This is why I love this club….
Friday night
@Sunglasses_Ron tells me he’s got a family room at the Premier inn. So me and Alf can get a good kip and a shower before Saturday. I mean the man’s a prick, but he’s a lush prick. Genuinely a brother from another mother.
Saturday Rolls round - Both myself and my son left our phones on charge on the charger table at about 12pm. Totally forgot about them and went back at 5pm and both still there, exactly the same position.
Wouldn’t happen anywhere else!
My son was booked on track for the A.M. he’s only been driving 10 months and as much as I wanted to go with him on his maiden voyage, he asked if he could go on his own as I am quite hard on him and he didn’t want the added stress of me. Absolutely fair and I understand. I’d have been the same at 18.
So I turned to
@JP83 - a man I have probably met 10 times in my life but I ‘know’ him. He’s a proper placid level headed man who wouldn’t scream if Chopper decided to oversteer in to the sea - and said “can you go with him mate?” And he just said yes and did it for me and my boy.
Then the car s**t itself after 4 laps and our day was over. Power steering fluid delete.
Chop was very very sad as you can imagine, as was I, as I was looking forward to passengering him later on. 😢
Then enter stage left; Will. (Don’t know your current username sorry!) “Dan if your car’s fucked Alfie can have a go in mine”
wtf?! 😳
Within 30 minutes I was waving my son out of the garages in someone else’s car. #teamcs
I had a proper heart to heart with
@NorthloopCup . Was lovely getting stuff off my chest - another good human being.
Then it was time to cobble together a plan to get home. I decided to just drive it home with no PAS. A deadly crew of men all stood around my car looking g at eachother; yeah it will be fine. It’s not heavy once you’re going so just go motorway. Bosh!
Enter stage right;
@MLB . Who very rightly pointed out that if the PAS pump seizes and the aux belt jumps, I’d end up in a world of pain. Thank you, you lovely tall Dutchman.
This is where it gets special.
During a berating of
@OEM Battery Nonce we decided that we’d limp it to
@Grandpa Joe ’s house about 40 minutes away where we would collect the Suzuki Swift that I’m buying from him. After he bought it from
@Jonnio . 😂
Leave the RB there and come home in the Swift. Rent a trailer and go back up tomorrow to get it.
Then, enter stage Up (?)
@Flob who comes down from the sky in a beam of light. “I’ve got a trailer. I’ll get it home. But can we please discuss this in the morning I’m tired” so we did and he did. He put the RB on his trailer and headed to my house. I took Chopper in Rob’s VX220 (with no front number plate) to Tom’s house where I paid £25 for 8 hours of insurance for him to follow me home in the swift.
We then gave it some tie pie (legally, he’s only been driving 10 months!) all the way home, ensuring we were catching Rob back up because I didn’t want him waiting for hours outside mine when he’s already doing me a HUGE favour. Alfie on the motorway was amazing. How many 18 year olds would drive a totally new to them car for 5 hours on the motorway??
Anyway, we got back. Rob unloaded the RB, I loaded the VX, we both strapped it down, we hugged, he went home to an angry wife.
It was soooo good to speak to people I’ve never met in person before and some that I haven’t seen for years but chatting away like we’re neighbours. 😂
I. LOVE. THIS. CLUB. ❤️
Alfie Cole, First ever track day. 😍
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