13-10-2014, 02:07 PM
Well it has been quite the weekend! On Thursday I arrived genuinely deaf in my left ear so Friday saw a completely incompetent garage seal up the exhaust. Told the guy to shutup when he said I needed a new exhaust and had to tell him how to do his job. Classic east london foreigner crap.
Saturday morning saw an early start in order to make it to the garage for its MOT. I made it there on time however Niall missed his slot. The car got a much more thorough testing than last year I must say and amazingly it passed with only 3 advisories which were:
1) play in rear shocks - Tester wasnt sure if it was the shock bushes or the bolts themselves. Will be investigating this one.
2) Worn Drop Links - Surprising seeing as they were replaced when the AVO coilovers went on less than 6 months ago!
3) Exhaust blowing - Obviously haha. Full magnex to go on soon though.
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After passing its MOT and Niall arriving we set off for the premier inn in Derby with a few pops and bangs along the way. This saw several rounds of drinks, many games of mario kart on the gamecube I brought, many more round of drinks and a round of bowling. Also met old member kingy at the bar which was most unexpected.
One sleep later I was up and finding the local car wash to put the car through before the show. I arrived back at the premier inn to check out and find the others. It was a very foggy drive to the show. After negotiating the dirt roads in Donnington itself we ended up on the stand.
The pictures thread is up if you want to see more but my general thoughts on the first Performance French Car Expo was that it was good fun. It was very chilled out and there was no track time. There were free dodgems, a few free bags etc, a few shops including some very good deals on refurbished alloys. 306oc took over the dodgems for two rounds and wet conditions made for some interesting tactics. Seeing grant with his dodgem steering wheel spinning round on its own was hilarious!
The quadcopter made a decent return and once again got a decent amount of attention. Sorting out the footage from that now. One of the organisers called Mark had a good chat with me about the footage and whether it could be used for the magasine etc. Need to follow up on that later!
After the show we set off back. Niall and Grant in the SC6 and Sam7075 in the focus. Lots of pops and bangs happened which put a smile on everyones faces!
I had a great time guys so hope you all did too!
Saturday morning saw an early start in order to make it to the garage for its MOT. I made it there on time however Niall missed his slot. The car got a much more thorough testing than last year I must say and amazingly it passed with only 3 advisories which were:
1) play in rear shocks - Tester wasnt sure if it was the shock bushes or the bolts themselves. Will be investigating this one.
2) Worn Drop Links - Surprising seeing as they were replaced when the AVO coilovers went on less than 6 months ago!
3) Exhaust blowing - Obviously haha. Full magnex to go on soon though.
After passing its MOT and Niall arriving we set off for the premier inn in Derby with a few pops and bangs along the way. This saw several rounds of drinks, many games of mario kart on the gamecube I brought, many more round of drinks and a round of bowling. Also met old member kingy at the bar which was most unexpected.
One sleep later I was up and finding the local car wash to put the car through before the show. I arrived back at the premier inn to check out and find the others. It was a very foggy drive to the show. After negotiating the dirt roads in Donnington itself we ended up on the stand.
The pictures thread is up if you want to see more but my general thoughts on the first Performance French Car Expo was that it was good fun. It was very chilled out and there was no track time. There were free dodgems, a few free bags etc, a few shops including some very good deals on refurbished alloys. 306oc took over the dodgems for two rounds and wet conditions made for some interesting tactics. Seeing grant with his dodgem steering wheel spinning round on its own was hilarious!
The quadcopter made a decent return and once again got a decent amount of attention. Sorting out the footage from that now. One of the organisers called Mark had a good chat with me about the footage and whether it could be used for the magasine etc. Need to follow up on that later!
After the show we set off back. Niall and Grant in the SC6 and Sam7075 in the focus. Lots of pops and bangs happened which put a smile on everyones faces!
I had a great time guys so hope you all did too!