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[Sunglasses_Ron]

You got bitten on the knee last night in the garage.

I don’t think it was that mate. I had a fair amount of pain in the knee whilst walking. It’s a problem with the joint I think. I’m getting fkn old 😫

 

[Flat Eric]

Looks like you had another great event! Some great pics of the cars on track too!

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Were you in the big tent with the music behind us?

I was in @Brett's tent here.

Not far from you.



Music could have been from our mates to left of that pic.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Dan said you and Ron junior are staying until Thursday?

If you're out sight seeing I saw a nice looking distillery on the way home that looked like it did tours?

Aber Falls distillery. It's about 25 mins eastbound on the A55

 

[Fantastic Nostrils]

Morning chaps. Tis I, Fantastic Nostrils/Sir Sidnancy/Will (@Daniel , this is me now. Blame Cub.)

Ill keep it short but what a great event as per. Hats off to the guys who organise it all. Ive been a very small part of organising an event 1/10th the size of CS and that was very hard work.

Great to see the raffle and hot laps raising such a lot of money for Andys too. Enjoy the pillows and piss proof mattress protector @JP83 - you can now, without fear, 'dream about' pissing whilst asleep and not ruin your mattress.

The Compact was shockingly fun and reliable. Got me there, all day on track and back without much fuss (I did have to turn off an EML 4 times but we will ignore that). After all day on track, it somehow only used 2/3 of a tank of fuel too. Great to chuck the keys to Alf @Daniel who handled it with ease bearing in mind it was his 4th ever session on track, first time in a E46, First rwd car driven etc etc etc. Hes an absolute natural and was such a stand up chap. @SunglassesStan (hope thats Stans handle @Sunglasses_Ron !) was an absolute gent too. Great to chat to and also influence badly on the ways of burning dinosaurs and rubber.

@Rojer & @Scrooge also managed a few laps in the Compact without disaster. Although Ant did try his best

All in all, barring some silly sausages who were delt with swiftly, a fantastic event once more. Thank you and well done guys!

Oh. and just because:

 

[Sunglasses_Ron]

This is excellent news! Building a rapport takes years, but only seconds to lose, so I’m pleased to hear that it’s still intact.

As myself and @Daniel said, they’re not our people.

It was lovely chatting again on Saturday mate. Always genuinely nice to see you.

 

[Diamond Performance]

That car was mint, shame it wasn’t running full boost.

I did have a word at the end of the day with the staff, we maybe allowed next year but only as demo laps as we all behaved well , but sadly no passengers allowed ....
Sadly trackday rules / insurance do not seem to cover the real chance of me entering the sea in a ball of flames...
What a picture though. 😄.
Amazing day and thank you all for the donations and really hoping you enjoyed the compact passenger seat..
Shattered, but still smiling Paul Brandrick.
Diamond Performance 💎

 

[Flob]

It was lovely chatting again on Saturday mate. Always genuinely nice to see you.

No its not. He tried to physically assault me but my nut sack blocking skills were too good for him.

 

[Flob]

I did have a word at the end of the day with the staff, we maybe allowed next year but only as demo laps as we all behaved well , but sadly no passengers allowed ....
Sadly trackday rules / insurance do not seem to cover the real chance of me entering the sea in a ball of flames...
What a picture though. 😄.
Amazing day and thank you all for the donations and really hoping you enjoyed the compact passenger seat..
Shattered, but still smiling Paul Brandrick.
Diamond Performance 💎

Whats the issue with full boost and track day rules Paul?

 

[Matt Cup]

I did have a word at the end of the day with the staff, we maybe allowed next year but only as demo laps as we all behaved well , but sadly no passengers allowed ....
Sadly trackday rules / insurance do not seem to cover the real chance of me entering the sea in a ball of flames...
What a picture though. 😄.
Amazing day and thank you all for the donations and really hoping you enjoyed the compact passenger seat..
Shattered, but still smiling Paul Brandrick.
Diamond Performance 💎

Regardless of my comments of boost I really enjoyed my passenger ride in it, thank you Paul 😀

 

[Diamond Performance]

Whats the issue with full boost and track day rules Paul?

Its when you run on the limit , tyres can and do explode, if you do go off, it's a big one.. track insurance does not cover crowd liability issues, and although it's never planned or wished for, a piece of debris from an accident can do a lot of damage..
I understand their reasons , we worked together on the day to ensure people left smiling ..

 

[Flat Eric]

Whats the back story with Marks wheel nuts then?! 👀
@Tighten My Nuts

 

[Flob]

Admin debrief dinner

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@Sunglasses_Ron tell Rob to get on here! He's such a nice bloke.

For a moment though I did think other @Rob had come just for dinner and beers which wouldn't have surprised me.

 

[Louis]

Whats the back story with Marks wheel nuts then?! 👀
@Tighten My Nuts

I heard he went over to cliosandcoffee and tightened some nuts

 

[Flob]

Whats the back story with Marks wheel nuts then?! 👀
@Tighten My Nuts

He got trailered off track with a terrible clonking noise, thought his new driveshaft had exploded.

Looked under it and all the bolts were tight, Kyle then undid one of the wheel bots by hand 😂

 

[leeds2592]

He got trailered off track with a terrible clonking noise, thought his new driveshaft had exploded.

Looked under it and all the bolts were tight, Kyle then undid one of the wheel bots by hand 😂

Our Kyle or Mexican Kyle?

 

[Flat Eric]

He got trailered off track with a terrible clonking noise, thought his new driveshaft had exploded.

Looked under it and all the bolts were tight, Kyle then undid one of the wheel bots by hand 😂

Wow! And this is Mark who is a track veteran! 🤣🤣🤣
Which makes it even wuss!

 

[TheEvilGiraffe]

@Sunglasses_Ron tell Rob to get on here! He's such a nice bloke.

For a moment though I did think other @Rob had come just for dinner and beers which wouldn't have surprised me.

I did wonder if @Owen was cosplaying as Robbos, or visa versa 😆

 

[Krarl]

Whats the back story with Marks wheel nuts then?! 👀
@Tighten My Nuts

If you turned up you'd know 👀

 

[The Psychedelic Socialist]

A fully tightened wheel bolt stores more energy in elastic deformation than a loose bolt and, as we know from Einstein, energy equates to mass. So a loosening your wheel bolts actually lightens the car. Mark was just chasing those percentages.

 

[Flob]

I did wonder if @Owen was cosplaying as Robbos, or visa versa 😆

Ahh, have I gotten names mixed up?



This chap on the end, I've been calling him Rob for 3 years, is he called Owen 😂, we have great chats each year.

 

[JP83]

Ahh, have I gotten names mixed up?

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This chap on the end, I've been calling him Rob for 3 years, is he called Owen 😂, we have great chats each year.

@Owen

 

[Cub.]

Ahh, have I gotten names mixed up?

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This chap on the end, I've been calling him Rob for 3 years, is he called Owen 😂, we have great chats each year.

Yes that’s @Owen you complete berk.

 

[NorthloopCup]

It was lovely chatting again on Saturday mate. Always genuinely nice to see you.

It was, as it always is, a pleasure seeing you and having a chat mate. ❤️

 

[Louis]

Ahh, have I gotten names mixed up?

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This chap on the end, I've been calling him Rob for 3 years, is he called Owen 😂, we have great chats each year.

Probably just thinks you have a tick and say your own name

 

[Flob]

If you turned up you'd know 👀

 

[Flob]

Sorry @Owen 😂😂 - really enjoy chatting each year regardless of me calling you Rob all the time

 

[Flat Eric]

If you turned up you'd know 👀

Wow!
I never once claimed to be coming this year. Cut me deep that has! 🤣

 

[dann2707]

Ahh, have I gotten names mixed up?

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This chap on the end, I've been calling him Rob for 3 years, is he called Owen 😂, we have great chats each year.

It's almost like they could benefit from having their names on their tops so you can identify them...

 

[SharkyUK]

Ahh, have I gotten names mixed up?

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This chap on the end, I've been calling him Rob for 3 years, is he called Owen 😂, we have great chats each year.

Dream team, and I get very strong BeardMeetsFood vibes every time I have the pleasure of talking to Rob.

 

[Flob]

He got trailered off track with a terrible clonking noise, thought his new driveshaft had exploded.

Looked under it and all the bolts were tight, Kyle then undid one of the wheel bots by hand 😂

It was the way 20 blokes literally ran towards the tow truck, sniggering like little girls.

 

[NorthloopCup]

It was the way 20 blokes literally ran towards the tow truck, sniggering like little girls.

That was @Daniel who orchestrated that 😂

It went along the lines of, ‘right who’s coming to take the piss out of markcup for being recovered off the circuit? Let’s go team!’

😂😂😂

 

[Daniel]

Sorry @Owen 😂😂 - really enjoy chatting each year regardless of me calling you Rob all the time

Owen is like a Duracell bunny of help encouragement and positivity. Literally the nicest man in the world.

 

[DaveL485]

TurboRenault have organized a photographer for track pics.

@DaveL485 will be able to give more info.

We did, pics will be out midweek hopefully!

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Does anyone know the guy who was in the white mk3 Clio with the Megane engine?

Had a good chat with him and never got his name, i was trying to help sort a blow from the turbo/manifold area.

@dann2707 eventually came to the rescue.

 

[JP83]

Does anyone know the guy who was in the white mk3 Clio with the Megane engine?

Had a good chat with him and never got his name, i was trying to help sort a blow from the turbo/manifold area.

@dann2707 eventually came to the rescue.

Toby is his name.

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Toby is his name.

That does sound familiar actually.

Nice guy and i'm glad he got it sorted.

 

[DaveL485]

I think we are are going up Snowdon by train on Tuesday because my knee has swollen up like a balloon since our long walk on the beach earlier today. Fck knows what that’s all about because it’s never happened before.

@Sunglasses_Ron check the website mate as when I looked the train was fully booked until Aug 7th!!! It was my backup plan for getting down if I was spent after the walk up. You also have to prebook parking for the Miners track - it was full when I got there, didnt know that either so I had to do the Llanberis route.

I went yesterday (solo), made the summit in 2hrs 26m - never sweated so much. Was dripping off me. For the "easy" route it was pretty hard going.
Total round trip was 3h31m moving time with about 40min added for breaks and a sandwich at the top. My legs are ruined today. Ankles, calves, knees, quads, hips... walking like a 90 year old!

Views - absolutely epic.

Edit - if you have a dicey knee I wouldnt recommend walking up, its hard going up but on the way down your knees take a right beating.
Edit2 - If you decide to go anyway, take a warm top for high up, take a couple of litres of fluids each, and some food. There is one small cafe at 4km, no toilets. Round trip from Llanberis car park was 15.05km. The path is jagged and stony for a fair portion, & VERY steep in places.

 

[DaveL485]

Thank you to all the admins and organisers - thoroughly enjoyed the whole event as always. I am going to bring my family next year so they can do some track driving too

Thank you also for allowing us (TurboRenault) to join the event again - getting together with the gang every year is a highlight for us all.

 

[Grandpa Joe]

Firstly, thank you to @Nik @Owen @Sunglasses_Ron @Brian and Rob for sorting another year of CSF. It's genuinely one of my favourite days of the year, better than Christmas.

I didn't take a single photo, I didn't feel the need, I was just happy being in the moment either driving, watching, catching up with old faces or meeting new ones.

Got a few laps in the M3 in the morning, the geometry needs sorting but it did well enough. Hopefully the ham fisted laps weren't too bad for you @SunglassesStan and @Rojer

One of the other great things is knowing that my boy can go out for a few laps in complete safety with anyone there kind enough to take him, such is the track etiquette and standard of driving. Thank you to everyone who took my lad out.

Can't wait for next year 😍