front of us but obviously if a 5 is in front of me then that won't work... :lol:

Re: the Fog lights.... mate, after hitting a kangaroo in the middle of a National Park, I wouldn't mind getting a set of 4WD outback light beams installed on the A-pillar just for my peace of mind... :lol:

*It was a great turn out despite the ad-hoc nature of the run and I hope that it'll help the guy looking for a NA make an informed decision.

As for making this a regular run... why not? We had 3 gatherings mid last year on the 2nd/3rd Wednesday of each month when we would gather at the Club at Kyle Bay down south.

Shall we get restart this and do something on the 18th of this month as a 'starter' and continue this on the 3rd Wednesday of each month?

Regie? Our esteemed run leader last night... thoughts? :mrgreen:

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby Stoogey » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:56 pm

BadBong wrote:Shall we get restart this and do something on the 18th of this month as a 'starter' and continue this on the 3rd Wednesday of each month?


Yes please.

Burning i couldnt make it last night. As you guys were enjoying yourselves down the natio, i was being raped sideways by uni assignments.

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby K.Ho » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:28 pm

oops just missed photo
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regular meet sounds good

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby Kobsy » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:31 pm

Food was great, company was great, atmosphere was great, natio was great. What a great night! :mrgreen:

Good to see the photos turned out great even though it was so dark!

My girl and I had a blast the whole time doing this. (Did anyone hear our music? haha). Hopefully I'm one step closer to convincing her to buy her very own MX-5! :twisted:

As for making this regular, I'm all for it! Although I wouldn't be able to make this everytime, I definetly would everytime I could. Also going on holidays for a month starting mid May will make it hard for next month haha. We need more people from the Illawarra to come next time, the short drive home for us was fantastic, would have been good for another MX or 2 to be there.
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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby neilhr » Thu Apr 05, 2012 1:41 pm

dam looks like i missed a good run. nice one guys

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby wassup » Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:01 pm

K.Ho wrote:oops just missed photo
Image

regular meet sounds good


Damn. Indicators showing up because of the immobiliser!

The footage from the GoPro turned up nicely. Good thing for me those slow ass bikes held Regie up and bunched everyone togather. Got some good footage. Ill upload it and post the link sometime over the weekend.
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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby Regie » Thu Apr 05, 2012 4:10 pm

what if we mix things up...

say this month on a Wednesday we meet up at the Bowling club
Then the next month we head up north to the FnC or something simialr.

I wont be able to make all the runs with my shift work, but all i can do is try
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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby BadBong » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:22 pm

Regie wrote:what if we mix things up...

say this month on a Wednesday we meet up at the Bowling club
Then the next month we head up north to the FnC or something simialr.

I wont be able to make all the runs with my shift work, but all i can do is try


Well... the original intention was:

2 meetings every month:

1st Wed = Fish & Chips up North
3rd Wed = Steak & Mash (or Burgers) down South

Both are 7pm starts.

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby robertq » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:37 pm

I'm in.No run if raining but eats yes. See you when we get home from hols.

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby dave2221 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 5:50 pm

BadBong wrote:
Regie wrote:what if we mix things up...

say this month on a Wednesday we meet up at the Bowling club
Then the next month we head up north to the FnC or something simialr.

I wont be able to make all the runs with my shift work, but all i can do is try


Well... the original intention was:

2 meetings every month:

1st Wed = Fish & Chips up North
3rd Wed = Steak & Mash (or Burgers) down South

Both are 7pm starts.


2 MEETINGS A MONTH SOUNDS A LITTLE SATURATED....

1 A MONTH IS PROBABLY THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF HOMO MX5 A MONTH.....

i think if you had 2 a month, you would find participation will drop to about 4 cars each meet............

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby BadBong » Thu Apr 05, 2012 6:05 pm

But you'll also find the crowd that goes to F&C is very different from the ones who goes to S&M.

For example, only 5 out of the 11 (?) cars are of people who would make the trip to both runs (Hjt, Regie, wassup, Eren and I).

Let's try and see how it goes? If it gets a little 'overcooked' then we can spread it out again.

*It's just an excuse (to the Mrs) to catch up ;)

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby Hjt » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:36 pm

Eren didn't come. Mitch and Nemo did!

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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby Regie » Thu Apr 05, 2012 7:59 pm

some good points there..

2 a month may be a bit excessive, but there is no harm in trying.

Im sure there are more people apart from myself that wont make every meet dues to work/uni etc etc.

im keen to give it a go, see how the turnout goes.

ive got a few different ideas for the southside meets...bistro meal, pizza at Kurnell, Burgers and a few more etc etc.

Next month, lets try 2 meets in the month...hell the mexicans (vic's) have a weekly meet at the Garage Cafe
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Re: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby kris » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:17 pm

ALL the 5s in those photos look really nicely done!

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RE: 4th April South Side Meetup

Postby Josh2232 » Thu Apr 05, 2012 9:32 pm

I am shattered that I missed it. I am definitely keen to do something like this monthly, count me in Reggie

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