[May 31, 2015] North west evo triangle run (Llangollen)

[Knuckles]

Little overdone edit of the Clios

 

[Fraser Stubbs]

I apologise for my absence, set my alarm for 7 and slept through, no excuse really, will be less lazy next time. Sorry guys :/

 

[Aaron..]

I did beep when I went past the cafe just after 10. Spotted three clio's I think parked up at the back of the car park.
I'll try to get to one of these meets one day with my camera. I might have a half decent car by then too!

 

[Knuckles]

I apologise for my absence, set my alarm for 7 and slept through, no excuse really, will be less lazy next time. Sorry guys :/

It's no bother, we only waited an hour

I did beep when I went past the cafe just after 10. Spotted three clio's I think parked up at the back of the car park.
I'll try to get to one of these meets one day with my camera. I might have a half decent car by then too!

Ah, I missed you. You're welcome to come shotgun with me sometime if you want

 

[Fraser Stubbs]

It's no bother, we only waited an hour :blush:



Ah, I missed you. You're welcome to come shotgun with me sometime if you want

fair enough mate, will be there next time, if we could do it a couple of hours later that'd be ideal

 

[Knuckles]

fair enough mate, will be there next time, if we could do it a couple of hours later that'd be ideal :wink:

You lazy b*****d haha.

I just say made it on time i must say. I don't do well in mornings either.

 

[mark smith87]

I did the track day at Ty Croes on the saturday with Porsche Club.A friend of mine has a new GT3 so he invited me and his brother in law to join him at the circuit. I drove his Lotus 2/11 with his brother in law who was here on holiday from Australia in the passenger seat . We rocked up at the circuit late morning by which time the cars were out on track ,some going a lot quicker than others including my friends GT3.He took his brother in law out for a blast round then came my turn. To say he was on the pace was an understatement. Nothing got past him including a couple of other GT3's! We stayed more or less until the end and saw a 944 go head on into the tyres at the top of the circuit after losing his brakes. The car was a write off. The driver broke his hand but other than that and shock was ok. The car had been driven there but it needed a recovery truck to take it home.
I drove the Lotus on the way back as well so decided to take the route via Bethesda through to Betws Y Coed and round the EVO. We more or less had the roads to ourselves once we got off the A5, so the EVO was driven at a fairly blistering pace. What a sublime car to drive on the limit. A bit hard core as far as the hardness of the suspension was concerned but the handling was just awesome. We then turned off into the back roads through Clocaenog Forest and did about 20 miles or so down narrow twisty lanes. The smell from the pine trees was amazing, as the Lotus is an open top car we really got the full effect from it. All in all a fantastic boys day out.
My friend took the GT3 to LLandudno on Sunday and met some of the guys that had been at the circuit. He got talking to one guy that was a bit upset that he got consistently lapped by my friends GT3 despite the fact he had the same car in bright red. He had spent a fortune having it all set up for the track day but drove like a woos. He wasn't a happy bunny. I just laughed when he told me about it when he got back to chester. Thought to myself, what a pretentious prat. My friend was driving his car like it should be driven and everyone else wasn't really pushing hard.
I never thought I would get the chance to drive a Lotus 2/11 through some of the finest roads in North Wales and get to experience a GT3 Porsche flat out round Ty Croes all on the same day. I was on a high for several days afterwards.
I'm back at Ty Croes this coming Thursday with him. He's taking the Lotus and I'll be in the Clio. There's 4 of us going, two who have never driven on track before, and they're taking an MX5 that they bought on Friday for £1500. It's going to an interesting day! If anyone is free, come over and have look. It's a Javelin trackday.

 

[mark smith87]

If all goes well thursday we may come back on that route again. A convoy of MX5, Lotus 2/11 and my 172 on the pace should be entertaining.

 

[Fraser Stubbs]

You lazy b*****d haha.

I just say made it on time i must say. I don't do well in mornings either. :blush:

I know i am, was fuming at myself to be honest I hadnt even gone out saturday night

 

[Jonff]

If all goes well thursday we may come back on that route again. A convoy of MX5, Lotus 2/11 and my 172 on the pace should be entertaining.

Are you at Anglesey on Thursday? Saw your name on there. Few of us are doing that day too

 

[john_172]

Yep good day. Thanks @Knuckles for organising. And the directions home!

 

[Knuckles]

Yep good day. Thanks @Knuckles for organising. And the directions home!

Cheers for coming out

And after that van, I think I'll have to stop looking out for people's turn offs lol

 

[MartinL1993]

Been reading through this and could never make it due to work. Does anyone fancy a run out this coming weekend? Sunday the 26th maybe around the same area or somewhere else?

 

[Mr Burns]

@not normal dan is organising another run soon.

 

[not normal dan]

Yeah 6/09/15

I'll post meeting points if folk are interested

It's an RS megane meet but alls welcome

 

[Knuckles]

I'll be up for the September meet.

I'm in the north east this week though so can't come if you go this week

 

[MartinL1993]

I'm also good for the September meet
Not sure the plans for this weekend yet but I think there's maybe a few of us wanting to head out if anyone is free

 

[Smiffyboy1990]

+1 for a September meet, depending on which weekend it is! work Two weekends a month.